The weeks have flown by and Halloween is quickly approaching. By now you probably have a stock pile of candy and delicious goodies to give away to trick-or-treaters. Children aren’t the only ones seeking a special treat this time of year. If you have a dog that is anything like mine, you know that they somehow find a way to get into the candy stash. Last year I caught my pug hiding under the kitchen table with a peanut butter cup between her teeth! She was one happy pup but didn’t enjoy me chasing her around the house attempting to get it from her death grip. This Halloween I decided to minimize the temptation and have pet friendly treat bags on hand.I can‘t guarantee that this will keep those wet noses out of your little one’s treat bag BUT it sure will keep them occupied.
Creating a special treat for your four legged friend only takes a few simple steps and supplies. Depending on how many bags you are making, you can purchase everything accordingly. For my “spooky pooch pouches” I gathered two types of treats, bags, decorative ribbon, twisty ties, and most importantly new toys. When putting everything together you want to make sure the toys you choose are small enough to fit inside the bag. The rounder the better! The toy will help give the bag a fuller shape.
You can start by filling your festive treat bags with Wellness Chicken & Cheddar Cheese Bars. These oven baked snacks are wholesome, natural, and made with real-food ingredients including chicken. They are also wheat free which means my little pug can eat these without sparking up her allergies. For the size of the bar you would be very surprised how many healthy components are packed inside. In addition to the chicken, they also have sweet potatoes, barley, real cheddar cheese, brown rice, oatmeal, flaxseed, AND vitamins within them! Your dog will love these savory nuggets. I could tell both of mine did when they came back for seconds.
With the Wellness snacks on the bottom, place your toy inside and gather the excess wrapping to be tied off. Before using your twisty tie to secure the bag, take an Old Mother Hubbard P-Nutter Dog Biscuit and place it in the center. The top of the bone should be sticking out of the top and you can conceal the tie with a decorative ribbon. These oven baked biscuits are made with a taste of peanut butter, molasses, apples, and carrots.
If you have extra treats you can fill the remaining bags and hand them out to any pooches that may end up at your door this Halloween. Their owners will be happy and the kids will appreciate not having to swat away any wandering paws. It’s the least we can do for our dogs since we insist on dressing them in ridiculous costumes that they have no say in! Also consider leaving a courtesy bowl of water outside of your door to keep them hydrated after a long night of trick or treating.
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How adorable! She's so beautiful and I love your treat bags, that you made! We always buy our doggies stuff for the holidays, too. My RooRoo will growl and put her foot on me–>wanting Reese's Pieces 🙂 lol. Gotta get them some dog-friendly Peanut Butter treats, too 🙂
Great idea…..you did a nice job with them!
Ohn my goodness those are just adorable. I will have to tell my sister about this. Cute ideas!
I love that idea! We also have a little bowl of dog treats because of all of the families in this area that do trick or treating with their dogs.
How cute! What a creative and unique idea! I am going to do this but adapt for both cats and dogs! Thanks for the great idea!
OMG! Those are soooo cute! Neat idea. They would make wonderful silent auction items at the local humane society fundraiser.
Aw! I love the idea of treat bags for the dogs! And maybe these will keep mine from hovering around the kids goodies! Thanks for the idea!
I love this idea and I am a dog owner and dog lover. We have many owners that walk their dogs in our area. I think I will do this and hand them out that day. Thank you!
I LOVE it! My pooches would love to receive little treat bags. Great idea and nice pictures!
Great Idea, my Lily would love trick or treat at your house!! You lil chubet is so cute, I meant that with love!! haha!
OMG your dog is so cute~~!! I would love to bring my doggies over for a trick or treat party lol
Oh this is sooo cute!!! I know some of my friends are having little doggie bags for trick or treaters with pets!
I love the dog costume! Puppies need treats too!
Awww how cute! Our dogs get special attention on holidays as well. Thanks for sharing this, good to know someone else spoils their dogs like I do.