Kong Stuffing Tips from the San Francisco SPCA

Basic Stuffing

Mix your pet's dry kibble with some canned food or spray cheeze to hold the kibble together, then simply stuff it in the Kong!

To increase the challenge make a Kong Popsicle or Kongsicle! Plug the small hole on the bottom with peanut butter, spray cheeze, or canned food. Then fill the Kong with a mixture of your dogs regular meal of dry kibble. Place the Kong in an upright cup or container to hold it upright. Then fill it with water and FREEZE! You can make several at a time and have them on hand in the freezer! Most dogs will spend at least 30 minutes working their way through a frozen Kongsicle. It will be like giving your dog a bone to chew at every meal!

Kibble can also be mixed with just a spoonful of canned food, yogurt, cottage cheese, or other healthy “wet” food and spooned into the Kong, then the entire Kong can be placed in the freezer. The dog must then work extra hard to remove the frozen meal when the Kong is delivered. Multiple Kong toys can be stuffed with the dog’s meal portions and hidden throughout the house, so that the dog must spend his day hunting down and “dissecting” his Kong-kills.

More Recipes for extra special treats and occasions are listed below:

SIMPLE TRIED AND TRUE

Ingredients:

Peanut butter or KONG Stuff'N Peanut Butter Paste
Appropriate KONG rubber chew toy

Smear a small amount of peanut butter or KONG Stuff'N Peanut Butter Paste inside the cavity of your KONG toy. It's that easy! KONG Stuff'N Liver Pa'te, KONG Stuff'N Breath Treat or KONG Stuff'N Puppy Treat also work great. - used by trainers and vets worldwide.

ADVANCED KONG STUFF'N

Start with a few clean, appropriately sized KONG toys. NOTE: Small breeds can use a medium KONG toy for maximum stuffing benefit.

Layer One: Tantalizer - Fill little hole on top of KONG toy with any flavor KONG Stuff'N Easy Treat paste.
Layer Two: Dessert - Fill approximately one-third of the cavity with dog treats such as KONG Stuff'N Snacks.
Layer Three: Main Course - Fill the last two-thirds with dry dog food, and then seal off with a soft canned food or food roll.
Layer Four: Appetizer - Leave a KONG Stuff'N Snack or ZIGGIES sticking out of the opening. The "easy pickings" will provide an immediate pay off and entice your dog to "get serious" about the job. It is important for dogs to succeed at their "work".

PHILLY CHEESE STEAK a treat for special occasions

Ingredients:

Steak scraps
1 ounce cream cheese
Appropriate KONG toy

Place small scraps of steak inside KONG toy. Spread cream cheese in large hole to hold scraps.

BANANA RAMA

Ingredients:

1 fresh banana
2 tbs wheat germ
1 tbs plain yogurt (can use your pet's favorite flavor as well)

Any KONG Toy that best fits your pet's chewing temperament. In a bowl, mash up banana. Then, add wheat germ and yogurt. Mash all ingredients together and use spoon to add to KONG. Freeze for 4 hours. Makes 1 serving for Medium KONG. Double for every KONG size that is bigger.

FRUIT OR VEGGIE SALAD

Ingredients:

Apple and carrot chunks
1/4 of a banana
WARNING: DO NOT USE RAISINS OR GRAPES, THESE ARE TOXIC TO DOGS!

Appropriate KONG toy Place apples and carrots in KONG toy. Mush the bananas in large hole to hold fruit in place. You can include other fruits and veggies: orange slices, peach and/or nectarine chunks, celery sticks, broccoli and/or cauliflower, tomato and black olive mixture.

KONG DOG UNIVERSITY Click for more great Kong Stuffing recipes from Dog Trainer Lisa Giroux. Start with the easy "courses", then move up to advanced levels!