3 Homemade Halloween Enrichment Treat Recipes

Halloween is a fun holiday for humans and that joy can be shared with our furry kids too. I’m not talking about trying to wrangle a costume onto your dog; I’m talking about giving them some Halloween-themed enrichment treats. Check out these 3 easy-to-make treats that your dog is sure to love. If following a video is more your jam, click the image below to watch our video.

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Witch’s Cauldron

My white Siberian Husky dog, Kiko, licking the Witch’s Cauldron treat

Ingredients for 2 servings

• 2 West Paw Zogoflex Toppl

• 3 spoonfuls of canned pumpkin, only ingredient listed should be pumpkin

• 40 grams of plain boiled chicken cut into small cubes

• 2 spoonfuls of plain Greek yogurt, no added sugar (e.g. Two Good Greek Yogurt Plain)

• 12 blackberries/blueberries

• 1 tablespoon of water

• 2 natural chews (e.g. Nature Gnaws 4-5” Beef Tendon Chews)

Directions

1. Fill the Toppl with canned pumpkin, up to the top of the inner ridges. Press the pumpkin down to make sure the hole on the side of the Toppl is covered. This will minimize the amount of juices leaking out.

2. Add the boiled chicken and press gently but firmly down to compress the pumpkin down further. You can also add chicken in the hole on the side of the Toppl.

3. Blend together the Greek yogurt, 8 berries, and water in a cup using an immersion blender. Scrape down the yogurt off the sides of the cup to get a more thorough mix.

4. Pour the mixture into the Toppl. Pour some of the mixture around the rim to create a spillover effect.

5. Press the remaining berries halfway into the mixture for decoration.

6. Carefully stick a chew into each Toppl.

7. Place The Toppls into a bowl and lean them against each other to prevent spilling.

8. Place in the freezer overnight.

Monster Mouth

Ingredients for 3 servings

My dog, Patches, eating the Monster Mouth treat

• 1 Red apple

• 2 tablespoons of peanut butter, only ingredient should be peanuts, absolutely no xylitol

• 1 Banana

Directions

1. Cut off one side of the apple, up to the core. Cut that one side into 6 wedges.

2. Spread a thin layer of peanut butter onto one side of each of the wedges.

3. Cut off a 2-3 inch section of the banana and dice into 1 cm cubes or trapezoids.

4. Lay the banana pieces in a row on top of one apple wedge (peanut butter side up) along the curved side.

5. Place a second apple wedge on top of the banana (peanut butter side down), aligning the curved side.

6. Repeat steps 4 and 5 to make the other two Monster Mouths.

Mini Pumpkin

My dog, Patches, eating the Mini Pumpkin treat, only after I’ve separated the clementine slices for him

Ingredients for 2 servings

• 2 clementines

• 1 celery stick

• Optional peanut butter, only ingredient should be peanuts, absolutely no xylitol

Directions

1. Peel the clementines without separating the slices.

2. Cut 2 inch pieces of celery.

3. Stick the celery into the top of the clementine.

4. You can optionally spread some peanut butter onto celery stick if your dog doesn’t like celery.

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