LEWISTON — The YWCA of Central Maine will offer a Canine Cuisine class focused on preparing homemade dog treats. The class will be held at 6 p.m. Tuesday, July 20, at the YWCA, 130 East Ave.

Dog treats are convenient and fairly cheap to purchase making it easy to over-indulge dogs with treats for training, reward purposes or for just being cute. A single, high-calorie treat can use up to one-fourth of a dog’s daily caloric needs.

Many store-bought treats are highly processed and full of fat and sugar, but organic, natural and whole food dog treats can be costly. Join the YWCA and Wendy Wren to learn how to make easy-to-prepare, healthy treats at home. Participants will leave the class with recipes and samples.

Wendy Wren is the owner and operator of The Prep Kitchen in Freeport. She has a lifelong love of food and food preparation. Her first job at age 16 was working at a Maine summer camp as a kitchen assistant. She is ServSafe certified and ensures all safe food practices are observed.

Wren has worked in restaurants, with caterers and as a hotel food and beverage manager.

Cost to members of the YWCA is $15 and $20 for nonmembers. Preregistration is required. Call customer service at 795-4050 for more information or to register.