Make Dehydrated Sweet Potato Dog Treats

How to make dehydrated dog treats.

Make dehydrated sweet potato dog treats.

I like to have them a bit soft when done because they will harden once cooled and refrigerated. They much preferred the meat treats than the sweet potato treats. Thoroughly wash and peel sweet potatoes. Instead i bought one sweet potato and some chicken and parsley to make dehydrated dog treats for my other dogs.

Then cut long lengthwise slices about 1 3 of an inch wide and place on a cookie sheet in a single layer. Some of the thicker slices about 1 4 inch were still just a little pliable meaning they were somewhat bendable like jerky my sheltie s favorite while the thinner pieces about 1 8 inch were dry and crunchy more like potato chip treats the definite preference of my daughter s yorkie poo. The smell of the liver and heart was driving them crazy. Layout on your dehydrator trays and dry for 3 12 hours.

To make easy diy sweet potato dog chews. Take 2 sweet potatoes or you could do just 1 or 7 or however many you like but i found that 1 sweet potato took up about 1. Of course you could feed these treats to the humans of the household as well i taste tested them and dried out sweet potatoes don t do much for me but to each their own. Dogs love sweet food.

From the moment i started preparing the meat coco and joey never left my side. Come morning those sweet potato slices had turned into sweet potato jerky. Excalibur s sweet potato recipe. How to make dehydrated sweet potato dog treats.

Slice the sweet potato into 1 4 slices you can also cut down the middle lengthwise and slice into 1 4 strips. When baking dog biscuits for your fur family or cooking homemade dog food there is always a bit of mess. Making your own sweet potato dog treats in your oven is incredibly. Pots pans mixing bowls and cooking utensils stack up pretty fast when you are baking.

The method i used to make dehydrated sweet potato dog treats was super easy and is done in the oven. Slice into 1 8 to 3 8 pieces. Wash the sweet potato or yam the very orange type. I have since bought a dehydrator so if you want more info on making them that way look here.

They thicker your slices the longer they will take. Cut down the middle lengthwise. Making treats like chicken jerky or sweet potato dog treats in a food dehydrator not only make less of a mess but usually cost less to make than the commercial treats you buy in the store. You may need to test a batch or two until you get the texture where you and your puppy dog like them.

No need to peel them your dog doesn t care so why waste the time trim off any green areas on the peel. Scrub sweet potatoes or yams. Fortunately it is both easy and inexpensive to dehydrate sweet potatoes even without using a dehydrator. Preheat oven to 250 f.

Watching and waiting to see what was going on. Unfortunately for them most sweets are not good for them. Dehydrated sweet potatoes can fill your dog s desire for sugary snacks while at the same time giving him something to chew on.