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How do you price homemade dog treats? – Fun Dog Business Ideas

First of all, I want you to understand that if you have an established practice, it’s likely that you already have a “best-practice” to start with, and that’s often not the case.

So, let’s say you have a recipe for your favorite homemade treats for dogs and you want to test market them. What are the first steps you should take when making these treats?

What You’ll Need
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1 bag or can of Dog Food

2 tsp. Flour

2 tsp. Dry Active Dry Dog Food Mix

1/4 tsp. Calcium Glucose

1 large apple or other sweet fruit – chopped into pieces

Water to cover the dough

What To Do

Cut the apples into quarters and use 2 bags of dry dog food in the bottom of the bowl.

Scoop the apple into another bag. Place the apple/bag mixture into a large container large enough to hold the dough ball, cover with clean clean paper towel. Let sit out at room temperature for 15 minutes. You should know by this time you should have a firm ball of dough. This is your “prebake” dough ball.

Make the cookie dough!

Take a tablespoon of flour and add 1/2 tsp. Dry Active Dry, then add another tablespoon of dry active to bring it to a crumbly consistency. Take the ball of dough and roll dough out to 12″ long. Cut it into the desired shapes. Press dough into 1/4″ thick pieces.

Preheat your oven to 400°F.

In a medium bowl, mix together Dry Active Dry, Flour, Dried Active Dry, and Dry Active Dry & Flour mixture. Form dough into discs and place on cookie sheet covered in 2 Tbsp. of water. Bake on 400°F for 5 minutes.

Remove from oven and let cool for 15 minutes. Use the cookie sheet to scoop out the dough. Roll out to 15 inch discs and place on another cookie sheet coated with 3 tsp. dry active Dry and 1 Tbsp. of water. Bake for 10 minutes.

You will notice the finished cookies appear to be firm and dry in appearance, however, you should be aware that these cookies do NOT bake very firm…it’s because the dough needs to become soft and doughy before they really stick together. It is at this stage that the remaining ingredients in the dough mix can be added – which leads

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