Doggy Cake

Doggy Cake

Yesterday we had a very special birthday in our house. Miss Bianca (Anca for short) turned 1! So for her first birthday I wanted to make it special, and make her a cake. So I started searching the google search to find a doggy cake recipe. I found this blog with a list of doggy cakes HERE, but I couldn't find one that I had all the ingredients for or one I liked so I came up with my own. So without more rambling on here is how I made this cake !

Ingredients

2 eggs

1 apple

2 bananas

1/4 heaping cup of peanut butter

1 teaspoon baking powder

makes 1 9in round cake 

check to make sure your peanut butter does not contain Xylitol if it does you will need to buy a brand that does not contain this as it is poison to dogs 

Prep

Heat oven to 350 deg. 

grease 9in round cake pan

Directions

1. peal and core apple
2. mince apple
3. thinly slice 1/2 of a banana
4. mix eggs, minced apple, sliced banana, peanut butter, and backing powder, until all combined (a potato masher works great)
5. put cake mix in greased pan and place in preheated oven for 20-25 min or until slightly golden brown
6. let cool
7. lightly frost with peanut butter 
8. slice the other 1 1/2 banana and place on top and your done !

Hope you and your pup enjoy !

Puppy Skull n Bones Applique - free pattern

Puppy Skull n Bones Applique

Need/Need to Know

• H hook
• Red Heart with Love yarn
• needle to sew in ends
• picot = chain 3 slip stitch in 1^st ch
• ( ) holds needed info and # of stitches
• [ ] repeat whats inside
• with h hook finished applique is 6 1/2in x 5 1/2in if wanting smaller use smaller hook size

Abbreviation

sc – single crochet

dc – double crochet

hdc – half double crochet

ch – chain

sl st – slip stich

st(s) – stitch(s)

sk – skip

sc dec – single crochet decrease

hdc dec – half double crochet decrease

picot – picot

Head

1. ch 8, sl st into 1^st ch (1^st eye made)

2. ch 8, sl st into 1^st ch (2^nd eye)

3. ch 1 (does not count as hdc), hdc in 1^st ch 8 circle, sc into ch 8 circle 9 times, hdc in ch 8 circle

continuing on into the 2^nd ch 8 circle, hdc in 2^nd ch 8 circle, sc into 2^nd ch 8 sp 9 times, hdc in 2^nd ch 8 sp, join to 1^st hdc (22sts)

4. now continue around in a circle, ch 2(does not count as dc), 1 dc in each of the next 2 sts, 2 dc in each of the next 6 sts, 3 dc in the next st, sk next 4 sts, 3 dc in next st, 2 dc in each of the next 6 sts, 1 dc in each of the next 2 sts, join to 1^st dc (34 dc)

5. ch 1, 1 sc in each of the next 5 sts, 2 sc in each of the next 6 sts, 1 hdc in each of the next 2 sts, 2 hdc in each of the next 2 sts, [picot, hdc in next st] repeat 1 more time, hdc dec across next 2 sts, [hcd in next st, picot] repeat 1 more time, 2 hdc in each of the next 2 sts, 1 hdc in each of the next 2 sts, 2 sc in each of the next 6 sts, 1 sc in each of the next 4 sts, join to 1^st sc, tie off (53sc, 15hdc, 4picot)

Ears – make 2

1. ch 3, sc in 2^nd ch from hook, 1 sc in next st, turn (2sc)
2. ch 1(does not count as sc), 1 sc in each st across, turn (2sc)
3. ch 1(does not count as sc), 1 sc in next st, 2 sc in next st, turn (3sc)
4. ch 1(does not count as sc), 2 sc in next st, 1 sc in each of the next 2 sts, turn (4sc)
5. ch 1(does not count as sc), 1 sc each of the next 3 sts, 2 sc in next st, turn (5sc)
6. ch 1(does not count as sc), 2 sc in next st, 1 sc in each of the next 2 sts, sc dec across next 2 sts, tie off (5sc)

Bones – make 2

1. ch 13, sc in 2^nd ch from hook, and each st across (12sc)

2. ch 1, hdc, 3 dc, hdc, sl st, ch 1, hdc, 3 dc, hdc, ch 1 sl st all into side of last sc, now sl st all the way across the bottom of sc in row 1

3. ch 1, hdc, 3 dc, hdc, sl st, ch 1, hdc, 3 dc, hdc, ch 1 sl st all into side of sc, tie off

• now sew ears to side of skull
• sew in all ends
• and your done your applique is ready to be sewn on to anything!

Puppy's Picnic Bow - free crochet pattern

Puppy's Picnic Bow

Will Need/Need to Know

• G hook
• caron simply soft yarn 2 colors my colors are neon green A and light purple B
• needle to sew in ends
• ( ) holds number of stitches and need to know info
• [ ] repeat whats inside
• Sizes are xxsmall(xsmall, small, medium, large) and appear in pattern as such
• sizes measure about 9in(10in,12in,14in,16in) around
• please measure around you dogs head first to insure right size and fit

Gauge

9 stitches x 10 rows not including stating chain = 2 inches

Abbreviations

ch- chain

st(s)- stitch(s)

sp(s)- space(s)

sk- skip

sc- single crochet

dc- double crochet

Cowl

1. using color A, ch 40(44,52,60,68), join in 1^st ch, ch 1(does not count as sc), sc in 1^st st, ch 3, sk 3 sts, [sc in next st, ch 3, sk 3 sts] repeat around, tie off (10,11,13,15,17 sc's & ch sps)
2. using color B, connect in ch 3 sp, ch 3(counts as dc), 2 dc in same ch 3 sp, ch 1, sk sc, [3 dc in next ch 3 sp, ch 1, sk sc] repeat around, join in 3^rd ch of 1^st 3, tie off (30,33,39,45,51dc) (10,11,13,15,17 ch sps)
3. using color A, connect in ch 1 sp, ch 1(does not count as sc), sc in same ch 1 sp, ch 3, sk 3 dc, [sc in next ch 1 sp, ch 3, sk 3 dc] repeat around, join in 1^st sc, tie off (10,11,13,15,17 sc's & ch sps)
4. repeat 2
5. repeat 3, xxs & xs tie off

• small repeat rows 2 & 3, 1 more time, tie off
• medium repeat rows 2 & 3, 2 more times, tie off
• large repeat rows 2 & 3, 3 more times, tie off
• all sizes sew in all ends when done

Bow

1. using color A, ch 16, sc in 2^nd ch from hook, and each st across, turn (15sc)
2. ch 2 (does not count as dc), 1 dc in each st across, turn (15dc)
3. repeat 2
4. repeat 2
5. ch 1(does not count as sc), 1 sc in each st across, tie off (15sc)
6. using color B, connect yarn in same sc we tied off in, ch 1 (does not count as sc), 1 sc in each of the next 15 sts, turn work on its side counter clock wise, ch 1, 1 sc in side of sc, 2 sc in each side of the next 3 dc, 1 sc in side of sc, turn work on its side counter clock wise, ch 1, 1 sc in each of the next 15 sts, turn work on its side counter clock wise, ch 1, 1 sc in side of sc, 2 sc in each side of the next 3 dc, 1 sc in side of sc, ch 1, join to 1^st sc, tie off (42sc)

• sew in ends
• using color B, tie yarn tightly to middle of the rectangle we just made, now wrap yarn tightly around to form middle of bow, when happy with size stop wrapping and tie tightly
• now using the two lose ends from the middle of the bow sew it onto the cowl
• sew in last 2 ends and done!