Homemade Dog Biscuits

I've been meaning to make homemade dog treats for a while.  Mia's 1st birthday seemed like the perfect occasion to do so!  It was actually really quick to make these and she really likes them.

I got the recipe from the Homemade cookbook.  How cute is this picture?!  I love this cookbook, and the creativity in the photographs is really fun to look through too.

Main ingredients you'll need is an egg, olive oil, garlic cloves and flour.  I doubled the recipe because the more dog treats the better in my opinion!

Combine all ingredients into a firm dough in a bowl.

Roll the dough into a thin sheet, approximately 1/8 inch think on a floured counter top.

Cut the dough into strips or use a cookie cutter to cut into shapes.  C's Mom had given me two sizes of dog bone cookie cutters and they worked perfectly.

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.  Bake the biscuits for around 30 minutes until they're golden brown.

They turned out so cute.

Plus Mia really likes them, and she's kind of picky.  Score!

Dog Biscuits

Adapted from Homemade Cookbook

2/3 cup hot water or salt free chicken broth (I used water)

2 tablespoons olive oil

1 egg

1 clove garlic, crushed

2 2/3 cups whole wheat flour

Combine all ingredients into a firm dough in a bowl.

Roll the dough into a thin sheet, approximately 1/8 inch think on a floured counter top.

Cut the dough into strips or use a cookie cutter to cut into shapes.

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.  

Bake the biscuits for around 30 minutes until they're golden brown.

Mia is One (or Seven)

I know there are many (most) people that believe dogs are pets and nothing more.  I am not one of these people.  Mia is a dog, but she is also like my child, and I treat her as such.  Enter - Mia's first birthday extravaganza!!  We are very strict about never feeding her human food, so as a treat on her birthday I made her chicken and rice.  This was recommended by the vet when she was a puppy and had an upset stomach.  She really enjoyed it then, so I figured it would be a good treat.  She ate it all up pretty fast!

I also made her some homemade dog treats.  Recipe will be posted tomorrow!  And then might have gone a little too far and made dog friendly frosting and got a candle.  

It is really hard to take a picture of her because she hates the flash, but I snapped a few good ones of the exciting events.  Here she is about to blow out her candle.  She did it all by herself I swear! 

She really liked the dog treats too :)

Opening her gifts.  She really likes to tear paper up, so I had to wrap them for extra birthday fun.

She got some new toys and a new dog bone.

Which she ate in approximately two minutes.

Wrapping paper after the attack of Mia.

Here she is in, what I'm assuming, was a food coma.

Happy 1st (or 7th) birthday Mia!! 

Note: if you feel the need to make a "you need children" comment, please refrain.  My good friends have already let me in on that fact.  Thanks.