Homemade Dehydrated Kidney Treats.

Hey, fellow pet lovers!!

Today’s post is going to be a quick and easy dehydrated kidney recipe that your pooch is going to love! This is a really simple treat recipe to make and will take you seconds to prepare.

Lily is super picky and hates eating kidney raw so the only way I can get her to eat it is by dehydrating it. Nia actually doesn’t mind eating it raw but I have tried a million times to get Lily to give it a go and she just won’t, to be fair I don’t blame her, it looks and smells disgusting!!!

Let’s jump straight in and learn how to make your furry friend their very own homemade kidney treats!!

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What you will need?

• A Chopping board.
• A Sharp knife.
• Gloves if you mind getting your hands dirty.
• Scales (Non-essential) 
• A Dehydrator.
• An airtight container to put your finished treats in.
• Raw kidney, I just used two packets which is about 1 kilo but you can do as much as you like as long as you have enough space in your dehydrator.
  

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Step One, Sort out your Dehydrator and Trays

The first step is to sort out your dehydrator and trays so that once you have cut up your kidney into even strips or however you want them, you can easily stick everything on your trays without having to wash your hands in between.

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Step Two, Prepare the Kidney

Step two is to prepare your raw kidney, I messed up when making this batch as I normally cut my kidney up when it is still slightly frozen as it is a lot easier to cut up into even strips.

However, I bought this kidney fresh and prepared it that same day which meant I had to cut it up defrosted. I definitely would suggest sticking your kidney in the freezer for an hour or so beforehand just to make cutting it up that little bit easier.

Once you have your kidney, cut it all up into even strips. 

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Step Three, Transport the Kidney to your  Dehydrator Trays

The next step is to stick your kidney on your dehydrator trays and then place them into your dehydrator to start the cooking process. Place all your sliced kidney into the dehydrator on its highest setting. We have an Excalibur nine-tray dehydrator and it has a set timer on so we can choose to leave it on for 24 hours or longer.

However, if you don’t have a timer then just keep checking on it but it will take at least 16 hours if not 24 depending on how thick your slices are. Halfway through I take the kidney off the non-stick Excalibur paper and put it on the plastic mesh underneath to ensure as much moisture has been removed.

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Step Four, Put your finished treats in an airtight tub

Take your finished treats out of the dehydrator and store them in an airtight container, in the freezer or the fridge depending on how long they will be around and how fatty they are. As you can see above in step threes picture there are some treats that have some fatty lumps on and if left out this fat could go rancid, so sticking your treats in the freezer is the safest option for ensuring they don’t spoil.

This batch turned out pretty bad but the girls didn’t seem to care about their awful appearance which is great. If I had put the kidney in the freezer beforehand I could have cut them into nice even strips like I do when I make the liver treats, but these will have to do for now.

If you haven’t checked out our other treat recipes head over there after reading this as we have our

• Homemade Dehydrated Pork Treats
• Homemade Dehydrated Liver Treats
• Homemade Dehydrated Lamb Treats.
• Homemade Dehydrated Chicken Treats.
• Watermelon and Coconut water, Frozen Bones.

Don’t forget to not feed to many of these delicious treats in one day, as they are made from organ meat and you will have quite a mess to clean up if you do!!

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Thanks for reading this post, I hope you all liked learning how to make these super simple treats that your pet will love. If you’re a raw feeder and your pooch always refuses to eat raw kidney, like my girl Lily does, then this should definitely do the trick.

If you haven’t checked out Tuesday’s post then head over there now, How to Hand Strip a Border Terrier?

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