With the economy in the state that it is, and pet-food prices already exorbitant, many dog owners are saving money by making their own dog food. We've already told you how to make dog bones, but we wanted to provide a comprehensive list of the best Web sites for all kinds of dog treats, including bones, biscuits, cookies, and everything in between.
Check out these Web sites, save money, have fun, and prove your doggy devotion by making your own treats.
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Halo Liv-a-Littles Healthsome Well-Being Treats with Chicken & Cheese, $4.99
Halo Liv-a-Littles Healthsome Well-Being Treats with Chicken & Cheese have a lot going for them. According to the packaging, they're oven-baked, antioxidant-rich, and free of artificial colors and flavors. The treats are made with a nutritious blend of cranberries, pumpkin, sweet potatoes, yogurt, green tea and vitamins to help maintain healthy cells.
I don't know whether Izzy, my Border Collie/Chow mix, noticed that the treats were healthy; I just know that she gobbled them up without a second thought, licking the floor to make sure she devoured up every last crumb. If all those snacks actually help to support a healthy immune system, as Halo claims, all the better. If not, she's certainly not complaining about having to eat them. -- Kirsten Taylor
Halo Liv-a-Littles Healthsome Dog Biscuits/ Vegetarian with Peanut 'N Pumpkin Dog Biscuits, $4.99
Halo Liv-a-Littles Healthsome Vegetarian with Peanut 'N Pumpkin Dog Biscuits are gluten-free and oven-baked. Since my dog has only eaten gourmet dog treats made of lamb and liver, I didn't think that he would like the vegetarian ones. Boy, was I wrong.
My dog's nose started wiggling the second I opened the package. I took a sniff inside the bag and could understand why. The vegetarian treats have an authentic nutty aroma of peanut butter, meaning the smell is not overpowering, as you might expect with artificially manufactured flavors.
I gave one of the biscuits to my dog and he started happily munching away. After he finished that one, he came back for more. Luckily, the vegetarian dog treats are low-fat and made with a blend of beneficial ingredients. There is no corn, fillers, sugar or molasses. The only downside is that the biscuits are hard. My fingers were left aching after I tried to break them in half.
The sizable dog treats -- about two inches long -- are so low in calories that I can give my 8-pound dog one to three biscuits a day according to the feeding guide on the bag, which bases its recommendation on a dog's weight. My dog is very happy about that. -- Helena Sung
Halo Liv-a-Littles Healthsome Well-Being Treats with Chicken & Cheese have a lot going for them. According to the packaging, they're oven-baked, antioxidant-rich, and free of artificial colors and flavors. The treats are made with a nutritious blend of cranberries, pumpkin, sweet potatoes, yogurt, green tea and vitamins to help maintain healthy cells.
I don't know whether Izzy, my Border Collie/Chow mix, noticed that the treats were healthy; I just know that she gobbled them up without a second thought, licking the floor to make sure she devoured up every last crumb. If all those snacks actually help to support a healthy immune system, as Halo claims, all the better. If not, she's certainly not complaining about having to eat them. -- Kirsten Taylor
Halo Liv-a-Littles Healthsome Dog Biscuits/ Vegetarian with Peanut 'N Pumpkin Dog Biscuits, $4.99
Halo Liv-a-Littles Healthsome Vegetarian with Peanut 'N Pumpkin Dog Biscuits are gluten-free and oven-baked. Since my dog has only eaten gourmet dog treats made of lamb and liver, I didn't think that he would like the vegetarian ones. Boy, was I wrong.
My dog's nose started wiggling the second I opened the package. I took a sniff inside the bag and could understand why. The vegetarian treats have an authentic nutty aroma of peanut butter, meaning the smell is not overpowering, as you might expect with artificially manufactured flavors.
I gave one of the biscuits to my dog and he started happily munching away. After he finished that one, he came back for more. Luckily, the vegetarian dog treats are low-fat and made with a blend of beneficial ingredients. There is no corn, fillers, sugar or molasses. The only downside is that the biscuits are hard. My fingers were left aching after I tried to break them in half.
The sizable dog treats -- about two inches long -- are so low in calories that I can give my 8-pound dog one to three biscuits a day according to the feeding guide on the bag, which bases its recommendation on a dog's weight. My dog is very happy about that. -- Helena Sung
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Making it easier for the masses is Bow Wow Breakfast from All American Pet Brands. While the product claims to be especially cognizant of pet wellness (by adding "chewable nutraceuticals, electrolyte and rehydration products"), we're mostly just interested in the packaging, which resembles the type of box that usually holds sweet, sugary cereals we were prohibited from eating as kids.
That's not to say that the design wasn't deliberate, of course. In fact, an AAPB spokeswoman claims that Bow Wow Breakfast will help "teach your children how to take care of the dog," reenforcing that they be fed twice a day to remain nutritionally balanced.
But, really, we just want to give to our pups what we couldn't have as kids: brightly-colored stuff in a box . At the very least, it looks a lot more fun to schlep home than the usual gargantuan, boring old white bag. SNOOZEFEST!
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