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Making treats in just 500 easy steps!

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Just kidding.
There aren’t 500 steps.
But today I did make the dogs some treats.
Treats that they are anxiously waiting to freeze.
Here’s what I did, but first note that…
It’s not really a recipe, just me grabbing things the dogs love, mixing it up, and stuffing it into a few Kongs. lol!
But here it is anyway.
Step 1: Find yourself at least one hungry pup.
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This girl always has something on her nose.
Petal will do. 
Though, please note, that she’s not a good food critic. She’ll eat just about anything you give to her and she always looks like this when something’s being made in the kitchen.
Anyway.
Step 2: Get the Kongs out.
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Hopefully you don’t have more Kongs than you have dogs. I’m still not sure how I ended up with four Kongs when I only have three dogs.
Step 3: Gather together some Peanut Butter, Yogurt and Apple slices.
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Oh, and don’t forget the Honey*.
*Honey not pictured because I forgot it.
Step 4: Add desired amount of yogurt to a bowl.

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See how amazing it looks?
Too bad it doesn’t taste amazing. At all.
But the dogs enjoy it.

Step 5: Add desired amount of peanut butter.
This you can eat!

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Step 6: Mix it all up!

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Step 7: Add apple slices! Or whatever fruit your dog enjoys. Just so long as it isn’t grapes or raisins.

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Step 8: Start spooning it into a Kong!

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Step 9: As you’re filling the second Kong, remember about the honey that you forgot and quickly add that in! Mix it up and pretend like you never forgot about it.

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Step 10: Place Kongs in freezer, because frozen treats take a little longer to devour and thus they keep your dog busy longer. ;]

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And no, I have no idea who will get that fourth Kong…

Step 11: Look at this face and tell him he can’t have them yet because they need to freeze first.

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Then let him lick the bowl clean because you feel guilty for denying the poor starving Collie some food.

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Then when the girls get jealous, you’ll have to let them lick the spoons clean.

Leave the treats in the freezer long enough to get good and frozen. Then pull them out when the dogs are destroying the house or have worked themselves up into a barking frenzy because the wind blew a tumble weed down the street. Or maybe you just got back from a walk or playing outside and your dog needs to cool off. They’ll have a tasty, distracting, and cold treat and you’ll have a few minutes of peace. ;]

New neighbors

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Yesterday the dogs noticed something peculiar going on next door and they made sure everyone in our house, and anyone near by, knew about it. We all went to the window to see what all the fuss was about.
Our neighbors across the street were moving their four gorgeous horses across the street and into our next door neighbors’ yard; the yard that backs up against the side of our yard. 
We think the horses are going to be living in that yard temporarily while (it looks like) their owners re-fence their own yard.
So, for now, the dogs have some horses on the other side of the fence to bark at and sniff! 
Thank goodness these horses normally live with two border collie mixes and they seem to be fairly use to the barking. They don’t seem to mind it too much. They also don’t mind nosey little Petal Collies sticking their slender little heads through the fence to get a good sniff of them.
Ella didn’t join us for this meeting. She gets a little crazy around horses. Okay, a LOT crazy. I think she might be afraid of them. And with Ella going crazy and being nervous and stressed + Petal being crazy excited and crazy curious + Lassie trying to herd them, it would have made for many hysterical dogs.
It was also windy and freezing cold yesterday (you’ll see the lovely storm clouds that brought us some snow and power-outage in the photos) and Ella was not happy with the weather. I didn’t think it would be very nice of me to combine her least favorite things. So she stayed inside the warm, horse-free, house.
Anyway, on to the pictures!

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“What’s this? When did those horses get there?!”
“Time to investigate!”

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“Here horsey, horsey, horsey!”

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“Let me get a good sniff of your face!”

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“Some people think WE’RE big! Look at these guys!”

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“How do you suppose we herd them with this fencing in the way?”

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“Hello Horsey! Wanna play with me?!”

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“Hey, what’cha eatin’ there?”

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“Can I have some?”

Now just the horses.

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The light brown one (center in the first picture of just the horses) is my favorite. Gorgeous markings and he/she let me pet him/her. :]

Now I just have to find some sheep for my Collies to meet up close like this!
;]

Look at that face!

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Just look at these faces!

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“Oh, hi there!”

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“Don’t mind me, just hoping to get a treat!”

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“Hello friends!”

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“Hey Momma, wanna play?”

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“Not me. I don’t want to play, I’m dog tired!”

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“Play?! Did someone say play?! I wanna play!!”

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Handsome boy.

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Crazy, crazy, adorable girl.

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Beautiful girl. I could pet that face until there was no fur left.


How could you look at these faces and not want to kiss them and feed them an endless amount of treats?!
;]

Happy Saturday! Enjoy your weekend!

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Demanding Collies

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“Hey Mom, wanna play with me? I’ll go get a toy!”
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“No Mom! I’ll go get a BETTER toy and you will play with ME!”
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“Hey Mom!”
“Hey Mom!”
“I got a ball!”
“I got a rope!”
“PLAY WITH ME.”
“NO, PLAY WITH ME.”
Good thing they both got distracted before they made it back to me. I didn’t have to choose.
Happy Saturday! Enjoy your weekend!
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