My pack member "Wolf" (see below) had her 8th birthday yesterday in human years on the 8th of April She is a Husky (Dam)/ Sherperd(Sire) cross and I was present when she was born, (the runt and only female out of 4 surviving puppied) bar a custody battle with and Ex several years ago, She had been with me ever since. She is very tolerant of her Alpha, having moved many times, good on long trips (up to 8hours with frequent stops), adapted to a new pack, patient with friends/family children wanting horsey rides, protective (1st pack was 3 security dogs), shares the bed well (up to 5 other dogs in a puppy puddle on a double bed) is a good foster mum to other dogs, loved long runs in open fields (eventually comes back on command (she is part husky) after she had got the running out of her system), howling, greeting me at the door when I get home and has a sweet tooth. and when she has had enough she will walk away and ignore me and others (most Huskys I have met seem to be part cat and will also turn their nose up to food when they don't like it) sometimes I think she just humours me But I love her and am proud of her...anyway below are some recipes that are tried and tested, her Dam Jessy my girl wolf Big thanks to www.dogzonline.com.au and www.paws.com.au for the recipes , support,and humour PS I had the name littlewolf first, when Wolf was born she looked like a wild cub,small, silent, sneaky and would hide things especially socks, it was suppose to be a temporary name till we found one that suited her, after a while she would not respond to anything else so it stuck, now I can't think of her being called anything else (though howler would have been an interesting choice)

below are the recipes (I made several different times for her birthday, after there was 3 dogs waiting inthe kitchen for the biscuits to cool), the pack loved the peanut butter ones and the Salmon can be replaced by Tuna (go figure, when I first read the recipe I thought "no way..." but they loved them" and it's great when you are training them...ps human seem to love the biscuits to ..even after yo tell thems it's for the dogs enjoy

Sounds like you have a well pampered pouch. That is something I have never been able to get into ... cooking for my pet. Or even doing much to celebrate their birthdays. Probably because I do not do anything special for MY day so I figure I don't need to do anything special for their day, other than a few extra hugs and some extra petting as well.

Happy Birthday to Wolf! And there's no such thing as a dog too spoiled ... Love them as much as you can, for as long as you can ...

Your dogs are beautiful, Littlewolf, and they are lucky to have you too! I think my cat would have liked your recipes very much too, even if they're ostensibly for dogs -especially the chicken and fish ones. I didn't know my cat's birthday, as I'd found him as a stray of ~2 years old. He got lots of treats, though, at least after I moved in with the BF -he's the cook and he always made a point of setting aside a bit of fish/beef/chicken/pork -whatever was on the dinner menu- for my cat. Naturally, the result was that, in the kitchen, my cat was utterly oblivious to my existence and fixated on the BF!

You know, you are right LB, I could see my cats loving the liver drops. And the Peanut Butter treats and Cinnamon hearts sound almost good enough for ME to eat. Somewhere in one of my cupboards I have a bunch of "home made" treats someone gave me for my puppy before she "left" me. I was thinking my next puppy would love them, but I guess that depends on how much longer I wait before I get one.

Happy birthday to your Wolf, Littlewolf!

Ooooh - a special birthday! Spoil her rotten, LW - she deserves it!

Originally posted by clouddancer And the Peanut Butter treats and Cinnamon hearts sound almost good enough for ME to eat.

I was kind of thinking that too! I actually don't prepare recipes this detailed even for myself...

Awww...what a cute pup, LW! My two dogs are pretty spoiled (I have a Yorkie and a Golden), but I need to cook for my kids before I cook for my dogs- LOL (I'm terrible about just ordering food in- especially during the work week)

I agree with LB, LW ... your dogs are beautiful! And, they're so very fortunate to have someone like you to care for them the way you do! A very Happy Birthday to Wolf!

Originally posted by Springie (I'm terrible about just ordering food in- especially during the work week)

I hear you. Left to my own devices, my notion of cooking is to chop up a tomato, some olives and what-not to put on a frozen pizza before I stick it in the oven, and they know me very well at the local Chinese take-out place!

Living on my own, I tend to not do any cooking at all. On weekends in the winter I will make a vegetable sort of stew/soup and will eat that over a few days through out the week. Otherwise I tend to pick something up on my way home from work. During the summer I do my cooking on the BBQ, but even then I will cook double quantities and eat the other portion during the week. I find during the week, I am too tired when I get home to WANT to do any cooking. I really do not know how mothers manage to work and care for their families when I find it hard to manage looking after just myself.

Originally posted by clouddancer I really do not know how mothers manage to work and care for their families when I find it hard to manage looking after just myself.

I hear you on that.

Thanks for sharing Littlewolf. I'll have to try them one of these days. I've tried baking dog treats before but haven't found a recipe that I've liked well enough to repeat. I like that these are protein packed.