I can't believe that Jager is now 4 years old today! It seems like only yesterday we were picking him up at the airport. He came to us from Germany, via the famed Kirschental Kennels.
Ilsa turned 5 on November 4! Even though she's of German bloodlines, she came to us via a kennel in Illinois. A shorter drive and no issues involving being in a airline crate for 10 hours, then an airplane hanger after that. Remember that if you ever import a puppy to bring waterless shampoo, towels, paper towels, water, a collar and a leash because you don't get anything but a little puppy inside a pee-soaked crate!
I don't know if you're like me, but every dog in our house gets a birthday cake. I love homemade items and our dogs always devour their cake in a matter of minutes. I like knowing what's in the food they eat and I'm not into anything that's colored bright red or green and filled with so many preservatives it can be kept for the next 20 years.
Here's the recipe I use:
1 cup white or wheat flour (one of my shepherds suffers from allergies so I substitute oatmeal flour. Just put some instant oatmeal in a food processor and pulse into flour, then use just like you would any other flour)
1 teas. baking soda
1/4 cup peanut butter
1/4 cup oil
1 cup shredded carrots
1 teas. vanilla
1 egg
Put everything in food processor and incorporate. Bake in a greased cake pan at 350 degrees for 40 minutes. Store leftovers in a plastic baggie or container. There won't really be much in terms of leftovers however!
Life too hectic to bake yourself? Then check out an All Natural Happy Birthday Cookie Cake, care of Elizabeth and her Etsy store, Shorty's Gourmet Treats.
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