KONG® Stuffing Basics – With The Honest Kitchen® 

Stuffable Rubber KONG Toys

Today, KONG has nine stuffable styles of our classic rubber dog toys, plus four strengths to choose from for each type of chewer and life stage. 

• Extreme Goodie® Ribbon
• Extreme Goodie Bone®
• Dental Stick
• Stuff-a-Ball ®
• Extreme Dental
• Jump’n Jack ®
• Puppy Ball w/Hole
• Puppy Tire
• Classic, Extreme, Puppy, Senior 

Reasons to Stuff 

Enrichment 

Stuffing a KONG gives dogs (and cats) enrichment by using the toy like a puzzle feeder and encouraging natural chewing instincts in a healthy and safe way.  

Cognitive Enrichment 

Stuffing a KONG makes our pets work for their food like they would in the wild, requiring them to use their cognitive skills to get the food out, in turn keeping them occupied longer than eating from a bowl of food.  

Sensory Enrichment

Stuffing KONGs with different types of foods and treats each day gives your pets sensory enrichment through varying tastes, smells, and textures. Rotating the style of KONGs used throughout the week provides dogs with tactile enrichment.  

Environmental Enrichment 

Create environmental enrichment by giving your dog a KONG in different locations throughout your home or yard. Further, once your dog understands the idea of chewing a stuffed KONG, you can hide them in different areas around the home for them to “hunt” and enjoy chewing once they’ve found their KONG. 

Slow Feeding 

Slow feeding can be used for two reasons:  

Weight Management 

Slowing your dog’s eating gives them a stronger mind-body connection, allowing time to process when they are full, instead of eating hurriedly from a bowl. You can break up mealtimes by stuffing two or three KONGs with smaller portions throughout the day. Be sure the smaller amounts total what your dog should be eating in a day for their ideal body weight. Talk to your vet about your dog’s ideal body weight, and read the nutrition label on their food for the suggested serving size. 

Healthy Digestion 

Eating food at a slower pace, especially for dogs prone to stomach torsion and bloating, helps their bodies digest food more efficiently. Like above, breaking mealtimes up into smaller increments may help ease frequent stomach upsets.  

 

Healthy Stuffing With The Honest Kitchen (THK)

The Honest Kitchen’s wide variety of foods makes feeding your pet healthy, whole foods easy. Choose from dehydrated, Clusters, or wet food for full meals, and a variety of treats, supplements, and toppers for snacks or add-ins.  

THK simplifies meal-prepping for your dog’s weekly KONGs. Just line up your KONGs, mix the food, fill each toy, and freeze for upcoming enrichment sessions or meals.

The Honest Kitchen’s selection of gut-healthy, whole food supplements like bone broth, goat’s milk, and Herbal Digestive supplement make excellent additions to any KONG stuffing recipe—especially if you are looking to soothe an upset tummy or as a regular treat to maintain gut health and overall well-being. 

Let’s Stuff a KONG!

Try making this simple The Honest Kitchen (THK) recipe to stuff & freeze in a KONG. It’s an easy recipe with clean ingredients to inspire your KONG stuffing journey.  

KONG + THK:  Licks & Love Recipe 

Ingredients 

• 1 Tbsp KONG Stuff’N Real Peanut Butter 

• 1/2 Cup fresh strawberries 

• 1 Serving of The Honest Kitchen’s Grain Free Beef (or any flavor) 

• 1/2 Cup warm water 

Directions 

1. Hydrate the THK food with warm water—see instructions on bag. 

2. Chop 1/2 cup of strawberries into size-appropriate pieces for your pup. 

3. In a small bowl, combine THK food with strawberries. 

4. Stuff into a KONG and seal opening with KONG Stuff’N Real Peanut Butter. 

5. Freeze before serving; for beginner KONG chewers, serve unfrozen.  

6. Fill additional KONGs with leftovers or scoop into an ice cube tray to freeze and save for later.  

Recipe Notes 

• Double or triple the recipe for meal-prepping multiple KONGs at once. 

• You can use any flavor of THK dehydrated foods for this recipe.  

• Try adding 1/2-1 tablespoon of Instant Goat’s Milk or Herbal Digestive supplement to make a gut-healthy treat for your pup! 

• Try mixing THK cat foods and treats in a Kitty KONG! Cats may not prefer frozen treats. 

Find more fun recipes with unique ingredients on our website on the Cuisine tab! https://www.kongcompany.com/cuisine/