Retriever Retriever, Pumpkin Eater
Oct 7th, 2009 by Marilyn
Cleo wasn’t feeling well. Our four-year old black Lab had a problem, in that special dog way of having a problem, the kind that finds you outside at 3 a.m., wondering how she ate a paper towel, a pen, six bagels and their bag. Of course dog owners know that goes with the territory, and messy territory it is. But a few years back our vet gave me some swell advice, the sort of helpful tip you never forget: pumpkin.
Turns out pumpkin, in addition to filling pies, soups, and being eminently carve-able, works a certain enzyme magic on stomach irritation. Does it work on people? I don’t know. My job was to get it into the dog. “Feed her a tablespoon of pumpkin,” he said, “mixed in her food. Or right from the spoon – if she’ll take it.”
Would she? Her first move was to stuff her mouth with Ducky, thus avoiding whatever was on the spoon. Take it?
No.
And no.
And no way.
So I mixed it with her food – and for a time, she snubbed the food. She finally ate it, never making the connection that snacking on shrubs, or snail shells, or used Kleenex would earn her dinner a pumpkin garnish. Now, I have cared for and loved three dogs. I have seen a lot of 3 a.m’s, a lot of snowy, moonlit grass. I wanted a better pumpkin delivery system, and for me, baking something “in” is an easy answer – especially for Cleo, who is sweet and trusting, and not bright enough to suspect a biscuit.
Rolling dough got her attention…
…and while they cooled on the counter, she even forgot the edible bits in the yard. Dogs love these simple biscuits and sick or not sick, they make great treats. They’re delightful – but my best advice? Buy wastebaskets with lids. Don’t plant poisonous shrubs, shut bathroom doors, avoid the tastiest pens. And by all means, keep a handy can of pumpkin.
Cleo’s Pumpkin Dog Biscuits
2 eggs
1/2 cup canned pumpkin
2 tablespoons dry milk
1/4 teaspoon sea salt
2 1/2 cups brown rice flour *
1 teaspoon dried parsley (optional)
Preheat oven to 350.
In large bowl, whisk together eggs and pumpkin to smooth. Stir in dry milk, sea salt, and dried parsley (if using, optional). Add brown rice flour gradually, combining with spatula or hands to form a stiff, dry dough. Turn out onto lightly floured surface (can use the brown rice flour) and if dough is still rough, briefly knead and press to combine.
Roll dough between 1/4 – 1/2″ – depending on your dog’s chew preferences, ask first – and use biscuit or other shape cutter to punch shapes, gathering and re-rolling scraps as you go. Place shapes on cookie sheet, no greasing or paper necessary. If desired, press fork pattern on biscuits before baking, a quick up-and-down movement with fork, lightly pressing down halfway through dough. Bake 20 minutes. Remove from oven and carefully turn biscuits over, then bake additional 20 minutes. Allow to cool completely on rack before feeding to dog.
* Brown rice flour gives the biscuits crunch and promotes better dog digestion. Many dogs have touchy stomachs or allergies, and do not, like many people I know, tolerate wheat.
Makes up to 75 small (1″) biscuits or 50 medium biscuits
Please note: This is not professional medical advice. These biscuits are a healthy everyday treat, and useful for a dog with a sensitive stomach, or minor digestion issues. If your dog is showing any signs of serious distress, remove all food and contact your veterinarian immediately.
I predict that all other cute I encounter today won’t be able to hold a candle to this.
What a lucky pup to have you for a mom. Any pumpkin treats for humans up your blog sleeve?
Love this, what a great idea! I’ll have to whip up a batch for our little Nilla–she’s a seasoned connoisseur of used tissues and napkins as well.
Sorry to hear Cleo wasn’t feeling well, but glad to find this recipe. We are well versed in dogs & pumpkin, as the Chesapeake Bay Retriever we adopted back in May came with a tricky anal gland that never empties all the way. This trait has brought regular trips to the vet into our lives as well as pumpkin—the fiber helps bulk up her stools and lessen her issue, but it’s also turning her teeth orange (we mix it in her kibble, she readily accepts & loves it).
I bake some of her treats & biscuits already, but the doggy cookbook we bought doesn’t have pumpkin biscuits in it. Why not? At any rate, I’m
glad you shared this particular recipe—we need it!
P.S. What type & brand of food is Cleo regularly on? Her coat is so glossy & gorgeous. (Or does she eat a raw diet?) We feed Wellness and/or Fromm, and while her coat is sleek & shiny, she seems to shed excessively. Any tips for that?
That shot of Cleo attentively supervising your dough rolling has me smiling again and again. We are currently dogless, having gone through an animal hospice stage a few years back as family pets one by one completed their journeys through this world.
It was a shock to discover I wasn’t such a great housekeeper when it came to keeping clean floors after all – that was our beloved Labrador’s doing, fastidiously cleaning up behind the family drops and spills.
Currently owned by a feral cat who claimed us around a year ago, I am not sure we are quite ready for another sweet pooch, so many thanks for sharing your kleenex muncher with me this morning.
First off, I love this recipe – but mostly those pictures of your dog are adorable! I love posts about DOGS! Thanks for the recipe!
Ha! That is too funny! My little Chloe ATE my pumpkin one night while I was away. (http://penandfork.wordpress.com/2008/11/14/pumpkin-eater/)
I thought for sure she’d throw it up, but she didn’t. And know I know why. All along, she was crying out for Marilyn’s pumpkin treats!
LOVE the fact you used brown rice flour because most dogs do have trouble with wheat gluten. I’m going to make these for Chloe and Skylar.
What a great recipe.. I cannot wait to make this for my little lab stinker! Lexi. She had pumpkin before and loves it and in fact the breeder suggested it when her tummy gets upset! Thanks!
Thank you for this post! Our dog Lucy has a lot of stomach problems. I can’t wait to try a batch of these for her.
Aww poor Cleo!
So do they taste good? Did Greg try one?
First of all, my sweet, 14-year-old dog is SOOOO gonna get a batch of these for the holidays. Secondly, now all I want in the whole world is a dog biscuit-shaped cookie cutter
OMG I love your dog. Gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous. However, one thing. Are you quite positive your dog is a Labrador “I eat everything in the world, eatable or not” Retriever?
There was only one time my lab refused food. A sprig of parsley made it half way down her throat before she oh-so-disgustingly spit it back out at me. Turns out she prefers Italian to Curly. She didn’t fall far from the apple tree.
Loved the pics, recipe and post and especially bonded with your eloquent line, “I’ve seen a lot of three a.m’s, a lot of snowy, moonlit grass.” Oh man, can I relate.
You are saving the doggy world today. I never knew pumpkin could be a home remedy for a troubled doggy tummy. Is it exclusively for LR’s?
I think it must work for us two legged creatures too huh? I love pumpkin. Thanks for the darling post and give your furry friend some hugs.
AmyRuth
Those biscuits are way more attractive than most of the food I make for my human children. Cleo’s quite the looker, too. Got any magic biscuits for puking cats, by any chance? My fabric surfaces and 3 a.m. bare footsteps would be eternally grateful.
Oh, I have tears in my eyes. These photos of your Cleo are so sweet. That “I’ll roll over in submission but I’m still not gonna eat that orange stuff” look. So sweet. I lost my old girl in February and while she was going through lymphoma her tummy was off so we had to give her pumpkin (homemade puree, of course). She didn’t love it, either, but I found that a bit of real Parmigiano Reggiano helped. But I didn’t think of dog biscuits. Brilliant, but a bit too late. I’ll try this recipe should our greyhound Mini ever get into lawn chocolate or whathaveyou. Thanks.
Cleo is one lucky girl! I think we’ll have to mix up a batch of these for our little Reese.
Marilyn – I got your response to my birthday comment on my iPhone and, as we have 4 dogs, I started thinking about how I was going to modify your recipe BEFORE I even saw it. I decided that I’d use brown rice flour in place of whatever you used because it’s so much better than anything with wheat for my kids. And then, I finally sit down with my Google Reader and come here first.
You already had the perfect recipe. I should have known.
My dogs love pumpkin, too, especially my black lab mix. All four of my babies send their love because they are getting homemade pumpkin biscuits tomorrow.
Your dog really won’t eat pumpkin? Mine laps it up! I never heard of giving it to a dog that’s eaten something weird but it makes perfect sense. We’ve given it when the pup has the runs (or the opposite) but next time he eats something, he’s getting pumpkin! Or maybe I should just start giving it to him every day, he is ALWAYS eating something awful . . . including corn cobs and once, a screw. Seriously.
Oh this is super, we have a big softy lump of a boxer, who is renowned for being into everything and suffering for it. He should love this as he is a fruit and veg monster (seriously I have never know a dog who would literally do anything for a raspberry!)
Thank you. Love your blog.
Oh my word…my daughter is going to love this concept, not to mention having a little something up her sleeve when those two labs of hers starting acting up…
Thanks for sharing Marilyn, I’ll be passing this along…
such a gorgeous dog! She looks spookily similar to my own dog, Willow. We even had a toy duck that she loved, until she ripped a hole in it and destroyed the squeaker.
We have a pumpkin in our vegetable patch, so I will be trying this recipe so my pooch can try our home-grown goodies. Thank you.
Yes, pumpkin AND sweet potatoes work the same way on people with jumpy tummies. Maybe you could bake up a batch of sweet potato biscotti. Yum
About pumpkin and cats: since posting this, I’ve had several people mention that pumpkin works wonders on cat tummies, as well. Ask your vet about how much to feed.
Also, sweet potatoes: some sensitive-stomach and sensitive-skin dog foods contain sweet potatoes, thus it too would likely make a good stomach soother for dogs. I’m thinking of one high-end “Roast Duck & Sweet Potato” variety. Every time I see it I think “you know, that sounds awfully good.”
I never knew about pumpkin! That is very useful information. Makes me think of the term “digestive biscuits, ” and now maybe we know why that name came about!
I never knew! It’s like Ginger for dogs? I’ll have to make them for my pack. As for poor Cleo, hug her for me.
awww Cleo…but she ended up with some fab biscuits!
I was so sleepy when I commented last night that it didn’t register that Cleo wasn’t crazy about pumpkin. I came back today to get the recipe and then it all made sense.
Anyway, my dogs went absolutely nuts for these. My black lab is so camera shy – he runs at the sight of it – but sat and waited for me to take a pic so he could have a pumpkin treat.
I’m curious to know what brand of brown rice flour you used – I know that they can vary from brand to brand. I swapped out the milk powder for flax meal (my vet recommends flax meal for Gatsby’s dry skin) and omitted the salt. I needed some water to help hold the dough together. When making the second batch (yes, I made two…) I increased the pumpkin to 3/4 cup and still added a little water but it baked better than the first batch. It’s either the flax/milk powder swap or the rice flour brand.
I’d love to share my variation with my readers and link back to yours if that’s ok with you. I’m just so happy that my kids have a healthy treat that they love.
Brilliant.
ps I love, love your writing.
Anyone got a variation for a dog on a grain-free diet? My cocker will eat anything resembling food. I keep him muzzled on walks, which is sad: everyone thinks he’s a biter, and nothing could be further from the truth! But it has cut down on on doggie sickness and Naz gets skin reactions, too.
Anyway, a grain-free variation would be muchly appreciated. Pumpkin jerky, perhaps?
Cleo is adorable! Thanks for the pumpkin dog biscuit recipe (and pumpkin info).
Found your blog from Foodgawker (Pumpkin Eater) Gorgeous photography!
The black dog/orange pumpkin
Interesting and witty
Definitively going in my Favorites File.
Our 17 year old beagle left us recently and this has me thinking of how much she loved pumpkin. She had been overweight for part of her life and her vet suggested the Pumpkin Diet. A portion of her food was replaced by canned pumpkin. She absolutely loved it!! Thanks for the pics and recipe.
So glad I found your great blog! I can’t wait to try this out on “Ben” our senior cocker spaniel!
joy c. at grannymountain
awwww, Cleo’s biscuits look really cute. And such an imaginative way to sneak the pumpkin in!
I work as a dietitian and we recommend pumpkin for poorly human tummies too. Not sure if the same follows for dogs but for humans pumpkin and squash are high in soluble fibre which is good at absorbing water and ‘firming things up’
First time reading your blog & I love the pics & storylines. Will be baking these biscuits up soon for my doggie friends! Thanks.
Now if I can just figure out how to feed pumpkin to my bulimic cat . . .This may prove especially difficult, seeing as how none of my cats like human food. We offered them tuna once, and they looked at us like we were mustache-twirling kitty killers!
Cats’ faces go into a rather distinctive “something-crawled-in-here-and-died” when something smells especially nasty. Until the Tuna Incident, I had no idea that this could also include crossed eyes! The cats slunk from the room, hid from us for three days, and looked at us askance for another week. Happily, all’s long since forgiven and forgotten.
My Cleo stole the children’s trick or treat candy, gobbled it up, wrappers and all. Almost escaped notice ‘ til the the evidence was revealed…
Keep those candy buckets away from the dogs this Halloween.
Well I love any post with Cleo in it! AND…I think Maggie’s going to have some special treats this weekend. I recently bought a dog bone cookie cutter and haven’t done anything with it yet. Yay!
Oh my goodness, thank you! I have a black lab puppy and I am constantly amazed at what she eats (hint: anything and everything!). I totally plan on making these biscuits and, hopefully, cut down on our own 3 a.m. cleanups.
Ah….a long, dreary day in the office and I come across your dog biscuit post. I love the addition of pumpkin in these–not to mention that sweet lab snout (I have one, too–a lab that is, not a sweet snout). Thanks for the recipe!
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Thank you so much for sharing this recipe! I just made a batch to freeze for use at Thanksgiving. I know I will be short on time before the holiday and want to make sure the dogs have some treats too!
Great read and pics – thanks! I have been feeding my dogs pumpkin for years whenever they have a bad stomach and they lap it up. I feed raw meat mixed with NDF (a food supplement/carb etc adjunct to the meat) but when they are sick I just replace the NDF with canned pumpkin and some digestive enzymes and probiotic. Does the trick everytime. If they are really sick from eating who knows what, I just do about 1/2 cup of pumpkin 2-3 times per day with enzymes/probiotics and 1 or 2 capsules of slippery elm which settles an aching stomach and forms a lubricant in digestive tract. Then I slowly reintegrate the meat, cooking at first and slowly back to raw over a few days. Gross I know but it works wonders! I will try these great treats
I was surprised when you said you had to sneak pumpkin to your dog. Mine loves pumpkin straight from the can. I tried making these as my first homemade dog biscuit recipe. They turned out great and Dakota loves them. I was worried about the cost factor, the brown rice flour was $3.69 for a 7 1/2 cup bag. Even so, they seem like they are a good value and I like the fact that they are homemade. Thanks, for the recipe! BTW, your dog is awfully cute!
Great blog and pictures of Cleo. What a precious looking dog! My wife has been making biscuits for our dogs and they love them. We are interested in trying your recipe. Thanks!
My girl absolutely loves these biscuits. I know have to make them quite often, since they are her favorite treat. I keep them in the freezer and just give them to her frozen. It gives her some extra crunch for those big teeth! Thanks for a great recipe!
I missed this post, but i’m so glad I found it this time around! Now i have something to give the pups for the holidays! I can’t wait to make them.
I LOVE it! Can’t wait to try these for our pooch. Thanks so much for sharing! Your pup is a total sweetie!
+Jessie
To “K” – comment #30 – if your dog cannot tolerate any grains, you might try substituting potato flakes. My dog gets them mixed with his food and some warm water. Abe loves them.
Great recipe by the way!! Can’t wait to try it! THANKS, Marilyn.
This is adorable and really not that surprising. My Labrador eats the strangest things, wooden spoons being among his favorites. He ate an entire pumpkin once when my baby nephew decided to share and handed it to him.
My 18th birthday was a mess, though–my mom went to the trouble to bake a giant cake with about 4,000 kinds of chocolate in it, and Captain ate almost the entire thing. I wish I’d had this recipe back then!
I work at a pet store, and every time someone comes in saying “My vet told me to get these special expensive pills for my dog’s minor stomach problems”, I always say “Forget that, get pumpkin. It works like a miracle.”
Thank you so much for this post! My dog has a sensitive stomach. These treats will be perfect for my Izzy!
How do you store these?
I’m making these for my wheat allergic dog. Finally she can have some cookies other than those smelling fish and sweet potato ones!
Just want to thank you for this recipe and will definately be making these for my two labs whom both have allergies to poultry and both LOVE the Pumpkin!!
They are on a Holistic High Protien diet and this Pumpkin also helps them from getting constipated… But one down fall, they have some really rank farts!! LOL!! It all evens out and we can live with that.
Thanks again… Appreciate this recipe.
BTW, How do you store these dog treats? Air tight container? Fridge? And how long is the shelf life?
Love your Cleo : )
Cleo obviously shares the same alure to ick as Zephyr does. Glad she gave in to eat pumpkin. Zephyr ate a sharp toothpick(it was stuck in a carrot. He loves carrots) a few weeks ago & he was on poop watch for 3 days. *Sigh* He will eat anything–horse poop, squirrel carcass, yum! Luckly, he’ll also eat an array of fruits, veggies, plus he loves plain yogurt. It’s the god send to keep it all moving. Ack.
Hope Cleo is feeling better. It sucks when they feel icky & can’t tell us why.
d xo
So glad to have found this recipe! We have three dogs at home, one of which is a German Shepherd just diagnosed with food allergies and a tricky digestive system. I started feeding all three spoonfuls of pumpkin each morning before leaving the house and they eat it up! I’m excited to be able to fix these for all the dogs in the house, not just the possessor of iffy digestion.
Would it be ok to use white rice flour instead of the brown rice flour? I searched my grocery store but could not find brown rice flour, just the white. I just want to make sure I’m making something good for my beloved pup! And thank you for the recipe, my dog always has an upset stomach, I have high hopes that these treats will help!
I make biscuits for all the family dogs every year … I’m trying this recipe this year. Thanks for sharing.
I have 2 small dogs 10 and 12 pounds can they eat these cookies to? I have tried all the store brands and even stocked up @ petco and they are really stubborn they only want things that we eat
Love this-what a great idea! Although our 2 pooches love pumpkin mixed in with their food. It’s a great source of fiber too.
hmmmmmm my black lab whitney has real sensitive tummy and my golden retriever pup eats anything in site and so does my american bull… have always done chicken an rice but will definitly make these and have these products on hand as my daughter is on gluten free diet…your dog acts and looks so much like my whitney!!! love my doggy babies
Found this recipe through Pinterest…adorable photos and thank you for sharing! Can’t wait to try this with my pups.
Thanks so much for the recipe. I had 3 doxies get into some cooking oil years ago. Oh my what a mess! The vet said to give them pumpkin with some cottage cheese! They loved it and it cleared up their tummy woes. Currently have two new doxies that get a bit of pumpkin in cottage cheese every night to help keep their anal glands in shape. They will love these biscuits!
I made some pumpkin dog biscuits similar to this recipe over the weekend and they came out great…my 2 aussie shep / great pyrenees mix’ loved them and one of them is very picky! I’m wondering if regular rice flour can be substituted for brown rice flour? I can’t see why not. I love that variation! Thanks
Yum! I will have to get some brown rice flour just for Izzy’s treats!
I have to say BRAVO for you and thank you!! YOU truly posted a healthy treat for dogs..one that has NO CORN WHEAT OR SOY!!! Lots of people don’t understand what all that does to their skin it actually causes allergic reactions hense why they scratch itch and lick!! Your a God Send once again THANK YOU for posting!!!
Thank you for this super recipe. I see my Sister’s doghter getting these for the holidays.
~C8>
How long will these hold for? I am going to make a batch for my baby, but want to send some to my “nieces and nephews” for Christmas too!
OK… you have made my dogs addicted to these things! LOL I ran out of the second batch I made in two weeks and tried to give them a dog treat from the store and I think they only ate it out of politeness. It took them 4-ever to swallow it LOL. Making my third batch right now. I think they like it because I made it in the shape of a pumpkin
Thanks for sharing it with us!
These look yummy sure my puppy will like them, but its hard to buy caned pumkin her, so had no idea what half a can of pumpkin is, so did a google search, 1/2 can of pumkin is 425 grams : )
Great recipe! Our little shiz tzu cross had tummy troubles when we first got her and our local pet store owner recommended giving her pumpkin. Worked like a charm! Although she loves the pumpkin by itself, we could never get through a can before the pumpkin went bad so I can’t wait to try these instead!
Love this! Thank you so much for the recipe. I too have seen many 3 a.m. mornings b/c of my fur-babies.
I will def make these!
–shelley
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Beautiful Post! I loved reading every word!
looks great, I will have to share o my blog.
I made these for christmas. It was an awesome gift for all of my mastiff’s (daisy) pet friends. I left a brown paper bags filled with these pumpkin treats signed with a gift tag of daisy’s paw print as the signature. With tons of feed back that all of our doggy friends loved them, I am thinking heart shapes for valentines… Everyone especially loved them given the info for the pumpkin. I asked my vet and they confirmed tht pumpkin is great for dogs.
Great Recipe!!
I did try giving daisy pumpkin from a spoon and she loves it, but not every kid likes spinach right?
How interesting as when my dog had diarhea(sp) I looked up on the internet what to give and pumpkin along with rice was one of the things they suggested…..stock uppppppp……..at the time last winter when I went to the stores nobody had pumpkin as it was a bad year for them weatherwise and no canned pumpkin even on the shelves…..not even Walmart!!! Thanks for the recipe–I will try this!
Our dogs name is Cleo too! I’ve never heard of another puppy Cleo
Our Cleo constantly has belly issues, too, so I do believe I will be trying this! Thanks!
I made my dog Ember a batch of these for Christmas, as well as for a few other dogs of family and friends. They absolutely loved them and couldn’t eat them fast enough. And they are so easy to make! I am making another batch soon because people are asking for more for their dogs. This was honestly the BEST dog treat recipe I have found online! Even dogs with wheat allergies can eat them! Thanks for posting this recipe!
I can’t find brown rice flour!! Kroger and Walmart didnt’ have it.
Have you checked the wheat/gluten-free section? You can request that your kroger carry particular items. Just ask to speak to a manager, I think they give you a card to fill out.
I made these as Christmas gifts for our groomer and all of our friends who have dogs and put the treats in personalized jars. Everyone (especially the pups) loved them! I recently made a batch for our own two Husky rescues and it quickly became the treat they’ll do anything for! Thankfully, our pups don’t have wheat allergies, but I went with your recipe anyhow and they turned out great. I especially love the fact that when our groomer gives them out to pups in their shop, every dog will be happy… wheat allergies or not!
Thank you for posting this! I just ran out of treats and decided this year was more of the homemade and less processed. Making all my own bread and rolls this year, so I know my pups will appreciate being included in this. I have 2 dogs that love their treats after dinner, one is a black lab who loves the bathroom garbage? Not sure why, but the door stays closed and the other is a rescue dog (American staffordshire terrier and american bulldog who often gets mistaken for a pit bull) and when she gets anxious she eats whatever is in sight. TV cords (it was unplugged), dog hair on the floor, plastic bags, fringe from the rugs, my wood floor, you name it she has probably eaten it and thrown it up. ugh. We switched her to a hypoallergenic dog food and that seems to be helping her keep food down too.
Love! Your girl looks so much like my black lab Blue! I’m going to definetely be making these for him in the near future. Pumpkin! Who knew!
Hi, I would like to make these treats for my dogs, but I can’t find brown rice flour. Would white rice flour work?
I am a part-time dog sitter with clients that range everywhere from Shar Pei to Jack Russell to Newfoundland. I have yet to find a dog who doesn’t LOVE these. Try them for your puppies..
We are fans of pumpkin after our vet told us it would help prevent our borzoi from eating his own……poop……it works! We made these today and both of our four legged babies loved the. We are delivering to the neighbors too! We mix canned pumpkin in their food as a treat and they love it!
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Thank You for sharing, my Choc Lab just loves pumpkin and squash and i’m sure he will enjoy these. Oh and Parker has the same ducky, his favorite toy.
Thanks for sharing this. My black lab will eat almost anything. She will love these. They look good enough for people to eat too! I must be hungry. LOL
Looks great and your dog looks even cuter!
So loved this post and recipe. I thought your pictures were amazing and your story was so funny. It really hit home for me as I have a lab cross, Woofer, who has also enjoyed many used kleenexes in his day. He has an upset stomach right now and has a lot of food sensitivies so these treats might be just the ticket. Thanks for your wonderful post!
Just made these yesterday and posted your recipe (with credits to you) on my blog! They came out great and my poochies loved em! Thanks!
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You mention using the brown rice flour for crunch…would these work if I left that out? Asking because my little poodle doesn’t have many teeth left therefore I give her soft treats now. Thanks!
I am so going to have to try these for my little Sophie and her “cousins” (my brother & his fiance’s dogs). I hope they love these as much as they loved the other recipe Sophie sent them for Christmas.
I have an old dachshund that I have trouble keeping from getting overweight. She is always looking for a snack. I tried this recipe about 6 months ago and have not stopped making it since. I make a batch or two and store it in the refrigerator for no more than a week, so I can make them in a hurry if I need them. She loves them, and we love you for providing such a good treat.
Love this idea! I love Cleo too, she looks so much like my Duncan
Thank you for this wonderful recipe! My Golden-Lab buddy, Ramsey, loves them… he goes quite crazy for them actually and sits in the kitchen while I am baking them knowing the smell
Thanks again!
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We have two beautiful Collie’s and our male is very picky! I made these last night and after tasting one biscuit, he sat pretty and held his paw up to shake for another! I was thrilled to make him something that he finally enjoys!!! Thannnnk you do much!
I will be trying this out, my 4 month old black lab Bianca is eating the tv remote as I type this out. Thanks for the recipe!
My “girls” just loved the Biscuits!!! Thank you so much! Had a lot of fun making them!!
) Have a super cute picture that I wish I could post!!
My Sadie, a shih tzu, loves these. Should I limit how many she gets per day? She did have hard stools and it’s really helped her loosen up. The only problem I had was that they were brown on each side. I guess I should either lower the oven temp or the time. Any suggestions?
Made these last night for my two labs, one which I recently adopted from our local shelter. He has digestion issues, probably due to kennel stress and/or allergies. Vet suggested pumpkin treats and thus I found your recipe. OMG they are gobbling them up so fast I am going to have to bake another batch very soon! Thanks so much for sharing!
These look wonderful, will have to make them soon for Pru and her pals. Terrific pictures too!
I love the recipe, the way this is written, and the pictures to accompany the story! Thank you.
If you can’t find Brown Rice Flour, check in the natural/health food section of your grocery store or look for Bob’s Red Mill products. That’s what I use and my pups are hooked.
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Rocco will love these…
my dog lives on pumpkin and LOVES it!!! what could you use to substitute eggs?? he’s allergic.
I would LOVE to make these for my Golden, and I noticed you said about the brown rice flour and I want to thank you because my Bella can’t have wheat either! Finding healthy treats for her gets boring after a while because she seems to end up having the same thing because of all her allergies. But I bet she’ll more than love these! I can’t wait to make them for her. Thanks for the receipe!