This is a rather overdue journal post on our lovely Shadow’s birthday, which happened a few months back in October of 2021. Let me give you little background story here, our Shadow girl is a rescue from the SPCALA Long Beach shelter since October of 2019 – yes, she joined our little family right before the global pandemic, which was a real blessing to have her around us during the difficult year. Since we are unsure when her exact birthday is, we decided to use her adoption month as her birth month, celebrating a new beginning with us!
Fast forward to 2022, she is approximately 11 years old, and we have learned SO MUCH about her. Here are a few phone snaps of her posing and flipping like a different animal.
We’ve caught her posing like a sea lion…
A seahorse…
A koala bear…
Over time, we’ve learned what she enjoys eating the most. As dog parents, we like to spoil our girl with treats here and there, it’s hard to resist her cute face when she begs for yummies from us. For her birthday, we have put together 3 of her favorite treats in a cookie-cake-wich! It consists of peanut butter cookies (dog grade), puppaccino (whipped cream), and bacon (uncured).
Here’s a recipe we’ve tried. If you are interested in giving it a try, let us know how it turns out! We hope your little pup will enjoy it as much as Shadow. Curious to see how Shadow chomped down her special cookie-cake-wich? There’s a video towards the end of this post!
Homemade Dog Birthday Treat
Prep 15 minutes | Cook 30 minutes | Total 45 minutes | Serves 24 treats
3 Parts
- Peanut butter cookies
- Whipped cream
- Uncured bacon strips
Ingredients
For the Dog Treats
- 2.5 cups whole wheat flour
- 1 egg
- 1 cup peanut butter
- 1 cup water
- 2 tablespoons honey
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350F.
- In a large bowl combine flour and the egg. Add peanut butter, water, honey and stir until you have stiff dough.
3. Let your pup have a tasting. Once approved, proceed to next step.
4. On a lightly floured surface, roll out the dough about 1/2 inch thick and use a cookie cutter to make fun shapes.
5. Final inspection by your pup on the sizing of each cookie. Once approved, proceed to next step.
6. Bake for 18-20 minutes, until golden. Once done, set aside to cool.
7. Fry uncured bacon on a frying pan.
8. Fry until crispy. Once done, set aside to cool.
9. Assemble the parts in front of your birthday pup.
10. Sing a birthday song.
11. Let your pup have at it!
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