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You should Never Ever use any of these foods in any sort of home-made snack or as just a snack, now you may hear alot don't let your pets eat chocolate, but what if your pet did eat chocolate, by accident or unintentianally? We had a dog and she weighed about 40 pounds, as children not knowing that it could have harmed her, we gave her almost half of a box of milk chocolate whoppers, thank goodness it did not harm her health, but why?
Dogs CAN eat chocolate but it's not safe. Too much can kill them! So don't try it but if your pet accidently consumes a small amount don't worry too much unless you know it's too much, below is a list of the levels of chocolate toxicity.

5lb Dog: 5 oz of milk chocolate or 1/2 oz of baker's chocolate.

10lb dog: 10 oz of milk chocolate or 1 oz of baker's chocolate.

20lb dog: 20 oz of milk chocolate or 2 1/2 oz of baker's chocolate.

30lb dog: 1 3/4 lb of milk chocolate or 3 1/2 oz of baker's chocolate.

40 lb dog: 2 1/2 lb of milk chocolate or 4 1/2 oz of baker's chocolate.

50lb dog: 3 lb of milk chocolate or 5 1/2 oz of baker's chocolate.

60lb dog: 3 3/4 lb of milk chocolate or 6 1/4 oz of baker's chocolate.

75lb dog: 4 3/4 lb of milk chocolate or 8 1/2 oz of baker's chocolate.

*Now as you can see, a dog can hold more milk chocolate more that baker's chocolate, and same with dark chocolate, it's much more dangerous that milk chocolate. So next time your eating chocolate and your pooch is begging, find a more healthy dog snack such as a dog biscut or apple slice. Chocolate Info from DogAge.

Soft Poochi Cookies

3 (2 1/2 oz. each) jars of baby food; either beef or chicken

1/4 cup Dry milk powder

1/4 cup Wheat germ or cream of wheat

Combine all ingredients in bowl and mix well. Roll into small balls and place on well-greased cookie sheet. Flatten slightly with a fork. Bake in preheated 350F oven for 15 minutes until brown. Cool on wire rack. Refrigerate to keep fresh or freeze. Great for older dogs with teeth problems.

Milk Bone Dog Biscuits

3/4 cup hot water

1/3 cup margarine

1/2 cup powdered milk

1 teaspoon salt

1 egg, beaten

3 cups whole wheat flour

Variation: increase margarine to 1/2 cup and add 2 teaspoons sugar

In large bowl pour hot water over the margarine. Stir in powdered milk, salt, and egg. Add flour, 1/2 cup at a time. Knead for a few minutes to form stiff dough. Pat or roll to 1/2 inch thickness. Cut into bone shapes. Bake at 325 degrees for 50 minutes. Cool. They will dry out quite hard. Makes about 1 1/4 pounds of biscuits.

Low Fat, Low Cal Dog "Cookie"

(about 20 calories per 4" cookie).

2 cups rye flour

1/2 cup vegetable oil

2/3 cup warm water

1/2 cup white flour

1/4 cup cornmeal

Mix well. Add about 1/4 tsp vanilla flavor.
Roll out to 1/4" thick. Cut into shapes (Use about a 3-4" bone or any shape cutter). Bake on lightly greased cookie sheet for 30 minutes at 350 degrees.

Molly's Burger & Rice Dinner

1/4cup white rice

1 cup water

2tablespoons hamburger meat

Boil 1/4 cup rice in 1 cup water for 15-20 minutes, after 5 minutes of the rice boiling, in a seperate pan start cooking hamburger meat until done then pat off the grease, after half the water is obsorbed in the rice (about 8 minutes), add the cooked hamburger meat and let boil. Finish cooking the rice until soft, add a little more water if needed. Once finished allow to cool and serve.
Secret Ingredient: After the meal is cooled, sprinkle a litlle parmesan cheese (about 1 teaspoon) on top to make it an IRRESISTIBLE dinner! You can also add a little salt to the rice an meat while cooking, but just a sprinkle.

Makes 1 dinner plate.
If cooking for two dogs, double all ingredients.
Recipe fills one 20 pound dog, if your dog weighs 40 pounds, double everything, 60, triple, and so on.
For the beef haters, replace hamburger meat with chicken!

Basic Home-Cooked Diet
(This home cooked diet is for adult dogs with no known food allergies. The amount fed each day will vary depending on your dog's weight, weight loss or gain, activity level and energy needs)

1 pound ground meat (chicken, turkey, or lamb), cooked and drained of most of the fat.

2 cups cooked sweet potato, chopped

1/2 cup barley, cooked and mashed

1/2 cup oatmeal, cooked

1/2 cup raw carrots, grated

1/2 cup raw green vegetables (no lettuce), finely chopped

2 TB. olive oil

2 TB. garlic, minced or mashed

Store in the refrigerator in a covered bowl, or divide into daily servings and store in the freezer. Thaw one day's serving at a time. When Serving Add The Following:

*1 TB. yogurt with live active cultures

*1 multi-vitamin/mineral dog supplement

*Pinch Kelp

It is always fun to cook and bake for you, so why not for your dog? Enjoy making your dog a homemade treat with these great recipes at the bottom of the page but first be sure you know what you should NOT add to a dog goodie recipe. Have fun.