Chocolate free Easter treats for your pooches!

Apart from the risks of obesity and the obvious dangers of eating the foil wrapping, the biggest risk of eating human chocolate is poisoning, resulting in an emergency dash to the vet and sadly even death. Our TBA (Training and Behavious Adviser) Catherine has been busy in the kitchen, lovingly creating some delicious, heart friendly goodies for our fab four legged friends this Easter.   It went down so well here, we thought we'd share with you Catherines secret recipe to get tongues lolling, tails wagging and hearts beating for your canine bunnies!

Catherine Says,
Regardless of your dogs breed, age or size, it's important to look after their heart! The following recipe contains heart strengthening, anti-oxidant busting ingredients, all of which are guaranteed to get tails wagging like bunnies! (NOTE: please feed sparingly, the following recipe is designed to be a treat and not substitute a well balanced meal for your dog. Cut into tiny pieces, this makes for an excellent training treat)!

And now for the Science bit.....

Calcium - helps with heart muscle contraction (yogurt)
Potassium - protects the heart from heart disease (banana)
Magnesium - maintains heart rhythm (oats)
Vitamin C - helps protect the heart from free radicals (strawberries)
Omega Oils - a super oil to help protect the heart (oily fish, olive oil)

Ingredients:

2 cups of porridge oats
2 eggs
Honey
1/2 cup of natural yogurt
1 cup of your dogs kibble
1/2 tin of tuna or salmon 
1 mashed banana
Drizzle of honey
Drizzle of olive oil
Strawberries to garnish

Method:

- Preheat your oven to 150 degrees.
- Drizzle a baking tray with a little olive oil.
- In a large mixing bowl, mash up your banana, add oats, eggs, tinned fish and bashed up kibble,  squeeze of honey.
- YOU WANT THE MIXTURE TO LOOK A LITTLE LIKE A FLAPJACK MIXTURE add more or less Oat and Kibble if too wet or add a little more egg if too dry.
- Smear and smoosh the mixture onto the baking tray until flat and about an inch thick. Bake for about 20 minutes, depending on the consistency it may need longer so keep your eye on it!
- Remove from the tray and leave cool on a chopping board.
- Cut into little squares and put a dollop of yogurt onto each slice and garnish with a slither of strawberry.
- Prepare yourself for excessive salivating and  willingness to suddenly perform that trick you've been trying to teach them for the past few weeks! :)

ENJOY & HAPPY EASTER :-)

 

A chance to win a special treat for all our registered Women's Mini Marathon supporters!

We have a little treat for all the fab ladies who have registered for the Women’s Mini Marathon before the 31^st March 2013. To reward all your hard training and a chance to take the weight off your feet, we have 10 overnight stays to giveaway in any Carlton Hotel of your choice!  All you need to do is register here https://apps.florawomensminimarathon.ie/online-entry/signup.asp and then send your registration number, contact details and t-shirt size to minimarathon@dogstrust.ie or call 01 879 1824 and we will send you out a Dogs Trust sponsorship pack!   T&C’s can be found below. Good luck ladies!

 Terms and Conditions

• Winning prize is a 1 overnight stay for 2 people in a Carlton Hotel of their choice. Meals and beverages not included. (There are 10 overnight stays to be won)  
• One entry per registered mini marathon address. Entries must be emailed/phoned through to be included; comments on this post will not be counted.
• Full name and address details should be provided; Dogs Trust reserves the right to reject an incomplete entry.
• Entries after the closing date / time will not be counted. The winners will be chosen after the closing date / time and notified by email or phone.  
• The prize is as stated and there can be no cash alternatives.
• By entering the competition you grant Dogs Trust and any third parties appointed by it for the purpose of organising and managing the competition permission to use your name, location and story for announcing the winners and for related promotional purposed. (Winning stories are likely to be featured on Facebook & this blog.)
• Data provided for the purposes of this competition will not be held afterwards by Dogs Trust or any third party.
• Dogs Trust's decision is final.

Calling on all the ladies of Ireland - Dogs Trust needs your help!