Sweet Treats for a Sweet Tooth
5 healthy ways to indulge your dog’s sweet tooth
Since chocolate is bad for dogs, here are some suggested ways to indulge your dog’s sweet tooth in a healthy manner
1. Yogurt. Add fresh yogurt to your dog’s meal
or make it a cool summer treat by following
these directions: Cut eight thin slices from a
banana and place one into each reservoir in
an ice cube tray. Mix 1/4 cup yogurt with 1/4
cup water, and spoon over the banana slices.
Freeze overnight and you’ve got a great sweet
treat for your dog (best if served outside or on
tile floors!). Yogurt is a great source of protein
and calcium.
2. Beets. Add a small amount of
grated raw beets to your dog’s food.
Beets are a good source of folate,
manganese, and potassium, and are
rich in flavonoids. Just be careful—
these brightly coloured vegetables
can be messy!
3. Blueberries. Perfect as a
quick treat, these small berries
are rich in antioxidants
and Vitamin C.
4. Dehydrated sweet potatoes. Peel sweet potatoes
and slice them thin, then dry them either in a
food dehydrator or in your oven. Your dog will
love this crunchy sweet treat and it’s a great
source of Vitamins A and C, manganese, and
fibre.
5. Watermelon. A cool slice of
juicy watermelon can be a
nice treat for your dog. Watermelon
is rich in Vitamin C
and lycopene.
I give my Maltese cold watermelon and she loves it. It helps her by keeping her cool during these hot summer days.
I have never given either one of my dogs any of these sweet treats, but I am going to try them. I think it is wonderful that these fruits and vegetables are good for our little friends. Thank you for the wonderful information.
Good ideas. I buy frozen cut-up sweet potatoes (NOT the sweet potato fries--get the ones in the organic freezer) for my furbabies. Great little snack, and it's nice and cold on a warm day.
I've also mixed mashed bananas with yogurt and frozen them in ice-cube trays for 'pupsicles' for those warm afternoons. I have made larger ones for them, but it tends to get messy (they drop them on the floor and lick them).
All great ideas-thanks! Any suggestions on what kind of yogurt is best?
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