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Top 5 Signs Your Dog Needs a Cleaner Treat Diet
Posted December, 2025Many dogs struggle with hidden food sensitivities and low-quality commercial treats. Learn the top 5 signs your dog needs cleaner, fresher ingredients — and how small-batch treats can transform their health.Most pet parents want the best for their dogs, but grocery-store treats often contain hidden fillers, preservatives, and low-quality ingredients that quietly affect a dog’s health. If your dog has been acting differently or showing physical symptoms, it may be time to switch to a cleaner, fresher treat diet. Here are the top 5 signs to look for.1. Their Coat Looks Dull or DryA dog’s coat is one of the clearest indicators of overall nutrition. Treats made with artificial flavors, cheap oils, or binding agents can trigger skin dryness and shedding. Clean ingredients — like pumpkin and protein-rich peanut butter — support a shiny, healthy coat naturally.2. They’re Experiencing Frequent Digestive UpsetGas, bloating, loose stools, or vomiting can all be triggered by low-quality treats. Many mass-produced treats rely on wheat, corn, soy, and chemical additives that can irritate sensitive stomachs. When treats are baked in small batches using whole ingredients, digestion becomes noticeably smoother.3. Their Energy Levels Are InconsistentJust like with humans, what dogs eat affects their energy. Highly processed treats create spikes and crashes. Cleaner treats — especially those using real pumpkin — help support balanced blood sugar and steady energy throughout the day.4. They’re Gaining Weight Without Eating More FoodCommercial treats are often calorie-dense and loaded with fillers. If your dog is gaining weight despite no diet changes, it may be the treats. Switching to minimally processed, protein-rich options helps reduce empty calories while keeping your dog satisfied.5. They’ve Developed New Allergies or Itchy SkinFood sensitivities can appear at any age. Additives, artificial colors, and cheap grains are common triggers. Cleaner treats with simple ingredient lists dramatically reduce skin flare-ups, paw licking, and generalized itchiness.Why Cleaner Treats MatterA clean treat diet isn’t a trend — it’s a shift toward giving dogs what their bodies actually need:
real, simple ingredients without the junk.Peanut butter. Pumpkin. Fresh-baked goodness.
That’s it.When treats are made in small batches using recognizable ingredients, dogs absorb nutrients better, experience fewer sensitivities, and feel healthier from the inside out.

⭐ THE ULTIMATE 2026 GUIDE TO HEALTHY DOG TREATS
From a Sheltie Mom Who Learned Everything the Hard Way
Posted: December 2025
━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━I never planned on starting a dog-treat company. My last Sheltie, Forrest, passed away more than ten years ago, and the grief stayed with me for years. If you’ve ever loved a dog like that, you know the silence they leave. I didn’t think I’d ever be ready again.Then Skye came along.She was just over a year old, absolutely beautiful, bred to be a show dog—but she wanted no part of that life. She wanted to belong to someone. She wanted to be loved for who she was, not how she stacked in a ring. And somehow, she chose me.She also came with a sensitive stomach and a very low tolerance for the junk that hides in most commercial “healthy” dog treats. That’s how this journey started.What I learned shocked me… and it might shock you too.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
### Why Dog Treats Matter More Than Most People RealizeWalk into any pet store and everything claims to be:• “Healthy”
• “All natural”
• “Made with real ingredients”And yet — hidden further down the label — you’ll find:• artificial colors
• preservatives
• sugars
• fillers
• gums
• things you wouldn’t feed yourselfMost dog owners never notice that treats are less regulated than food, and “natural” on a label means almost nothing. Skye reacted badly until I finally understood:It wasn’t her — it was the treats.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
### What “Healthy Dog Treats” Actually MeansAfter months of research and dozens of failed recipes, I learned something simple:Healthy treats are simple treats.✔ short ingredients
✔ no artificial color
✔ no chemical preservatives
✔ whole foods only
✔ gentle on digestion
✔ baked or dehydrated — not chemically processedIf I wouldn’t eat the ingredients myself,
I won’t feed them to Skye.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
### Ingredients Dogs Actually Benefit From• peanut butter (no xylitol)
• sweet potato
• oats
• apples
• pumpkin
• blueberries
• eggs
• chicken or turkey
• coconut or oat flour
• bone broth### Ingredients to Avoid (Common even in “healthy” treats)• glycerin
• “natural flavor”
• dextrose
• soy protein
• wheat middlings
• BHA / BHT
• propylene glycol
• artificial smoke flavor
• corn syrup
• meat meal listed first━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
### Why I Started Baking Treats in My KitchenWhen Skye didn’t tolerate store-bought treats, I baked tiny small-batch biscuits myself.Her stomach settled.
Her coat improved.
Her energy returned.Neighbors asked for some.
Then friends.
Then strangers.And that’s when Skye Biscuit was born.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
### What Makes Treats Safe (And What Doesn’t)The safest treats are:• made fresh
• preservative-free
• limited-ingredient
• baked in small batches
• stored airtight
• made with real foodIf a treat can survive 3 years in a warehouse, it’s not “natural.”━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
### How Many Treats Is Too Many?A simple rule:➡ Treats = no more than 10% of daily calories.Healthy treats still need healthy limits.
Skye does not participate in this math.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
### Why Small-Batch MattersSmall batch prioritizes:• quality
• nutrition
• digestive comfort
• transparencyLarge factory production prioritizes:• uniformity
• shelf life
• cost reductionBoth can exist — only one puts your dog first.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
### A Simple Start if You Want Healthier Treats✔ Real ingredients only
✔ No preservatives or dyes
✔ No seed oils
✔ Introduce slowly
✔ Watch how your dog respondsAnd trust yourself — if it smells fake, skip it.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
### Why Skye Biscuit ExistsBecause one sensitive Sheltie needed better —
and every dog deserves the same.I wanted treats I never had to question.
Treats made from real food.
Treats worthy of love.━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
### ❤️ A Gentle InvitationIf you’d like to try Skye’s treats:🟡 Handmade
🟡 Preservative-Free
🟡 Fresh-Baked in Small Batches
🟡 Cut by Hand
🟡 Supervised by a SheltieYour dog deserves treats as good as the love they give you.

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