Archie's Cookies: A Dog-Safe Treat for Hootch
Rolled oats, banana, peanut butter, and unsweetened applesauce. Simple, safe, made with love, and gone in approximately four seconds.
Archie’s own cookies. Simple, safe, made with love, and fully aware that he will eat his in approximately four seconds.
When I cook, he becomes Hootch. Named for the drooling that begins the moment anything hits a pan. He talks through the entire process. Whines, barks, full sentences of complaint, because to him I am simply too slow at making anything. He’s not wrong.
These cookies are his. Four ingredients, twelve minutes, completely safe, and gone in approximately four seconds. The drooling starts when the oats come out of the cabinet. This is unavoidable.
If you have an animal at your side, mark the day you got them. Not the birthday. The arrival day. The day they jumped into your car, crawled into your lap, or appeared in your feed at exactly the right moment.
Put their name in it if you want. Tell someone the story.
Notes
Check the peanut butter label every time. Unsalted and xylitol-free. Xylitol is toxic to dogs.
I used a dog bone cookie cutter for fun. I’m sure I like it better than he does. He couldn’t care less. Just wants the treat.
Made 10 with the cookie cutter. Small rolled balls will give you 20 or so.
Cool completely before offering. He will drool through the entire process. This is unavoidable.
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