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2 cans dog food
Old fashioned rolled oats
slippery elm powder (optional)
In a large bowl mix two cans of dog food and 2 and 1/2 to 3 cups
of plain, rolled oats. (It doesn't seem to matter what flavor dog food-
I have used Science Diet d/d and IVD venison and potato) Squish
this together thoroughly. The mixture will seem dry. After it is
thoroughly mixed, use a non-stick cookie sheet or coat a cookie sheet with
oil. Canola or olive is what I use. Form the treats into tiny little
balls like little meatballs. If you need to, moisten your hands to make
the mixture stick together. Don't add too much moisture to the mix
itself. When the cookie sheet is full, pat the tops of the treats down, so
that they are no longer rounded on top. Sometimes I lightly dust
the meatballs with slippery elm powder. Bake for 10 minutes at 375
degrees. After all the mini-meatballs are made, make sure the oven is empty.
Turn up the oven to 500 degrees for about 5 minutes, until it is good
and hot. Spread all the meatballs out on a flat surface (cookie sheets),
so that air can circulate around them. Turn the oven off. Put the treats
in and forget about them for several hours or overnight. They will get
more dry and hard this way and keep longer. I freeze mine and leave about
a week's worth in the treat jar. They don't get moldy or stale as long
as they go through the drying process at the end. The entire
preparation time is about 30 minutes. It takes some time to shape the
meatballs.
This is only for dogs who can digest oatmeal. If I had a dog
who could only digest potatoes, I would substitute plain mashed potatoes and
add them in. I am going to mix pumpkin in the next time and see
what happens.
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