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Title: Gourmet Dog Biscuits: From Your Bread Machine by Sondra Macdonald ISBN: 1-55867-258-3 Publisher: Bristol Pub Enterprises Pub. Date: June, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $10.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.83 (6 reviews)
Rating: 1
Summary: Not worth the bother
Comment: This book is a waste of time and money. For starters - it just uses the bread machine as a mixer - it is not anywhere near as easy as using your bread machine to make bread. So the title can be misleading. And as another reviewer said - it isn't for dogs with allergies. That was the whole point of me baking my own - to provide my dog with treats that he can't have otherwise because of his allergies. And the book is just too scatchy on the details. It doesn't tell you for each recipe how dark the treats should be when done - so you don't know if they are raw or burnt. I will return to the internet to search for some recipes for my dog that he can have despite the allergies and which I can make without guesswork.
Rating: 2
Summary: Not for dogs with allergies
Comment: I got this book as a gift, and have just started facing some allergy problems with my dog. I haven't made any of these recipes yet, because every one of them calls for cornmeal and wheat flour, which are the most common things for dogs to be allergic to. There is also a whole chapter devoted to beef flavored recipes, which many long haired breeds are allergic to. It turns out that my dog probably is allergic to corn, so if I can find a substitute for cornmeal, I will try some of these recipes.
I was very disappointed that the author did not have a chapter devoted to allergen free recipes. To me, one of the biggest reasons to bake rather than buy treats, is to provide something that the stores don't provide. This book definitely does not do that. It gives you the opportunity to experiment with different flavors with your dog, but if your dog has a sensitive stomach, you probably don't like to do that anyway.
This is definitely more of a "fun, whimsical play with your dog" kind of book than it is a "provide the right nutrition for your dog" kind of book.
Rating: 5
Summary: My dog and I thank you!!
Comment: I bought this book in a fit of self-indulgence... I am 40 pounds overweight and I love to cook all sorts of ethnic and gourmet meals. I was facing the prospect of trying to diet, and I was feeling very sorry for myself, not only for the fact that I'd have to eat much more sparingly, but because that also meant I would have to COOK much more sparingly. I don't like to be obligated to cook, but I sure do like it as a hobby, and I've failed many a diet before by convincing myself that food isn't fattening if it's homemade.
When I saw this book, I realized I had a key ingredient to my OWN successful diet. I could spend time in the kitchen, but I could spend it baking for my DOG. I've made dog cookies before, and while I enjoyed it once, the whole dough-blending process is laborious, and not something I wanted to repeat too often. And I own a bread machine, which I love to use, but which lies around gathering dust because when I bake bread, I eat bread, and I get fatter.
This book is just great. Each recipe is sort of a variation on a theme, and even though the recipes have a zillion ingredients, I have found them to be very tolerant of reasonable substitutions, once you figure out which ingredients are sort of interchangeable. And yet, the huge variety of recipes, complete with their cute little margin stories, make each round of baking a little adventure. I've made four recipes so far, some of which my dog has grudgingly shared with her various doggie friends and cousins. The reviews have been great across the board.
My recommendations if you buy this book: Do check the dough, as advised, 15 minutes after blending starts, because it's not uncommon to need a little more oil or water. Buy a nice size jar of yeast and a nice size jar of brewer's yeast and stick 'em in the fridge; have a shopping spree on a bunch of weird kinds of flour and brans and such, put them all in tupperwares so it'll all last, and then just bake, bake, bake. I've been baking about once every other week, and I'm not at ALL tired of it yet.
And I've lost eight pounds!!
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Title: Three Dog Bakery Cookbook: Over 50 Recipes for All-Natural Paw-Lickin Treats for Your Dog by Dan Dye, Mark Beckloff, Mo.) Three Dog Bakery (Kansas City ISBN: 0836269195 Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing Pub. Date: November, 1998 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: The Doggy Bone Cookbook by Michele Bledsoe, Kelly Schaefer, James Walton ISBN: 0965304205 Publisher: Come & Get It Publishing Pub. Date: August, 1997 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
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Title: Homemade Treats for Happy, Healthy Dogs (Storey Country Wisdom Bulletin, A-258) by Cheryl Gianfrancesco ISBN: 1580173233 Publisher: Storey Books Pub. Date: August, 2000 List Price(USD): $3.95 |
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Title: Short Tails and Treats from Three Dog Bakery by Dan Dye, Mark Beckloff, Mo.) Three Dog Bakery (Kansas City ISBN: 0836221559 Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing Pub. Date: October, 1996 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: The Kitty Treats Cookbook by Michele Bledsoe, James Walton, Kelly Schaefer ISBN: 0965304280 Publisher: Come & Get It Publishing Pub. Date: January, 2000 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
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