Why Bake Your Dog's Treats at Home? (And Why a Kit Makes It Actually Easy)

Your dog can smell what you're baking from three rooms away.

Imagine the tail-wagging that happens when the scent of fresh-baked peanut butter and oats drifts through your kitchen. That's the Scratch Treats experience — and it starts with one simple question: why are we still buying shelf-stable, heavily processed treats when baking something fresh is this easy?

What's actually in that bag?

Pick up almost any bag of commercial dog treats and read the ingredient list. You'll find preservatives like BHA and BHT, artificial colors, and stabilizers designed to give those treats a shelf life of 12–18 months. They're not necessarily dangerous in small amounts, but they're a long way from fresh. We go deeper on exactly what those ingredients are in our article on what's actually in store-bought dog treats.

But I'm not a baker

Neither was Tyler, who founded Scratch Treats after an afternoon baking with his daughter. He went looking for a simpler solution and came up empty — so he made one.

Scratch Treats kits are designed for people who have never baked dog treats before. There's nothing to measure, nothing to source. Just add water, roll out the dough with the included cutter, and bake for 16–20 minutes at 350°F. One kit makes approximately 90 pup-sized treats. For a full walkthrough of the process, see our complete beginner's guide to baking homemade dog treats.

The part your dog cares about most

The smell. Fresh-baked oat and peanut butter treats produce a warm, familiar aroma that dogs go absolutely wild for. And your kids, if you have them, get to be the ones who made it happen. That's a win-win-win.

One more thing

A portion of every Scratch Treats sale goes directly to Project POOCH, a non-profit that pairs youth in the justice system with shelter dogs. So every batch you bake helps give a second chance — to a dog in need of a home, and a young person in need of a future. Learn more about Project POOCH →

Ready to try it? Start with our Peanut Butter Original kit — the one that started it all.