Most of us know that dogs will eat almost anything, but that doesn’t mean that just about anything is necessarily healthy for them.

Here are some healthy treats and snacks to feed your dog when their regular food bores them!

• Apples
• Carrots
• Melon
• Beef (cooked)
• Hot Dogs
• Chicken (raw or cooked)
• Pumpkin
• Rice & Popcorn— These filling treats are great substitutes for dog biscuits high in fat and sodium.  These foods fill your pet, without adding unnecessary calories to their diet.

Also try feeding your pup small amounts of cheese and green beans, usually cooked.

Dogs also like frozen foods and ice, especially during these hot summer months.  Frozen peas and frozen chunks of bananas are both popular, as well as frozen peanut butter treats for dogs! Try filling an ice tray with dogdration, which has a great peanut butter flavor, not to mention important vitamins, electrolytes, and glucosamine.

While there may be a lot of substitutes for your everyday dog biscuits, not every food is healthy for your dog.  When looking through your kitchen, avoid the following foods, which can be harmful to your dog.

• Grapes
• Raisins
• Onions
• Large amounts of garlic

Dogs will eat almost anything, but there’s a lot you can do to make sure that whatever your dog eats, it’s healthy and good for him!

Boredom is an awful syndrome that some dogs can catch if owners don’t pay their dog enough attention!  Most dogs react to and deal with boredom by misbehaving, which may include chewing up furniture or clothing, getting into human food, or going to the bathroom where they know they’re not supposed to go.

These actions are not only a dog’s responses to boredom, but also a message to their owner, telling them that they’re bored and they need to be entertained and played with!  Here are a few ways you can help your dog evade boredom:

• Be sure that your dog has plenty of toys to play with.  This is an especially helpful tips for puppy-owners.  If your dog is still teething, provide him with plenty of rubbery toys, so that he doesn’t go for the couch or that new pair of shoes. Praise your dog when you see him playing with his own toys, so that he knows that the toys are his.
• Take time out of your day to play with your dog and take your dog on walks often. Activities and playtime with your dog brings the two of you closer, and gets your pet exercising and burning energy.
• Train your dog. Training your dog not only makes him closer to you, but it also makes him trust you more as his owner.
• Keep your pup company.  Cuddling and petting your pet will further build the bond and the relationship between the two of you. Talk to him so he knows you’re not ignoring him. Dogs, like humans, need company and reassurance often!
• Praise your dog with kind words and treats for dogs. Try buying some dog biscuits, or making your own healthy treats, like freezing dogdration in an ice tray.

Unhealthy dog treats and dog foods can lead to obesity in dogs, which leads to other serious health issues, including arthritis, diabetes, and heart disease.

When shopping at your local pet supply store for treats for your dog, avoid treats that are high in fat, high in sodium, or greasy.  These characteristics in dog treats make it harder for your pup to digest their treats, which can cause problems like diarrhea.

An important vitamin that is not included in most dog treats is glucosamine, which helps with hip and joint problems. dogdration has a significant amount of glucosamine, to prevent from canine arthritis.  To ensure that your dog is receiving sufficient amounts of glucosamine, add dogdraiton to your dog’s food, or freeze the beverage in an ice tray, for individual frozen cubes of tasty treats.

Your dog can also eat human food in addition to their regular healthy treats and dog biscuits.

Try feeding your dogs the following human foods, which are not so unusual within the average canine’s diet.

• vegetables— Dogs, when eating the prey that they hunted and trapped, were accustomed to eating the undigested vegetation in the stomach’s of their victims.  This may be gross, but it is proof that dogs are not totally allergic to everything and anything green and healthy.  Try offering your dog some cooked green beans, carrots or peas, and mixing the vegetables in with their regular food.  These healthy treats will add some needed vitamins and nutrients into your dog’s diet.
• rice, popcorn and past— These filling treats are great substitutes for dog biscuits high in fat and sodium.  These foods fill your pet, without adding unnecessary calories to their diet.
• egg whites, cottage cheese and yogurt— Cooked egg whites are healthy for your dog because of all the protein that is found in them!  However, avoid the yolk, which is the part that contains all the fat.