Let's try to compile homemade dog treats under one thread.  If you have already posted homemade dog treats, please give me the thread link so I can copy them here.  Thanks.

Thanks for sharing purringfur.  It wasn't my idea.  It was MrsP's idea.  Thank you MrsP.

A link to homemade chicken & beef jerky strips recipes:

http://dogblog.dogster.com/2007/09/26/fda-warns-dogs-to-avoid-chicken-jerky#comment-107662

Links to treat recipes.  You should make sure you're comfortable with the ingredients as some may be contoversial.

http://futuremach.baka.com/cookies.html
http://www.geocities.com/NapaValley/2049/doggie.htm
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Ranch/1011/dog.htm
http://www.yummyfordogs.org/
http://www.puppycentral.net/recipes/index.html
http://www.gooddogexpress.com/recipes.htm
http://www.taoherbfarm.com/herbs/resources/pettreats.htm
http://www.dragonbear.com/rec-spec.html
http://www.thepoop.com/pooppantry/

5CatMom

JanC,

You're welcome.  Let us know how the recipes work for you.  I like the idea of freezing them, too. 

Here's a dehydrator recipe from Jenny Bark that was on Itchmo, but please note that Jenny doesn't use the garlic.

"Jenny Bark says:

September 15th, 2007 at 3:08 pm
GSD Mom, recipe from Mary Bell’s dehydrator book.
Basic Chicken Jerky
the same recipe can be used to make turkey jerky. A reminder-ALL POULTY MUST BE COOKED before it can be dried into jerky.

1 pound skinlless, boneless chicken breasts, sinew and transparent tissue removed
1/4 cup olive oil
juice of 1 lemon
1 teaspoon crushed garlic (I don’t use this in mine for the dogs)

1. Cut the chicken into 5 inches long, 1 inch wide, and 1/4 inch thick.
2. In a bag, combine the oil, lemon juice, and garlic, and add chicken. Squeeze out the air in the plastic bag, making sure all the chicken surfaces are covered with marinade, and seal the bag. Refrigerate for 24 hours.
2. Preheat the oven to 300%F. Remove the chicken from the bag, place in a glass baking dish, and bake for 30 minutes. Remove the chicken from the baking dish, reserving the cooking juice, which can be used as a sauce. Let chicken cool.
4. Place the baked chicken strips on mesh sheets in the drying trays. Dry for about 6 to 8 hours, depending on the style of dehydrator, until the strips are leathery.
Makes 4 to 5 ounces.

My dogs love them, even kitty plays around with a small one. I DON”T use the garlic. You can dry them in the oven at 145 F to 180F but it can take up to 24 hours. I have never did them in an oven. If you really want to make them I bet you know someone who has a dehygrator around. I make up a lot at a time. I keep all my meat, chicken & fish jerky in the ref to be safe. It is really not hard at all. Good luck"

5CatMom 

5CatMom:

Perhaps if I look at other dehydrators, they won't be as complicated as this one but all of the recipes had a ton of prep work & special "dips" the foods had to be soaked in before they went into the dehydrator......then there was all kinds of info on checking the food after storing to be sure there's no moisture or it isn't moldy......I thought once it was dried, you were home free.  Even with the store bought chicken jerky.....back in the good old days when I trusted it......I kept it in the freezer until I needed some more.  Maybe that's why Hannah never got sick.  Oh, & besides all the prep work, the trays had to be rearranged and/or turned every few hours......this is for the one to two days until the stuff was ready.  I can see me up at 3 in the morning rearranging trays.....NOT!

I want to try that freeze dried liver & the chicken cooked in broth.....two of Hannah's favorites & they sound yummy & easy to make.

Entrees in Poco's Presidential Dinner 
These are really dog treats and very doable.  All are modified versions of popular homemade treats for dogs.

Meatballs with Yogurt Topping

1 lb       ground lamb (or beef 10% fat or less)
 
1 Tsp.    chopped parsley
1 tsp      soy sauce
1           egg
             Plain yogurt
½ Tsp    Ground pr powdered eggshell or 900mg calcium supplement  (may be omitted if recipe is given purely as a treat)

Method:
1.  Mix together ground meat, parsley, egg, calcium supplement and soy sauce.
2.  Form the mixture into  1” diameter balls.
3.  Arrange meatballs in oven grill or flat cookie pan lined with aluminium foil or baking paper.
4.  Bake in 350 deg oven for 20-30 mins or until done.  Turn balls over once for even browning.
5.  Serve with a dab of yogurt on top.


Notes:
1.   Meatballs may be served dipped lightly in plain yogurt (for probiotics) or as is as part of a meal or as a snack in between meals.  If recipe is used purely as a treat, eggshell or clacium supplement may be omitted.  Give no more than three or four meatballs at a time. 
2.   Refrigerate what will not be immediately eaten. 



Liver Squares

1 lb       Chicken liver
1 c       Rice flour
4       Eggs
2 Tbsp                Grated zucchini
2/3 tsp                Eggshell (ground or powdered)

Method:
1.  Blend all the ingredients in a food processor.
2.  Pour mixture onto a greased baking sheet with a raised edge on all sides. Bake at 350 degrees for 30 mins or until done.
3.  Cool and cut into “bitable” squares.  Store in airtight jar and refrigerate. 
Recipe makes between 1 ½ to 3 dozen squares.



Bacon Bliss

8             Slices Bacon
4             Eggs
1/8 C       Vegetable Cooking Oil
1 C          Water
1/2 C       Powdered Milk
2 C          All-purpose Flour
2 1/2 C    Wheat Germ

Method:
1.  Cook the bacon until crisp.  Allow to cool and then crumble.
2.  Beat the eggs.
3.  In a medium bowl, combine all the ingredients; mix well.
4.  Form mixture into small balls or any shape you desire.
5.  Arrange balls or shapes onto greased cookie sheet and bake in 350 degree oven for 15 – 20 mins.  Leave in the oven and allow to cool and harden overnight.
6.  Store what will not be immediately eaten in airtight jar.  Pieces may be frozen if desired. 

Recipe makes 3 to 4 dozen treat balls

Note:  This is a treat only recipe. 

You know... you are absolutely right... although I do not know if ingesting soy sauce could disrupt thyroid hormone production...  what I do know about these goitrogens is that it is in their uncooked state that they affect the thyroid, but when cooked or processed, they lose that chemical that disrupts thyroid hormones.  I came accross that data when researching how I could bring Kaffe's thyroid hormones production down just using diet and I hit upon raw broccoli and cabbage.  Anyway, the soy sauce in the recipe is just for added flavor... one can use plain salt instead    Mind you, I wouldn't myself use soy sauce in any cat recipe even though Anitra Frazier thinks that's OK    But then she also thinks fasting a cat is OK