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Planning to benefit from the finish of summer time with a dog-friendly picnic and a few cool treats? Nothing says summer time like watermelon–and it’s additionally a canine favourite! Frozen watermelon canine treats and fast and straightforward to make–and also you by no means have to get close to the range to make them.
We’ve obtained two EASY recipes right here to create a style of summer time in your canine to take pleasure in!
Watermelon Dog Treats
This simple recipe–despatched to us by Tails.com–combines watermelon together with your canine’s favourite treats! I used liver treats (our canine’s favourite) for our canines’ popsicles, however you may add your canine’s personal fave goodies. All you’ll want is an ice tray!
Frozen Watermelon Dog Treats
This no-cook recipe is a simple strategy to flip leftover watermelon into a favourite canine deal with!
Ingredients
- 1 cup watermelon
- 3-4 small canine treats
Instructions
- Cut your deseeded watermelon into cubes. Do NOT use the watermelon rind.
- Use a meals processor, hand blender or the top of a rolling
pin to mix the melon till clean. You may add a bit of little bit of
water at this level if you wish to make your batch stretch a bit of
additional! - Pour the combination into your ice dice tray or mildew.
- Break up the canine treats into smaller items and add to the combination.
- Pop into the freezer till achieved.
Serve as a refreshing canine deal with on a sizzling summer time’s day!
As with all treats, we suggest ensuring they’re served as a part of a balanced weight-reduction plan. (Treats ought to by no means make up greater than 10 p.c of your canine’s each day weight-reduction plan.)
Even although watermelon is sort of low calorie, it does nonetheless comprise fruit sugars so it’s finest to maintain it as an occasional deal with.
Easy Watermelon Slushie for Dogs
Yesterday we have been on the street all day, off to south Texas to help two of John’s aged family members. Our three-hour drive took us by the city of Luling, one which’s often called the Watermelon Capital of Texas.
The farmers’ market, which operates downtown on this little oil city, had watermelons on the market–however all it’s important to do is look to the sky to see an actual image of Luling: the city’s painted water tower, also referred to as the world’s largest watermelon.
The drive was a reminder that many canines love plain watermelon slices. Be certain your canine doesn’t eat the seeds or rind however in any other case be happy to share your summer time slice with him!
And we’ve obtained a simple recipe from our The Healthy Hound Cookbook that’s a enjoyable and straightforward method for you each to share watermelon, a low-calorie, tasty strategy to cool off within the canine days of summer time.
Packed with potassium and magnesium plus Vitamins A and C, watermelon additionally helps stop dehydration as a result of it’s crammed with fluid.
Watermelon Slush for Dogs
Ingredients
- 2 cups cubed watermelon
- ½ cup strawberries
- 1 tablespoon molasses
- ½ cup coconut water
- 1 cup ice
Instructions
- Combine all substances in a blender and blend.
- Serve in a bowl as a slushie deal with or pour right into a Kong® and freeze for long-lasting cooling enjoyable.
Check our dog treat recipe index for easier and attractive canine treats!
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