How to make Super-healthy Pet Treats with Seaweed!

Here's a selection of pet treat recipes sent in by our Seaweeders.
We have treats for dogs, goats, cows and even for your chickens!

Tried, tested and enjoyed by lucky animals all over Australia. Oh yes, and one from me!
I've been making the dehydrated chewy treats for my two furry sidekicks for years.
The photo above is my Miss LiLi eyeing off the next batch of seaweed sprinkled chicken treats.
Come on over to our socials to see what we're up to!
Liz 😁

  • Small brown and white puppy sitting on dry grass and soil

    Sandy's Raw Puppy Food with Seaperia Meal 

    Makes approx. 2 kg to freeze in daily portions. Puppies need 8 to 10% of their body weight in food every day, split over 3 or 4 meals.

    Ingredients:

    • 1 kg raw ground chicken or turkey (including bone, or add calcium supplement separately if using boneless meat)
    • 400 g raw organ meats (e.g., beef liver, kidney, and heart mix)
    • 300 g raw grated vegetables (e.g., carrots, zucchini, spinach – rotate weekly)
    • 200 g cooked and mashed pumpkin or sweet potato (lightly steamed; optional but good for digestion)
    • 2 whole eggs, including crushed shell (calcium)
    • 2 tbsp plain natural yoghurt or kefir (optional, for probiotics)
    • 1 tbsp cold-pressed flaxseed or hemp seed oil (for omega-3s)
    • 1.5 tsp Seaperia Meal (high in trace minerals and antioxidants)
    • 1–2 sardines (in water) OR 1 tsp fish oil (extra omega-3s, DHA for brain development)

    Method:

    1. Mix meats and organs thoroughly in a large bowl.
    2. Grate or finely chop veggies and add to the bowl.
    3. Stir in eggs, yoghurt/kefir (if using), and pumpkin or sweet potato.
    4. Add Seaperia Meal, oil, and sardines/fish oil.
    5. Combine until evenly mixed.
    6. Divide daily servings into bags or containers (based on puppy weight and age).
    7. Store in the fridge for up to 2 days or freeze.
  • Goats in a fenced area with green grass

    Sharon's "Coleby style" mix for goats and cattle

    1 x 20ish kg bag of dolomite
    4kg of sulphur
    4kg of copper sulphate
    4kg of Seaperia Seaweed Meal

    I feed 20 cattle and 6 goats 2 cups of the mix in a little molasses each day.
    The sulphur controls external parasites such as ticks and mites. The copper suplhate controls internal parasites. The dolomite provides calcium and magnesium while the seaweed meal provides all of their trace elements.

    I rarely have to worm my goats whereas others in my area are worming every couple of months. My animals rarely get sick and because I don't have to use chemicals on the animals I am seeing more worms and dung beetles in the soil. This means that dung sits on the ground for shorter periods and my soil is getting nutrients and organic matter which has led to better water retention and plant growth. The benefits are going much further than just the animals.

    I also noticed that when we brought a new herd of cattle onto the property their dung smelt. I had never noticed how our original cattle didn't smell until the new ones arrived. Now that they are getting seaweed meal their dung has stopped smelling as well. It is my anecdotal evidence that seaweed reduces harmful gasses in cattle.

    Thanks Sharon for your recipe and great comments, and also thanks to Christine for the photo of her beautiful goats.
  • Group of chickens in a fenced outdoor area with grass and dirt ground.

    Liliana's porridge for chickens

    Enough for 3 chickens...

    1/8 tsp Seaperia Soluble Seaweed
    1/4 tsp molasses
    1/2 tsp chilli flakes
    1/4 teaspoon crushed garlic (jar)
    Splash of apple cider vinegar (mother)
    3 tbs laying pellets
    3 tbs oats
    I put all this in a bowl, add boiling water, mix and feed it to them. 
    If I have any fresh vegetables and fruit scraps like carrot end etc I cut these up small and add it in. 
    Also, in winter I add some cracked corn too as this helps keep them warm. 
    It sounds like a lot, but it doesn't take long.

    Thanks for the recipe Liliana and thanks to Lyneve for the photo of Mr Dorking and his merry hens.

    See Liliana's chickens enjoying their porridge below!

  • Two blue heeler dogs sitting on hay bales.

    Sharon's easy dog food recipe

    3kg of Paws pet meat which has very little fat and no fillers
    1kg of frozen vegetables
    3 cups of brown rice cooked with garlic 
    plus a generous sprinkle of turmeric and a big sprinkle of Seaperia Seaweed Meal.

    These ingredients are mixed together and my girls get a cup each every night with a small handful of grain free kibble.
    The turmeric is because my 11 year old Maremma (who won't keep still for a picture) broke a femur when she was 4 weeks old and I don't want her to suffer from arthritis.

    These are my two blue heelers. All the dogs are too healthy to go to the vet except for heartworm injections or misadventure. We never have to worry about cleaning their teeth, ticks or worming and they always look so healthy.

  • A close up of seaweed sprinkles on dehydrtated beef heart dog treats.

    Lizzy's chewy dog treats with seaweed sprinkles

    My dogs love these and I know they are so much better for them than any supermarket treat.
    I buy an ox heart from the butcher and put it in the freezer. You can also use chicken breasts and prepare them exactly the same way.
    The day before I want to prepare it I get it out of the freezer late in the afternoon and pop it in the fridge to defrost.
    In the morning it's not frozen solid but still firm - perfect to cut.
    I slice it very thinly, about 2 or 3mm, and lay it out on the dehydrator racks and then sprinkle with Seaperia Meal. The Meal sticks easily to the moist heart and won't fall off.
    Into the dehydrator for about 6 hours and there you have a big stack of the healthiest and most economical dog treats ever.