As Keeper Jill mentioned we had our annual AAZK Rummage Sale on May 5th. This year I baked dog treats to sell.
Homemade Dog Treats
They were dog tested and approved. Below is the receipe from
“The Ultimate Dog Treat Cookbook”
~~~Veggie Treats~~~
3 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cup quick oats
1/2 cup roasted, unsalted sunflower seeds
1/2 cup grated carrots
1/4 cup finely diced celery
1/4 finely chopped broccoli
1/4 cup finely diced red or yellow bell pepper (no seeds)
1 teaspoon minced garlic
1/4 cup vegetable oil
1 cup water
(I altered this a bit- I used whole wheat flour, diced the carrots, and added extra celery and broccoli instead of using bell peppers- just to use what I already had at home)
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Preheat the over to 350 degrees
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Mix all the ingredients well. Using your hands, knead the dough for a few minutes
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Form the dough into a ball and drop it onto a floured breadboard (I used the counter). Roll the dough out to about 1/4 inch thick.
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Use a 3 inch cookie cutter (I used the mouth part of a small jar) to cut the dough into shapes. Place the cookies on greased cookie sheets.
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Bake 15 to 20 minutes or until golden brown
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Remove from oven, let cool, store in airtight container- or from crisper treats, turn oven off and return treats on cookie sheet to oven. Leave them in the cooling oven for several hours or overnight to harden.
Happy 1.5 year anniversary to Kimberly being a keeper at the Museum! For regular blog readers, you’ve already got to know Kimberly quite well by reading her posts. She’s passionate about lemurs, animal training, and the natural world. She has a lot of 
Hi Kimberly!
It was great meeting you yesterday at the Wolf Overlook and finding out all those cool things about the Red Wolf Rehab program. I’m definitely going to follow this blog more often.
As a side note, I was reading your post about homemade dog treats and was a little alarmed that GARLIC is included. I’ve worked as a certified vet tech for many years and have seen garlic poisonings in dogs a few times, which wasn’t pretty. So I ask that you educate yourself about this possibility when garlic is used in recipes and I’d recommend not giving garlic and onion. Please read the link I provided from the ASPCA.
Again, thanks for all the great info yesterday and keep up the awesome work with the carnivores!
ASPCA website on garlic toxicity in dogs:
http://www.aspca.org/Pet-care/ask-the-expert/ask-the-expert-poison-control/treats-with-garlic.aspx
Laura
It was great to meet you as well. The receipe only called for 1 tsp, for over 80 treats, a very small amount. But thank you for the information and I look forward to talking to you again soon.