Some Dog Safe Cold Summer Treats for Your Dog to Enjoy

Above photo courtesy of Cathy Tucker from KTW Wraps and Knotless Hair Wraps

Dogs love sharing your cold treats in summer time weather. It is always tempting to give your dog the last bite of anything you are eating. They are certainly standing in excitement waiting for that one last bite of whatever you are eating, however, what you eat is not necessarily healthy for your dog to eat. Ice cream especially is a cold treat that actually can be hard for dogs to digest because of the milk and cream ingredients. Ice cream might even give your dog the runs as well as can put unnecessary pounds on the dog.

This does not mean you have to leave your dog out of a cold sweet treat in summer months. There are other treats you can feed.

You can turn any dog safe liquid treat into a frozen treat. Just pour the dog safe liquid into ice cube trays and freeze, then give your dog a cube or two whenever you want. Consider something like a no salt added beef or chicken broth treat for freezing.

You can also fill dog hollow rubber toys with the liquid, block the openings before pouring in the liquid with a hard treat such as a dog cookie to use like a cork or plug up the holes with peanut butter. Stand the toy upright in freezer until the liquid is ice.

Instead of ice cream treats try blending frozen fruit with plain unsweetened yogurt. Watermelon is safe for dogs as an ice cold treat. See if your dog likes cantaloupe chunks as these are another good safe choice for cold treats in summer months. Feed these sweet treats in moderation. Always remove the rind.

You can cut the fruit into bite size chunks removing seeds as you go. Place the fruit in freezer for at least four hours until frozen. Try spreading the chunks out on a cookie sheet or in a freezer bag to prevent them from freezing into one single clump. Once you have frozen fruit, put it all in a food processor blender. Add 1/4 cup of plain, unsweetened yogurt for every 2 cups of fruit. Blend mixture until smooth adding fruit and yogurt until you have the thickness you desire. To feed, place in a bowl or stuff into hollow rubber toys and serve immediately.