Puppy Treats

Well it’s that time of year when I get the incrediable urge to bake christmas goodies. So far I have managed a gingebread house, gingerbread people, soft ginger cookies, cranberry & nut biscotti, marshmallows with & without toasted coconut.

Then I thought what about the puppies?  Almost all of my co-workers have dogs.  So then I thought I’d bake some puppy treats.  I’ve made peanut butter cookies and some “Puppy chow” and marked the bag People treats!  Then in the other bag I made small “peanut butter cookies” and small dog bones which I plan on dipping in “chocolate”(not really, I use carob chips since I know chocolate is a big no-no for dogs).  I’ll mark that bag Puppy treats!

The recipe is so easy and makes alot.  There are no preservatives in these so plan on sharing the wealth.

Peanut Butter Biscuits

1 c. peanut butter

1 c. milk

2 c. whole wheat flour

1 Tbls. baking powder.

Preheat oven to 375 degrees

Mix everything together.  Roll into small balls and press down with tinnes of a fork like normal peanut butter cookies.  You can make them as big or as small as you would like them.  Mine end up being about the size of a quarter.  You can also roll out the dough and use cookie cutters (dog bones are my favorite)  Bake 10-20 minutes depending on the size.  I usually go ten mintues for quarter size biscuits and small bones.

Bandit enjoys them and I hope the other dogs do too! 

Otherwise everything is going great.  We haven’t had any accidents at all for a few weeks, even with the doors open to the carpet sometimes.  We have started something a little new with him.  He now sleeps in bed with our youngest son who is 6 yrs old.  When he first started we would always find him snuggled in at the foot of the bed, now he’s usually snuggled around Josh’s head, sometimes on top of it!

I take him in for another grooming this Wednesday, boy does he need it.  I should have had him in a couple of weeks ago but I wanted to wait as long as I could so he’d look good for Christmas.  I hope they are finally able to shave him down a bit.  They told me they couldn’t do the “puppy cut” since he was too small and there was nothing for her to hang on to.  He’s 4.1 lbs now! He’s doubled his weight since we got him.  Really though, when i put it into perspective it isn’t that much.  I was talking to another co-work who just got a bulldog and she’s gained 6 lbs in 3 weeks!

Hope everyone has a happy holiday!