Fortunately it is both easy and inexpensive to dehydrate sweet potatoes even without using a dehydrator.
Sweet potato dog treats recipe oven.
Sweet potatoes cooking spray i prefer oil in my own misto mister bottle how to make homemade sweet potato dog treats.
Store your sweet potato dog treats in a ziplock bag or tupperware type container to maintain freshness.
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.
Unfortunately for them most sweets are not good for them.
Bake until the potatoes offer no resistance when pierced with a paring knife about 1 hour.
Then cut long lengthwise slices about 1 3 of an inch wide and place on a cookie sheet in a single layer.
First you ll need to wash the sweet potato.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees f 175 degrees c.
Keep in mind that you can use multiple potatoes i just used one for the purpose of this recipe demonstration.
Dehydrated sweet potatoes can fill your dog s desire for sugary snacks while at the same time giving him something to chew on.
Preheat the oven to 425 degrees f.
I leave the skin on but you could peel them if you like.
Cut into 1 8 thick slices.
Homemade sweet potato dog treats in the microwave recipe.
To make easy diy sweet potato dog chews.
Start by scrubbing potatoes well.
Come morning those sweet potato slices had turned into sweet potato jerky.
Prick sweet potato several times with a fork.
Poke the sweet potatoes all over with a fork and wrap in foil.
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.
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.
Preheat your oven to 250 f.
They came out perfect and it cost only a few dollars to make a supply of healthy and all natural dog treats that will last for weeks.
Dogs love sweet food.
Wash the sweet potato or yam the very orange type.
Above are my finished chews.
Learn how to make sweet potato dog treats.
Preheat your oven for 250 degrees and line your cookie sheet with tin foil.