Dog Enrichment Recipes: Savory Pumpkin

We think your dogs will really dig this recipe.

Ingredients:  

• Dog food 

• Canned pumpkin 

• Dehydrated chicken pieces 

• Fresh bananas or Xylitol-free applesauce (do not use both) 

• Dog biscuit 

• Hollow chew toy

Step 1: Mix 1 large can of pumpkin and ½ cup chicken bits. Stir in 2 mashed bananas or 1 cup applesauce. 

Step 2: Place a few pieces of dry dog food into a hollow chew toy, covering any openings on the bottom. Add 3-4 spoonsful of pumpkin mixture into the toy.  

Step 3: Place 1 large treat or biscuit so that one end is stuck in the pumpkin mixture and the other is poking out of the toy. You can add a little more pumpkin mixture to secure the biscuit if needed. 

Serve to a lucky pup! 

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Check out more tried-and-true enrichment ideas, used by the ASPCA Behavioral Rehabilitation Center (BRC) with animals in their care.