# Would like some recipes for some "healthy" dog treats.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-like-some-recipes-for-some-healthy-dog-treats/245185>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [May 14, 2004, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-like-some-recipes-for-some-healthy-dog-treats/245185 "2004-05-14T22:28:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![SallyStar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a3d4f5/32.png) [@SallyStar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SallyStar)\
**Post date:** [May 14, 2004, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-like-some-recipes-for-some-healthy-dog-treats/245185/1 "2004-05-14T22:28:49Z")

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I would appreciate any recipes you might have for healthy dog treats. Do you have with peanut butter (might be unhealthy though?) which I know he likes. Thanks.

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**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2004, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-like-some-recipes-for-some-healthy-dog-treats/245185/2 "2004-05-15T01:11:02Z")

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Man, is THIS strainin’ the limits of Cafe Society.

I’ll let this one stand, god knows why, but any further dogfood queries are going STRAIGHT to mpsims.

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**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2004, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-like-some-recipes-for-some-healthy-dog-treats/245185/3 "2004-05-15T01:48:27Z")

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Squirrels are tasty.

Plus the exercise required to catch them can’t hurt.

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**Author:** ![Briny\_Deep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/briny_deep/32/17188_2.png) [@Briny\_Deep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Briny_Deep)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2004, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-like-some-recipes-for-some-healthy-dog-treats/245185/4 "2004-05-15T01:55:43Z")

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OK, you want something high-protein, low-fat, and really gross to prepare?

Get a beef heart. Chop it up into bite-sized (for the dog) pieces. Put them, all separate from each other, on a lightly oiled cookie sheet. Bake at 275 or so, for a few hours, until they have turned into little nuggets of beef jerky.

Be warned – it will stink up your house. But our dog loved her heart-jerky.