[Okie-dobie]

Liver brownies go over big, and as Bug said, they don't get diarrhea from them, which can be a big issue when you use it for bait in the ring.

But it just *grosses* me out to have to liquify that liver to use it for brownies! (Actually, just about everything involving liver grosses me out).

Why does the liver not give them diarrhea? I know when feeding it raw it certainly does!! I also find liver disgusting. It slides around on the counter way more than my stomach can handle and it feels like Jello that's not been in the fridge long enough...uck!

 

[PeeWeesMama]

My Mother used to fry it in butter to use as bait many many years ago for our dogs...mmmm Thats how I learned to love it, I didn't know what it was!!!

 

[Murreydobe]

Why does the liver not give them diarrhea?

Because liver brownie recipes generally use a lot of oatmeal. Oatmeal holds the brownies together well, especially since they can go through a lot of abuse in a handler's pocket.

This is the recipe I've always used..it's just GROSS when you liquify the liver in a food processor or a blender.

1 Pound liver
1 Teaspoon Pureed Garlic (you can get this in the produce department of your grocery store)
1 Package LIPTON DRY SOUP MIX - either Onion, Onion-Mushroom, Beefy Onion (whatever)
2 eggs
3 Cups Oatmeal (any brand will do)
Garlic salt

DIRECTIONS:

Puree liver in a blender or food processor. If you use a blender, LISTEN carefully because it can get wrapped around the blade and wreck the unit.
Add eggs and blend some more.
Add garlic. If your dog is a hard sell at baiting, add more.
Add LIPTON dry soup (or any comparable flavoured dry soup) and blend some more.
Find a BIG bowl. Dump liver mixture in bowl.
Slowly add the 3 cups of oatmeal (if you do this enough, you will stop measuring the oatmeal because you'll have a feel for it).
Grease a BIG cookie sheet (or whatever) and dump mixture on it. Spread it around. It's like the consistency of brownies, sort of. You can decide on the thickness of the brownie by how you spread it around. About 1 inch thick is right.
Cook at about 300* for one hour. CUT IMMEDIATELY, stick in plastic sealing bags - sprinkle with garlic salt, seal and freeze.

 

[BackInBlack]

Oh my barfness.....I couldnt make that even if I wanted to. I'm gonna have to pay Lacey to make those for my pups. As much as they looooove nasty, stinky stuff, Im sure they would think those were yum yum yummy!

 

[Murreydobe]

As much as they looooove nasty, stinky stuff, Im sure they would think those were yum yum yummy!

Even dogs who aren't highly food motivated seem to get enthusiastic about them..but I'm just as glad the handler I have now uses chicken or string cheese for bait.

 

[brumwolf]

Because liver brownie recipes generally use a lot of oatmeal. Oatmeal holds the brownies together well, especially since they can go through a lot of abuse in a handler's pocket.

This is the recipe I've always used..it's just GROSS when you liquify the liver in a food processor or a blender.

1 Pound liver
1 Teaspoon Pureed Garlic (you can get this in the produce department of your grocery store)
1 Package LIPTON DRY SOUP MIX - either Onion, Onion-Mushroom, Beefy Onion (whatever)
2 eggs
3 Cups Oatmeal (any brand will do)
Garlic salt

DIRECTIONS:

Puree liver in a blender or food processor. If you use a blender, LISTEN carefully because it can get wrapped around the blade and wreck the unit.
Add eggs and blend some more.
Add garlic. If your dog is a hard sell at baiting, add more.
Add LIPTON dry soup (or any comparable flavoured dry soup) and blend some more.
Find a BIG bowl. Dump liver mixture in bowl.
Slowly add the 3 cups of oatmeal (if you do this enough, you will stop measuring the oatmeal because you'll have a feel for it).
Grease a BIG cookie sheet (or whatever) and dump mixture on it. Spread it around. It's like the consistency of brownies, sort of. You can decide on the thickness of the brownie by how you spread it around. About 1 inch thick is right.
Cook at about 300* for one hour. CUT IMMEDIATELY, stick in plastic sealing bags - sprinkle with garlic salt, seal and freeze.

We do something like that here but it's called liver cake the girls just love it!!

 

[Okie-dobie]

Even dogs who aren't highly food motivated seem to get enthusiastic about them..but I'm just as glad the handler I have now uses chicken or string cheese for bait.

Great then, I will try making these tomorrow as I have all the ingredients. ******* is not super food motivated so I will try these especially for ob. class on Wed. I have been giving her cooked chicken breast for training...lucky freakin dog!! I eat drumsticks, she gets breast meat..lol

 

[Molari]

The large Milk Bone is what the ladies at the bank send back thru the tube when GKar and I go to the bank. He loves them there but `kind of lost interest when I got some for the house. I quit buying them and now he likes going to the bank again. It's a special treat again. I used to feed the Old Mother Hubbard bones but GKar got to where he would not eat them. Now he gets mainly the homemade liver treats at home.

 

[Sooz]

All my critters are liver lovers. Thanks for this recipe! I'll definitely try it out.

 

[Patches Mom]

Is the Onion in the soup mix bad for dogs have read where Onion makes a dog anemic the soup mix has allot of sodium too I would think maybe a salt free bullion granules might be better if they even make one.Please no offense just wondering the recipe sounds like a dog's dream come true.
Patches Mom

 

[dobebug]

Is the Onion in the soup mix bad for dogs have read where Onion makes a dog anemic the soup mix has allot of sodium too I would think maybe a salt free bullion granules might be better if they even make one.Please no offense just wondering the recipe sounds like a dog's dream come true.
Patches Mom

The amount of onion spread out in the cookies is pretty minimal. I use a 9 X 13 cake pan (very well greased) to make these liver cookies and cut them up while still quite warm into 24 individual brownie like treats. Since you'd only be using a couple of the cookies at an average show or in training (I can make any of the individual brownies become about 15 smaller pieces) that probably isn't enough to be toxic. And unless I had a dog who was a cardiac case and on a very limited sodium diet I also wouldn't worry about the amount of sodium contained in them because of the beef base.

You can also use something like the Lipton garlic and mushroom but in quantity garlic can also be toxic for dogs. I've never had a dog react to the quantity of onion (or garlic) that is involved in one package of soup mix to a batch of cookies. It takes a fair amount of onion (if you read the studies) to end up with anemia and the condition is entirely reversable when you stop feeding onion. Most of the bad reactions I've heard of happened when a dog got and ate a big batch of fried onion rings. It is evidently much like the raisin/grape problem--some dogs react more, and more quickly to them and others don't. It's my understanding that in both cases not all dogs are affected--but those that do don't have a gene which allows them to process the onions (or grapes/raisins).

You can use any kind of liver by the way--I use chicken livers a lot but I found some turkey liver on sale one time that the dogs really went wild about. I've also used pork liver as well as beef liver. Almost any kind of liver has less stringy stuff in it than beef liver.

You can also make it with fish--and I've experimented with tuna, mackeral and salmon--the dogs thought any of them were wonderful but I thought they were very stinky--I could definitely smell them from far, far away.

 

[2dobesuk]

We do something like that here but it's called liver cake the girls just love it!!

Yeah same here, stinks so bad but the dogs go absolutely crazy for it!!

 

[CoAl-s-Mom]

I haven't bought milkbones in over 15 years since I had my first Doberman. One day I broke one in half and it had a piece of what looked like fishing line sticking out of it. I called the company and they sent a letter explaining what it was and a free coupon. Can't remember what their explaination was.

Now I buy Wellness or Old Mother Hubbard. Peaches usually only gets bones when I leave the house. Since she goes to work with me and almost everywhere I go, she doesn't get them often.

 

[DobeMom616]

You can also make it with fish--and I've experimented with tuna, mackeral and salmon--the dogs thought any of them were wonderful but I thought they were very stinky--I could definitely smell them from far, far away.

Cool!! Fish brownies sound superb! Do you liquify the fish too? About how much fish do you use? Is it fresh or canned fished with or without oil? I would like to try the fish ones. Cole did not care for the liver ones.

 

[Murreydobe]

Cool!! Fish brownies sound superb! Do you liquify the fish too? About how much fish do you use? Is it fresh or canned fished with or without oil? I would like to try the fish ones. Cole did not care for the liver ones.

I'm going to bump this up, in the hopes Dobebug will see it and can respond.

I've never made the brownies using fish, but it almost seems to me like you'd *have* to liquify the fish. The only "non dry" ingredient is 2 eggs, which doesn't provide a lot of moisture when you mix it into 3 cups of oatmeal. You'd need more liquid to get a batter thing going, I think.