Homemade Frozen Dog Treats?

[latopla]

Anyone here ever feed your dog frozen treats in the summer?

I like to blend organic chicken broth, apple juice, shredded carrots, bananas, and yogurt and pour it into ice trays.  Sometimes I substitute canned pumpkin or other dog-safe fruits and veggies.

Sheriff seems to really enjoy it.

[Spectrum]

I'm guilty of taking my dogs to Sonic or Dairy Queen once in a great while to get a vanilla ice cream 

I'm thinking of making some frozen treats from yogurt and some fruits, since my dogs have both decided they LOVE fruit.They were playing tug with a couple bananas the other day 

[Nianhel]

I used to stick a jar of peanut butter in the microwave to make it pourable, then would take a refillable bone and tuck treats inside before filling it with the peanut butter and sticking it in the freezer. They made fun treats for Coco in the warmer weather. I also used to give her a Frosty Paws treat every now and again.

[Cera]

I'm lazy--ice cubes!

Ok, I sometimes mix other things into the ice and sometimes I froze a kong full of stuff and water all frozen. Usually it has a lot of veggies. I also fed fozen veggies. When I make broccoli I will freeze trunk part of it and give it to her as a treat later. Sometimes I will freeze it whole for a super treat. Most of the time I chopped it up for smaller training treats.

[k1maplewd]

be careful using too much peanut butter, it is incredibly high calorie especially the regular (like Jiffy) kind as they add sugar to it.  I generally use 95% or greater meat canned dog food (wellness makes a grain free 95% meat canned food) that I put into Kongs then freeze for the dogs. 

[Sheenar]

For special occasions (like her birthday). I'd mix meat baby food (have to make sure it is JUST meat) and mix it with plain yogurt (no added sugar.) Instead of meat baby food, a healthier version uses fruit.

Pebs also loved ice cubes.

[sunshineone]

I am lazy... we use frozen chicken liver and I too am bad about getting a child's dish of vanilla for my furbrats.

[Magesteff]

Never make special sumkmer frozen treats but sometimes I give the dog a icecube if he's been outside on a hot day.

All of them get to taste vanilla ice cream when I have it, even it is just to lick the bowl.

[Lin]

You can make yogurt really cheaply and then freeze it for the dogs. You can mix canned pumpkin, or peanut butter in with it too for a special treat. Pour into ice cube trays and freeze. I posted the recipe I use to make yogurt in the training treats thread.

Not summer specific, but I'll microwave peanut butter and fill a kong with kibble, then top with the peanut butter to seal shut and freeze it. Good for long crate times.

[Roxie]

Taystie Paws!!!!!  can make them at home in an ice cube tray!

Taystie Paws
 
1 small (4 oz) container of plain or vanilla yogurt
 1 ripe banana
 2 ounces (4 tablespoons) water
 
Blend all ingredients, using a food processor or blender.  Freeze in ice cube trays, and then transfer to Ziploc freezer bags, for easy storage. Molds can also be used.  A large measuring cup, makes filling trays, cups, or molds, very easy.  Frosty Paws can be used with teething puppies.
 

[Cath]

My usual frozen treats are plain and flavoured icecubes, followed by stuffed kongs. The kibble I use sticks together if soaked, so I fill a kong, add some water and top with peanut butter before freezing. As you can probably guess my dog is an expert kong emptier. I used to also add a biscuit to block the hole, but that was before we had allergy problems. Now I can't find a decent shaped biscuit (the hypoallergenic ones just don't fit right).

Our fridge has a dodgy thermostat just now and food keeps getting frozen accidentally. Rather than throw out perfectly safe (but slightly frozen and therefore not suitable for serving in a salad to visitors) vegetables, some gets chopped up for cold dog treats.

In fact most of my dog treats are based on human leftovers and preventing wastage. It's usually easier than searching for hypoallergenic dog treats I can afford.

[HumSD]

It doesn't get all that hot here, summers top off around 75F.  I've offered Max ice cubes when visiting hot places but he doesn't seem to care for them. He'd rather roll around in wet grass or cool mud or play in a pool/creek.
I'm might try Katherine's idea though.

[Magesteff]

I do some of my food shopping through Schwans (I like a lot of their items, and there is no "minimum dollar amount you need to meet to have them deliver) and now they have Doggie Sundays!
http://www.schwans.com/products/productDetail.aspx?id=53098&c1=9403&c2=10442
Since it has four containers per box, it costs about $1.38 per container. Primary ingredient (after water) is soy flour.

I think I will order a box and see how Max likes it.

[Roxie]

I love Schwans!  When I drove semi I used to pull Schwans products across the US!

I did look at the product in the link - beef flavored topping makes it a high protein treat? I also looked at the ingredients.. couldn't figure out where the high protein is.

But I will try it!!

[Magesteff]

It uses soy flour, so I think that is where most of the protien is. It also has gelatin in the sause I think.