Sick Day Snacks

I've been sick. Sick enough that I took Friday off from work and stayed home with the pups. I spent a good part of this catching up on emails in my office, which is also Cody's room. Poor Cody is used to snoozing the day away in a crate in my car, so having me there really upset his schedule and he started to get bored. He would settle down for a few minutes, then pop back up and wander around. Sometimes he'd come over by my chair and just stand there while I stroked him.

Something had to be done to engage this boy. I couldn't let him out into the backyard to soak up the sunshine since a driver passed out from a medical event and took out part of our fence last week. The up slope is blocked off but I can't let them out unsupervised. I was too sick to take them for a walk, and I didn't have the brain power (or motivation) to do training. So I turned to another tool every dog owner should have in their belt - food puzzles!

Not quite secure backyard.

I decided to make a completely edible treat and use tracheas as the container. A single 12" trachea gave 3 large sections. I made a slurry of canned pumpkin (not pumpkin pie filling, just straight pumpkin!) and mixed in some wet dog food. A green apple was cut up to add some internal crunch and some sweetness.