How to prepare sweet potatoes...

[Brenda]

I keep hearing that sweet potatoes are a great treat for our dogs. How does one prepare these? Is there any way to freeze or refrigerate them so that I have them always on hand for the sake of convenience?

[Laurie, Fudge, and Vern]

Sit on it, Donna :) LOL

[Donna K & Quincy]

Yep, I guess that would smush it. :>)))))))))))

[Theresa & Duncan]

My friend raved about this recipe, so I plan on making these treats this week for my Dood. No dehydrator required, just an oven and a lot of time :).

http://www.17apart.com/2012/02/how-to-make-sweet-potato-dog-chew.ht...

[BG and Gavin]

My issue with the oven method is that it seems like a tremendous waste of energy (money) to have your oven going for the required period of time, which is why I have the cheapo dehydrator.

[Karen, Jasper and Jackdoodle]

I agree, and I'm also not sure that leaving the cooked potatoes in the oven overnight is a good idea from a food safety standpoint.

[Theresa & Duncan]

I'm hesitant about leaving them overnight as well, so I've basically been waiti g for a day when I know I'll be home for a long time.

[Brenda]

Thanks everyone! I am so excited to do this now for Gucci and Guinness! What fun! I just hate standing there in the store, looking at all the treat selections, feeling overwhelmed about making a "good" choice for our babies. This just seems to be the best option, and not hard at all!
I love all the help I get from the wonderful new friends on this site! :)

[Sharon & Monty]

Our Monty loves sweet potatoes raw.  

[Richard Crowe]

Sweet potatoes or yams are one of the most healthy foods out there - both for us and for our dogs.  We don't use them as treats but, I cook a sweet potato (or yam depending on which is on sale) concoction along with London Broil and carrots. When the London Broil  is on sale we buy quantities of it, cube it and freeze it.  Then we cook the mixture in a crock pot and puree it in a Cuisinart.  We use it for a topping on our dogs kibble.

 

We are very careful about not letting our dogs ingest anything harmful.  However, we kept our sweet potatoes or yams in a plastic bin on the lower shelf of our pantry.  One of our Maltese knocked over the bin and ate half of a large yam.  We thought that she would have loose stool but, apparently, except for an orange colored face, the yam didn't bother her a bit.

 

This dog is the only one of our dogs who will beg for pieces of yam when I am cutting them up to prepare the kibble topping.

 

 

 

[Janice Hammond]

If you are not making the treats Sadie loves them raw or cooked a bit in the microwave.