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There’s nothing quite like home cooking to bring
a smile to your face – and a wag to the tail of your dog! I’ve specially designed all of these recipes – with a little help from a certain dog – so they are easy for you to cook at home for your dog, and I’ve made sure they’re all really healthy and totally tasty.

There are everyday meals, which you can feed along with your dog’s Joe & Jack’s, and special meals for those one-off occasions such as doggy birthdays – and even some recipes designed for elderly dogs and dogs with health problems such as diabetes.

If you and your dog enjoy trying out some of these recipes, don’t forget to look out at our complete book range

 

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Bacon Flapjacks

Flapjacks are one of my personal favourites, and they can also make a good tasty dog treat. They’re mainly made of oats, which are one of the best source of carbohydrate for you dog, as they’re high in essential fatty acids, protein and minerals, including the all-important calcium. Their usual downside is the high levels of sugar and fat, but I’ve reduced both in this recipe so it’s not too rich – however, I’d still be cautious about offering this to your dog if he’s having trouble with his weight, and in general it’s definitely a recipe to cook, store, and give in small amounts.

You’ll need:

  • 100g margarine
  • 125g porridge oats
  • 50g self-raising flour
  • 2 tablespoons cornflour
  • 1 teaspoon mustard
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 2 rashers bacon

Fry the bacon until crispy and, when cool, cut into little pieces. Keep the oil from the pan to hand.

Meanwhile, mix together the margarine, oats and flour and corn flour in a large bowl. Add in the mustard, chopped bacon and olive oil, mix thoroughly and then press into a greased baking tray. Drizzle the fat left over in the frying pan over the mixture before putting it into a hot oven (190oC Gas mark 5) for 20 minutes.

Fruit Shake

It might surprise you, but in the wild dogs would eat quite a lot of fruit. This comes from eating the remains of other animals who have themselves eaten fruit, and from picking up windfalls. It provides a great supply of energy in the form of readily available fruit sugars, as well as all the vitamins and anti-oxidants we associate with fruit.
So this recipe, which is stuffed full of the goodness of raw fruit, is one of the healthiest in the book and the addition of a bit of yoghurt also adds to its healthy qualities and makes it more palatable.
Some dogs will lap this up on its own, but for the average, fast-food loving hound, you might need to pour it over his everyday dinner to get the goodness down him.

For enough for several portions, you’ll need:

  • A banana
  • An apple
  • A few strawberries
  • An orange
  • 1 small pot of yoghurt (125ml)

Put the peeled banana (watch out where you put the skin…), apple and strawberries into a blender and whiz them up until they are well and truly pureed. Pour into a bowl and add in the peeled and chopped up orange. Finally, mix in the yoghurt and give it a good stir.

Try this out but if he turns his nose up, you can try either pouring it over his Joe & Jack’s, or adding half a tin of wet meaty dog food to the shake mixture.

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