Tuna & Sesame Seed Dehydrator Dog Treats

[The Food Group]

I'm sharing this recipe because there are not a lot of Tuna recipes for dogs.  I found this recipe on http://kolchakpuggle.com/2012/07/tuna-sesame-seed-dehydrator-dog-tr...

I made this for Lucky a few weeks ago and he loved it! He is attracted to really strong smelling food and rejected every treat I had in the house.  So my trainer recommended tuna because of the strong smell. 

I've attached some of my photos of the making process. It is a bit involved. 

Quoted directly from the website 

"The Stuff (aka Ingredients)

• 1 – 6 oz can of tuna packed in water (dolphin friendly is always nice too!)
• 2 cups garbanzo bean flour (or regular flour, f your dog is wheat tolerant)
• 1 cup sesame seeds
• 1 egg (or 1 tbsp. flax meal mixed with 3 tbsp. water and allowed to set)
• 1/4 c. dried parsley

1. In a food processor or blender, combine tuna, tuna water & egg, blending until smooth.

2. Realize that Mama forgot to buy sesame seeds at the grocery store. 2a. Watch as Mama whirls about in a panic trying to find the “emergency sesame seeds”. 2b. Ponder what kind of maniac actually has something called “emergency” sesame seeds. 2c. Fear for your life as Mama realizes that she used the seeds to make crusted mahi mahi last week. 2d. Watch as the Mama uses tears and emotional blackmail to convince the Daddy he wants to run to the grocery store. 2e. Cringe as Mama realizes the jar was in her lunch bag, since she wanted seeds on her salad last Friday. 2f. Allow Mama to bribe you with a bison trachea never to tell the Daddy what she found. (Kol’s Note: Step 2 through 2f is totally optional and frankly, I don’t really recommend it.)

3. Stir in the sesame seeds, parsley and flour. Mix well. (Don’t be afraid to get messy! Take Chances! Make Mistakes!)
4. Dust your counter with flour and turn out dough.
5. Roll out to 1/4″ thick
6. Cut into cookies using a cookie cutter (or a pizza slicer or knife to get squares)
7. Place in dehydrator for 6 – 8 hours or until dried through and crisp enough to snap in half. There should be no moisture left in the center or the cookie. "

[33bn7f8evnuyd]

I forgot to mention that it is probably best to feed this every once in a while and not all the time due to Tuna's high mercury content.  I would opt for low sodium tuna. 

[Karen, Jasper and Jackdoodle]

And chunk light tuna has half the mercury content of white albacore tuna, so in this case, the cheaper product is the best. 

[Karen, Jasper and Jackdoodle]

Thanks for posting this. I would strongly urge everyone to use the egg rather than the flax seed. Dogs cannot utilize the type of Omega fatty acids in flax seeds, and eggs are loaded with nutrients. 

[Anita Lee]

Is this tempting enough to use for recall?

I don't have any tuna in my pantry but might try to sub with wet dog food.

[33bn7f8evnuyd]

Wet dog food should work or you can do cooked chicken.  Let me know how it goes. Make sure you leave it in the dehydrator for a while because otherwise, it will rot.  That happened to me when I made dehydrated apple chips.