Don’t Throw That Pumpkin Out. Turn It Into A Treat For Your Pup

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HARFORD COUNTY, Md. (WJZ) — If you’re unsure what to bash with your leftover pumpkins from Halloween, we’ve got a solution.

Pumpkins tin beryllium utilized for making harmless and steadfast canine treats. As self-described canine cook Kevyn Matthews says, “Stop throwing the guts away.”

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Matthews is simply a Baltimore-based cook and writer of “Becoming A Dog Chef,” a book successful which helium shares respective recipes that are delicious and harmless for our furry friends to enjoy.

“Pumpkin is 1 of my favourite mediums to enactment with,” Matthews told WJZ.

As portion of this story, aggregate members of the WJZ squad shared pictures of their dogs successful costume oregon posing with pumpkins.

But the intent of this communicative is fto you cognize that those cute props tin marque adjacent amended dainty ingredients.

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“If you scrape retired the inside, it’s a bully root of pumpkin meat, you tin marque a bully pumpkin frozen yogurt,” Matthews said. “Pumpkin guts, chromatic and plain yogurt tin beryllium whipped into puppy frozen yogurt.”

As an added bonus, pumpkin tin beryllium bully for dogs erstwhile fixed to them successful moderation.

Dr. Paul Fox, a veterinarian for Mt. Carmel Animal Hospital, said the biggest payment pumpkins supply is simply a bully root of fiber.

“And it’s a bully mode to summation the measurement of nutrient without needfully adding sugars,” Dr. Fox said. “Now, utilizing puréed pumpkin oregon thing that has worldly added to it, that tin beryllium a comparatively bully mode to bulk up their nutrient proviso alternatively of giving them treats that are overmuch higher successful calories.”

As with each treats, tiny portions are recommended.

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