I mentioned a few weeks ago that our dog Zelda passed away. Well, meet Naz! He is a 1 year old chihuahua/Italian grey hound mix! We found him through the Great Dog Rescue of New England. This is a rescue that started as the Paws Project. They are based out of Woburn Massachusetts but rescue dogs primarily come from the south. Naz came from a horrific hoarding situation in Georgia so we were more than thrilled to welcome him to his forever home.

Naz has settled in quite nicely and is learning to play and be a dog. It has taken him some time to recover from his previous conditions but we are seeing his personality a little more each day!

The rescue puts out a newsletter and this recipe was included in that newsletter so I knew I had to make them for our little guy! There is a big catch though, because of the conditions Naz came from he has never had treats. So when I made them he wanted to hide them and save them for later. Because they are frozen treats I could not let him do that as they have to be eaten right away or they will melt. So I had to recruit my taste testers from the neighborhood dogs. None of the dogs that tried them complained, they ate them right up! I’d say they gave them a paws up!

INGREDIENTS

1/2 cup of peanut butter
1/2 cup of solid coconut oil, melted
2 Tablespoons carob powder (I purchased it from Amazon)

DIRECTIONS

Melt the coconut oil and let cool for a couple minutes.
Place the peanut butter and carob powder in a bowl and mix well. Add the coconut oil and mix to combine, it will create a liquid mixture.
I used silicone molds that were wiped with a little melted coconut oil.
Pour the mixture into your mold and freeze for at least 30 minutes. Remove the treats from the molds and place in a small freezer bag. Store the treats in the freezer. Serve to your furr baby as a treat.

Enjoy!

This summer we noticed some changes with Zelda, she was constantly hungry….I mean really, really hungry 24 hours a day 7 days a week. We were traveling with Zelda at the time this started so as soon as we got home we made an appointment with her Vet’s office. After many trips to the vet and many tests it was confirmed that Zelda has cushing’s disease. This was causing all of her intense hunger. To make a very long story short she is currently on 2 medicines 2 times a day. One of things we had to do for her was to modify her diet as she had put on too much weight while we were trying to find her diagnosis. So I was looking to find her a healthy treat and it was really not that easy but my Pinterest search found these gummies and Zelda LOVES them!

INGREDIENTS

3/4 Cup bone broth, I used home made but any will work fine
2 Tablespoons powdered gelatin
1/8 teaspoon turmeric
Dash of black pepper

DIRECTIONS

Place 1/4 cup of bone broth into a small bowl and sprinkle the gelatin over the top and let sit for 4-5 minutes. For broth to absorb the gelatin.

Pour 1/2 cup of bone broth into a small saucepan. Stir in turmeric and pepper into broth in the saucepan. Using medium/high heat bring the mixture up to a boil. Remove from heat and add the broth/gelatin mixture and stir.

Pour into molds, I bought the bone and paw shape molds on Amazon. Place the molds on a small baking sheet and refrigerate for a couple hours.

I hope your fur babies enjoy these as much as Zelda does.
Store in fridge.

Enjoy!

I can’t believe this is the first dog treat or dog food recipe I have shared with you as I have been cooking for our fur babies for a number of years now. This is a healthy and very easy treat for your favorite dog. Zelda is just a little dog so I gave her half a bone for her to taste test. She took one bite and gobbled it right up but then started playing with the other half of it and proceeded to try and hide the treat. That’s a good sign as that’s what she does with her favorite store bought treats. I’d say she enjoyed them!

INGREDIENTS

• 1 egg
• 1/3 cup creamy peanut butter
• 1 cup whole wheat flour
• 1/2 cup old fashioned oats
• 1 mashed banana (1/2 cup)

DIRECTIONS

Preheat oven to 300 degrees. Combine all ingredients in a medium bowl and knead until a dough ball forms. If it’s too sticky add more flour. Roll it out on a lightly floured surface. You want the dough to be a bit less than a half of an inch. Cut out with bone shaped cookie cutters or whatever you have. Place the cut out on a baking sheet and bake for 15-20 minutes. Mine cooked 18 minutes.

This recipe made 8 cookies using the bone cookie cutter. Store in an airtight container at room temperature.

Enjoy!?