Make Dehydrated Sweet Potato Dog Treats

I like to have them a bit soft when done because they will harden once cooled and refrigerated.

Make dehydrated sweet potato dog treats.

They thicker your slices the longer they will take. Making treats like chicken jerky or sweet potato dog treats in a food dehydrator not only make less of a mess but usually cost less to make than the commercial treats you buy in the store. Take 2 sweet potatoes or you could do just 1 or 7 or however many you like but i found that 1 sweet potato took up about 1. They much preferred the meat treats than the sweet potato treats.

Excalibur s sweet potato recipe. Scrub sweet potatoes or yams. How to make dehydrated sweet potato dog treats. I typically dehydrate my sweet potato dog treats approximately 10 12 hours.

The smell of the liver and heart was driving them crazy. Dogs love sweet food. Layout on your dehydrator trays and dry for 3 12 hours. To make easy diy sweet potato dog chews.

Dehydrated dog treats review. When baking dog biscuits for your fur family or cooking homemade dog food there is always a bit of mess. Slice into 1 8 to 3 8 pieces. Thoroughly wash and peel sweet potatoes.

Slice the sweet potato into 1 4 slices you can also cut down the middle lengthwise and slice into 1 4 strips. Preheat oven to 250 f. Making your own sweet potato dog treats in your oven is incredibly. I have since bought a dehydrator so if you want more info on making them that way look here.

Wash the sweet potato or yam the very orange type. The method i used to make dehydrated sweet potato dog treats was super easy and is done in the oven. Dehydrated sweet potatoes can fill your dog s desire for sugary snacks while at the same time giving him something to chew on. Instead i bought one sweet potato and some chicken and parsley to make dehydrated dog treats for my other dogs.

Some of the thicker slices about 1 4 inch were still just a little pliable meaning they were somewhat bendable like jerky my sheltie s favorite while the thinner pieces about 1 8 inch were dry and crunchy more like potato chip treats the definite preference of my daughter s yorkie poo. No need to peel them your dog doesn t care so why waste the time trim off any green areas on the peel. Watching and waiting to see what was going on. How to make dehydrated dog treats.

Unfortunately for them most sweets are not good for them. You may need to test a batch or two until you get the texture where you and your puppy dog like them. Come morning those sweet potato slices had turned into sweet potato jerky. Of course you could feed these treats to the humans of the household as well i taste tested them and dried out sweet potatoes don t do much for me but to each their own.

Fortunately it is both easy and inexpensive to dehydrate sweet potatoes even without using a dehydrator. Diy sweet potato dog chews. Then cut long lengthwise slices about 1 3 of an inch wide and place on a cookie sheet in a single layer.