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Spoiling our Dog

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After making Jake dog biscuits for his birthday in May, I realized how easy they were to make and have kept Jake well supplied in homemade biscuits ever since.

Though the book called Baking for Your Dog is chock full of different biscuit recipes, I have only used the “Christmas Sausage Cookies”. Too many of the other recipes call for crazy healthful ingredients like wheatgerm, seaweed powder, and buckwheat flour. I love my dog, but I simply refuse to buy fancy flours just for him to eat. He has to muddle through with the flour selection on hand.

Dan says I am spoiling him anyway.

Yet, Jake is in his senior years now.

I hope when I am in my senior years that someone will make me homemade treats.

A Dog Rug

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For a very small dog. Think chihuahua.

Jake’s head might fit on it, but nothing else.

Unfortunately, the rug is starting to get too big to fit in my knitting bag. It is also getting too warm to lay on my lap while knitting.

Tonight I took it to my neighbor’s house only to have Elly pull the live stitches off the needles. Then, she proceeded to stab the needles into the rug, informing me that she was knitting and helping me. It was very cute.  But, as you can guess, not a lot of knitting takes place when she is around.

Thus lately, I have only worked on it while at McDonald’s thanks to Elly being preoccupied and to the AC keeping me cool.

Sunday Snapshots (of Jake’s Birthday)

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Jake, our dog, turned 10 on May 1st.

For a gift, Elly and I made Jake sausage biscuits.


(Jake is keeping a watchful eye on us in the kitchen, but not overexerting himself).

Then, because all birthdays must have cake per Elly’s rules, we baked a carrot cake.

Once you have a birthday cake made, you simply must sing Happy Birthday and blow out candles.

Jake being a dog couldn’t blow out his candles. So, Elly did the honors for him.

It was a lot of candles. It took Elly a few tries to blow them all out. Eventually, we all got to eat cake, except Jake who happily ate another sausage biscuit.

Happy Birthday, Jake!

Sunday Snapshots (of our dog Jake)

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Before Elly, Jake got all the attention. He was the star of this blog.

Long time readers will remember that we adopted him when he was 3 years old from Delaware Valley Golden Retriever Rescue. He was so skinny (read: underweight) when we first got him.

Jake and I would take long walks together with no destination in mind. I never had to cut his toenails; the sidewalk grinded them down for me.

Now when we go for a walk, we always stop by the playground so Elly can run off some steam. Last week, for the very first time, I had to cut his nails since he walks on the grass more than the sidewalks.

Though I mostly take photos of Elly now and post them here on the blog, I still take an occasional shot of Jake.

He is getting old on me now. He’s 9 and referred to as a senior in his breed. The white is starting to show on his face.

 

He’s still my boy.