It’s all about Skye this week! It’s her birthday week!
We don’t know when her actual birthday is, and neither does the animal shelter we adopted her from, but since we got her in August, we decided the first week of August is the designated birth week for her.
So starting this weekend up until the end of next week, Skye will be the center of everyone’s attention. As if she wasn’t already, on a daily basis. She really is the baby of the family.
Unfortunately, Skye is unwell this week. She has UTI. She’s responding well to the antibiotics, though. She’s almost back to her normal self. Hopefully she’ll be fully recovered in time to enjoy her birth week.
What presents do you give to your dog? We’ve done bones and squeaky toys in the past. She totally ignores the toys, except when she’s upset, then she’ll bite them. Yah, I know, she’s weird, but she’s ours and we love her. She does, however, always enjoy the bones we give her.
Here’s Skye enjoying her tomahawk ribeye steak bone at Christmas.
I want to do something different this time, though. I want to thoroughly spoil her, especially since she’s been sick and also she was so obedient at the groomers’ the other day. She didn’t whine and even let herself be sprayed with perfume without rolling all over the floor immediately trying to get rid of the smell like she normally would. So I might make her a small cake of beef or chicken, we’ll see. Any ideas? She’s not big on sweets, she seems to only like meaty treats.
And now, features from last week’s fiesta
“Elaine over at foodbod has just compiled ALL of her sourdough wisdom into a new blog focused on all elements of the sourdough process from start(er) to finish (ha!). Her final breads are honestly pieces of art and it’s a gift that she is sharing all of her tips and tricks.” — Deb
“As someone who lacks patience and struggles with keeping up with sourdough starter, I’ve long admired Elaine’s sourdough breads. They only get better and more beautiful every time, so I’m very excited that she’s started this website dedicated to all things sourdough. I can’t wait to glean vital sourdough information from her new site!” — Angie
“These very clever CupCakes would be absolutely fabulous at any child’s special party.” — Jenny
“These cookies are topped with a mouth watering vanilla bean apricot spread. I’m not a baker but these are something that I am pinning for the future.” — Deb
“How cute are these?! I want to pick up that frowney one now and pop it in my mouth! No frowney face allowed on my plate, lol.” — Angie
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Am sorry to hear about Skye but glad she seems to be getting better! We also designated a birthday for our dogs as we don’t know, can’t spoil our little furry ones enough! 🙂 x
I know, poor Skye! I’m tired of cleaning (she’s had many accidents which is so uncharacteristic of her) and taking her out every hour, but I suppose she can’t help herself. I hope this morning’s is her last accident. How do you spoil your dogs?
I always get so worried when they are sick. I hope that was the last accident!
Sometimes there isn’t enough room on the sofa for myself when they are both stretched out! 🙂 I never have the heart to move them and I give them little treats as often as I can! None of them gets out of their bed in the morning without a cuddle! x
I made a little cake for one of our neighbor’s dogs. I used ground turkey mixed with a little oatmeal and an egg and divided it between two of those larger white ramekins, the ones that are about 5 or six inches across. Frosted it with cream cheese thinned down with a little milk. It was a little rough looking but pretty cute. 🙂
How rude of me not to say Happy Birthday, Skye and I hope you feel better! Now I’m off to take a closer look at those marvelous features! It’s always so much fun to see what’s picked and why! I look forward to FF every week!
Skye said thank you very much! ?
That is a GREAT idea! So it’s like a mini meatloaf cake? She would totally love that! I’ll give that a try, oh so exciting! Thanks, Mollie, I knew I could count on you.
Yay! Happy birthday to your Skye, Angie! Sorry, I cannot help you with the gift ideas, but I know you could find something she’d love. Thanks for hosting & happy Fiesta Friday! x
Thanks, Jhuls! Skye is easy to please, fortunately. Last night, though, she kept pawing me for more petting. Or more like a massage. That’s what I sometimes give her, a back massage. And she couldn’t get enough! ?
Happy birthday Skye! Hope she feels better soon. My dog loves fuzzy squeaky toys that look like dead animals, lol (squirrels or rats). They’re all over our backyard, as she doesn’t want them inside the house for whatever reason. Do you think Skye would like a small T-bone steak and not just a bone? I think she deserves one! 😉
Yes, of course! I can just grill her a nice piece of steak rare, just like how she likes it. She would totally love that and she so deserves it! She didn’t have any accidents today, yay!! I think she’s on the mend. Thanks, Jas! ?
This is what I am bringing to the Fiesta Friday #235
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Thank you, all the best,
Irene
That sounds great, Irene, but I don’t see your link. Make sure you click that small blue “Add Your Link” button.
Oh, sorry, I just did it! Thank you, Angie!
Now that’s a bone I’m sure Skye enjoyed – hopefully her little teeth could not eat it! The author of my risotto post this week is also called Skye! Popular name in the human and canine world 🙂
She really did enjoy that bone! She only ate the cartilage and whatever meat stuck on the bone. I always stay with her when I give her a bone to make sure she doesn’t swallow any bone pieces. As soon as it’s clean, I take it away. Sometimes she would cry, then I’d give her a small treat to make her happy ?The things you do for your dog ?
I figured you did – you’re a good mommy 🙂 We use to give our lab an occasional bone until she started to throw them up – same with those rawhide treats.
Thanks, Judi, I try my best to be a good mom. If only she could talk ?
Oh my goodness, I’ve only just had a chance to read this – firstly, a belated happy birthday week to Skye, I hope she is already doing better xx
And secondly, thank you SO SO much for picking my post and sharing my sourdough news, it means so much. Thank you xxx
Skye is very close to being fully recovered, thanks! Just one more dose of antibiotics tomorrow morning and then she’ll be home free. What a relief! Everyone at Fiesta Friday wishes you the best of luck with your new endeavor, Elaine. I hope the feature helps spread the news.
Happy Birthday to Skye! Hope you are doing better now… Did you get to eat any of the meat off that bone?
Thanks, she’s all better! I didn’t get to eat the tomahawk steak, my nephew ordered it. I ordered something a lot smaller ?The bone was so impressive that we asked the waiter to wrap it up for Skye ?