Chicken hearts
Sunday, October 16th, 2011 Posted in dog food recipes | 1 Comment »About a year ago, I was at an agility trial and noticed that a vendor was selling freeze-dried turkey hearts. I have ongoing problems finding treats that don't cause problems for Elly--she's allergic to so many things!--so of course I ...
Puppy Training…
Tuesday, September 13th, 2011 Posted in dog food recipes, training | Comments OffI started a Basic Obedience class with Rush. While he's been learning very well indeed, I wanted to make sure he knew how to work with me when there are other dogs around. Our first class was yesterday. At first ...
Sweet potato dog treats
Sunday, January 16th, 2011 Posted in dog food recipes | 1 Comment »A neighbor bought a box of sweet potatoes for Thanksgiving and gave half the box to me. It's been sitting on the kitchen counter since the day before Thanksgiving, and today I decided I needed to do something with the ...
Treats that show up on dirt…
Thursday, November 11th, 2010 Posted in dog food recipes, training | Comments OffAs part of my intensive contact-training effort (and we'll see how well that's working this weekend), Debbie has me throwing treats at Dancer's feet at the moment she stops at the bottom of the contact. The problem is that my ...
Poodle treats…
Saturday, October 9th, 2010 Posted in dog food recipes | Comments OffI've developed yet another treat recipe. I bought twenty pounds of ground turkey hearts at Whole Foods. They divided them into nice two-pound tubs. I froze the tubs and use them one at a time. Two pounds ground turkey hearts Equal ...
Beet greens…
Thursday, September 30th, 2010 Posted in dog food recipes | Comments OffWhen I make the curly girlies' vegetable-and-meat soup for their lunch, I usually toss in whatever vegetables are getting slightly wilted. Today, that was beet greens. I fed the girls their soup outside--it's a lovely day, and it's easier to ...
New recipe
Saturday, September 27th, 2008 Posted in dog food recipes | Comments OffI went to the grocery store yesterday and they were OUT OF CHICKEN LIVERS! So I had to figure out a different way to make a treat that wouldn't be disgusting in your pocket. I bought two pounds of ground ...
More on Dancer’s Teeter Board
Friday, February 1st, 2008 Posted in dog food recipes, poodles, training | Comments OffWell, I haven't yet taken Dancer's new teeter board on the road. I decided to wait until her teeter board performance was spectacular, so I've been trying to do 10-treats-and-we're-done a couple of times a day (except I use ...
New Recipe for Chicken Liver Treats
Tuesday, October 9th, 2007 Posted in dog food recipes | Comments OffI was feeling lazy about the chicken liver treats this morning, so I tried streamlining my recipe. I used about 2 pounds of oatmeal and about two pounds of chicken livers, put them in the Cuisinart for a long thorough ...
Cooking and Training
Tuesday, October 9th, 2007 Posted in dog food recipes, poodles, training | Comments OffI'm going to a four-day agility seminar later this week and need to make sure I have the food and treats aspect of life covered before I go. So I spent some time this morning dealing with four pounds of fresh ...