Scrumptious Liver Cake- your dog will thank you!

Liver Cake is very cheap to make and more importantly very easy to prepare!

I took this recipe from 'Care 2 Pets' (you can find them on FB) and it only took minutes to prepare with the help of my best friend, the food processor.

I used Chicken Liver from Morrison's which cost me £1.09 for 400g. I topped the wholemeal flour with chickpea flour and a fresh egg from my lovely chickens. I poured the mixture into a baking tin, smoothing the top. The depth was just round an inch deep. I have tried this recipe with either foil or parchment paper lining the baking tin and the parchment paper trial was a massive success! The paper easily came off the cake, whereas the cake stuck to the foil.
It was then popped into the oven at 180'C for 15-20 minutes. Just test the centre with a knife and when it comes out clean, the cake is ready. Cool, divide into portions, and let the dogs savour them!

400g Liver (any type)

1 Egg

200g Wholemeal Flour

The Liver Cake can be frozen, although I think my dogs and gorgeous Khan, will devour it all within a few days!!

The Liver Cake is really good at teaching your dog, in my case, Cara to play 'Find It'. I can float a morsel of cake under her nose, tell her to 'Stay' and then hide it from her. The release command is 'Find It' and she can then consume the treat as the reward. I began this game with showing her where I was hiding the treat- under a rug- and then asked her to 'Find It'. She loved this game and picked the edge of the rug up with her teeth to retrieve the treat!!
Big Boy Khan hasn't mastered this skill yet! He stays perfectly and goes to find the treat on command and then looks at me as if to say "You're kidding! How can I get to the treat under that?!!"
We(Cara and I) are now working on finding the treat in a different room without her seeing where I have placed it. Once we have mastered this game and I am then going to teach her to identify different treats; so initially 'Liver Cake' will be named as 'Cake', tagged with the 'Find It' command and hopefully she will after a few sessions, look for the Cake only on that cue!!

Enjoy baking for your gorgeous Hound and I welcome any feedback. If you would like any tips about teaching the 'Find It' game, or any of the games I post, please ask, it will be a pleasure to share the joy.

Bye for now from some very happy Kingsdale Hounds!

Scrummy Haggis Dog Biscuits

Easy to create Haggis Dog Biscuits!

Yes, it is true, baking dog biscuits has just got easier!

Lidl was selling Haggis at a really good price, so I decided I would create some biscuits for the Kingsdale Hounds and oh my this turned out to be a huge succss for the dogs and for me.

I used one Haggis, a drizzle of runny honey and a desertspoon of ground lindseed(flaxseed), popped it all in a food processor and whizzed it all around for a few minutes. It formed a ball easily and I turned it out onto a floured surface, split it into 3 portions and then rolled it with my hands as if I was making sausage rolls! It rolls easily and then I just divided it up into small portions. I also used my cooker cutters so I had an assortment of shapes and sizes for training purposes.

Oven temperature around 180' and baked for 20 minutes. I left them in the oven to cool and crisp.

They freeze really well and retain their shape.

Next time I will bake for a few minutes longer as I prefer crisper biscuits (well not me, the dogs!!!); have fun with the recipe and add spices or oatmeal and see what happens! Your dogs will let you know if you have a winner on your hands!

1 x Haggis

1 dessertspoon of Ground Linseed

Drizzle( approx 1 desertspoon) of runny honey

Mixed in a food processor

Bake in oven 180' for 20-25 mins

Happy Hounds is the result!!

Let me know how you get on with the recipe or if you add your dogs favourite ingredient into the mix.

Bye for now from the Happy Kingsdale Hounds

Scrumy, yummy, home baked dog treats

I made a batch of Black Pudding bisuits for all the kids at Kingsdale today. They were consumed instantly and are a useful, tasty morsel for training purposes.

I have a dog bone cookie cutter and I also roll the dough into small balls in the palm of my hand. Do what ever you like as this dough is very pliable and easy to roll.

One roll of Black Pudding (not the huge roll)

A dollop of runny honey

A Tablespoon of Oatmeal

A Desertspoon of Ground Flaxseed.

Oven Temp- 185'

Cooking time- approx 20 minutes.

The best method that works really well is to put the Black Pudding in a processor and blend until crumbly. Then add the remaining ingredients. Blend it again and the mixture will form a dough within a few minutes.

Flour a board and roll the dough out to the required thickness and use a bisuit cutter or make balls in the palm of your hand.

Place on a parchment sheet and bake in the oven for around 20 minutes. I then turn the oven off and leave them to cool in the oven and then the biscuits get crispy which my dogs like.

You can freeze these biscuits; however I'll be surprised if your dogs will leave you any to freeze!!

Pictures of the biscuits and dogs!

Khan, Cara and Benny patiently waiting whilst Teal, the Springer Spaniel, is more interested in her bone! 

Please comment if you try this recipe and let me know if your dog gives the biscuits a 'Paw Up'!

Please add any favorite recipes that you would recommend; Cara Doll and Benny Bear would be grateful.

Bye for now from the Kingsdale Pack

Cara Doll, Benny Bear, Khan and Teal