Make your own dog ice cream – recipes, information and tips

Various dairy products, such as natural yoghurt, quark, cottage cheese or cream cheese, are suitable as a base for dog ice cream. However, you should check with your vet beforehand whether your dog can tolerate lactose (milk sugar). Alternatively, you can also use water or meat stock.

Now you can get creative. You can add anything that your dog tolerates and likes to eat to the basic mixture for your dog ice cream. These can be different types of fruit and vegetables or meat, for example. In the next two sections, we will give you some recipes to try for starters.

Depending on the ingredients you have chosen, it may be enough to stir everything together – if the ingredients are firmer, it may be necessary to puree them. If your mixture is too firm, you can add a little water, meat stock or oil. The latter also provides your dog with some healthy fats.

Finally, simply pour the dog ice cream mixture into suitable containers and place them in the freezer for a few hours. Ice cube trays, rinsed yoghurt pots or small muffin tins are suitable, for example.

Liver sausage, tuna and co. will probably make most dogs happy. That’s why we suggest two dog ice cream recipes with meat and fish below. In addition to liver sausage and tuna, chicken, trout, turkey, salmon and herring are also suitable.

If your dog has a sweet tooth or there are some vegetables that he/she particularly likes, then the following dog ice cream recipes are just the thing. You can replace the fruit and vegetables used in the recipes with anything that your dog tolerates well. Many dogs enjoy bananas, apples, berries or melon, for example. Vegetables such as carrots, courgettes, cucumber and spinach are also suitable for your dog’s ice cream. Depending on the food, you may need to adjust the quantities of ingredients slightly to achieve the right consistency.

For any dog ice cream, only use ingredients that your dog tolerates well. In the case of new foods, possible allergies should be ruled out beforehand by a vet. If you want to give your dog a portion of dog ice cream for the first time, you should first test with a small amount to see whether he/she tolerates the cold treat well.

It is also important that your dog does not gobble up the ice cream. To prevent this, you can spread the ice cream mixture in or on a rubber dog toy and freeze it. This way, your dog can lick the ice cream out bit by bit instead of devouring it.

Does your dog have many intolerances? You can then simply mix or puree the wet or dry food with a little water or stock and freeze this mixture to make dog ice cream.

If you don’t want to use several different ingredients for dog ice cream, you can simply freeze some stock or yoghurt, for example. Even a normal ice cube made of water offers a pleasant cooling effect in hot temperatures.

You can add a small treat or a piece of fruit to the stock or water so that your dog is particularly motivated to lick up all the ice cream.

If you want to make your own dog ice cream easily, you can also use your Thermomix. Place all the solid ingredients in the Thermomix and chop for five seconds on level 5. Then add the remaining ingredients and mix everything for 30 seconds on level 3.

The mixture for your dog ice cream is ready. All you have to do is decant and freeze it.