Healthy treats/chews

Tgirl

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I just thought I would share something that I do on occasion as treats/chews for my dogs. I read it somewhere way back when but I can't remember where. The idea isn't mine, but it's a pretty good idea, so I wanted to share. I like to take sweet potatoes and slice then lengthwise. You should have a bunch of oval shapes. I usually slice them about 1/4" thick. I put them in the dehydrator overnight. They are pretty touch and chewy. My little dogs will work at one for a good while. I don't like to give things to chew on because they scare me (rawhides NO, greenies NO), but these are great, and healthy. I also get purple sweet potatoes at a local farm and they supposedly have more antioxidants than blueberries even, so that's a win/win. I'm not sure how much survives the dehydrator though.
 

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I recently bought some dehydrated sweet potato treats for Jax and he loves them!
 

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Thanks for the info, they sound good.
 

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I have often wondered about something. My husband is a hunter. I wondered if I could make some venison jerky in little pieces with no seasonings at all and give it to the dogs as a very occasional treat. They don't get any people food at all. I am thinking about the jerky made with ground venison in a jerky gun so it's not so stringy and chewy. Does anyone have any ideas on this? Bad idea?
 

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I think the venison treat would be ok.
 

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Love the venison idea! My husband and I are both hunters here in Michigan and hunting season starts next week. Always plenty of venison to use up!


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Winston has dried liver. It's rolled, dried into A4 size sheets then broken up and you can snap little bits off it. We get it from our raw & natural dog food shop. Would that be a similar thing to venison jerky?

For chews he has a stag bar (antler chew) and they last ages, no mess either
 

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Winston has dried liver. It's rolled, dried into A4 size sheets then broken up and you can snap little bits off it. We get it from our raw & natural dog food shop. Would that be a similar thing to venison jerky?

For chews he has a stag bar (antler chew) and they last ages, no mess either
Yep I give the antler chews, my moolah loves them..she was sent home from the breeder with one
 
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