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You Make Me Smile and Advent Calendar for Dog Lovers Day 8

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Sampson, when I walk into the bedroom and see you laying across my pillows….

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You make me smile.

 I know that you know that I will not move you.  In fact, I will lift your head up and scootch myself underneath you to snuggle with you and I would lay like that all night long if you would too.

What do you do when you find your pet in your spot on the bed?  Do you make them move or are you like me, willing to sacrifice a night’s sleep just to snuggle with a puppy?

Would you like to win a cool prize?  Head on over to Kol’s Notes for today’s Advent Calendar giveaway.

Enter to win prizes from FelliPet It’s time for the Advent Calendar for Dog Lovers hosted by Kol’s Notes, Heart Like a Dog, My Brown Newfies, My GBGV Life & Terrier Torrent! 24 giveaways in 24 days, plus a grand prize worth more than $800 – who wants to win? Today’s giveaway is sponsored by FelliPet. You could win stylish pet products for your modern home. Click here to check out the Advent Calendar and enter today’s giveaway!

Thanksgiving Thursday

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Today we are participating in the special edition of the This ‘N That Thursday blog hop hosted by 2 Brown Dawgs and Ruckus the Eskie.  Thank you to our hosts.

Before I tell you what we are thankful for, I have a couple of quick things to discuss and then we’ll let you get back to time with family and friends.  After-all, isn’t that what this holiday is all about?

Advent Calendar for Dog Lovers

You may have noticed a new badge in our sidebar.  It is the Advent Calendar for Dog Lovers badge and this year I am as excited as all woof to tell you that we are co-hosting this AMAZING event.  Pulled together by the brilliant and extremely talented Jodi Chick of Kol’s Notes, and joined by other amazing bloggers such as Emma from My GBGV Life, Jen from My Brown Newfies and Gizmo from Terrier Torrent,  the Advent Calendar is going to be an amazing extravaganza!!

Beginning December 1st and continuing every single day until December 24th, you have a chance to win a whole bunch of different prizes!

That’s right, I said Every.  Single. Day!

What’s more, the grand prize package (yes, there is a GRAND prize) is worth over $800!  All the details will be available December 1st on Jodi’s blog, but don’t worry, any day that we aren’t hosting the giveaway we will have links to the blogger who is.

So remember to check back daily.  Because let me tell you, there are some awesome prizes!

Black Diamond Necklace

The other event I’m excited to tell you about is an auction taking place right now on Bringing up Bella.  Leslie won a beautiful black diamond, paw-print necklace and she’s auctioning it off with proceeds going to Save a Sato, an organization working tirelessly in Puerto Rico to save street dogs.  You are probably aware that Leslie’s darling Bella is from Save a Sato, so this cause is near and dear to her heart.

In order to up the ante, Leslie has agreed to match the bid (up to $500.)  A necklace this beautiful won’t last long, so hurry over and place your bid today!

What we are thankful for.

I’d just like to take a minute today to share what we, at Heart Like a Dog are thankful for.

First we are thankful we have each other.  Sampson and Delilah bring such joy and laughter into my life every day, they truly are blessings.

We are thankful for family and friends whom we hold dear and we count you, dear readers among them.

We are thankful for the material gifts we have, even though at times we struggle, we are grateful for food, shelter and basic living necessities which so many in today’s world are lacking.

We are thankful as always for our military.  For our men and women who at a moments notice will leave family and loved ones to protect us from those who would do us harm.

Today, on this day of thanks we salute you.

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From all of us at Heart Like a Day, Happy Thanksgiving!!

What are you thankful for today?

Thanksgiving Treats

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I don’t know about you but when I’m hosting a holiday at my house, it can get a bit hectic, especially with a dog like Delilah who absolutely LOVES food.

You can be sure at least once you will hear someone yell, “Delilah get off the table!” 

While we don’t willingly share our leftovers with the dogs (I say willingly because you can guarantee that Delilah will get something she shouldn’t) I still like to make a little something special for the pups.

I had to go gluten-free a couple of years ago and while I do fairly well without treats for most of the year, the holidays are hard.  Recently I discovered an awesome recipe for Gluten-free Apple Crisp.  I will share the human version first, then below it a way for you to make something special for your pups.

Filling mixture:
4 cups apples, peeled & sliced (such as Granny Smith)
1 tablespoon white sugar
2 tablespoons water
1 teaspoon cornstarch
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 pinch nutmeg
 
Crisp Mixture:
1/2 cup almond flour
1/2 cup gluten free quick oats
1/4 cup brown sugar
1 teaspoon cinnamon
2 tablespoons softened butter (I use salted) plus a smidge more for the dish
 
Preheat oven to 350.  Take a smear of butter and coat your pie pan.   In a large bowl, toss together the apples, sugar, water, cornstarch, 1 teaspoon cinnamon and nutmeg until well combined.  Set aside.
 
Oatmeal topping:  In a large bowl gently combine: almond flour, oats, brown sugar, 1 teaspoon cinnamon and butter until crumbly.  I usually melt the butter a tiny bit in the microwave, so part of it is runny and part is super soft.  You can melt the whole bit of butter, it won’t matter at all.
 
Place the apple mixture in the pie pan.  Sprinkle the topping evenly over the apples and bake for 25 to 30 minutes, until the apples are cooked through, the juices are bubbling and the topping is browned.  Serve hot, warm or room temperature.  For a little added treat, throw a dollop of ice cream on there.
 

When I was sharing this recipe with my sister, she said to double the crisp recipe because that is the bit that’s really good, so that’s what I plan on doing when I make this for our Thanksgiving table.  I’m also planning on incorporating some pecans into the topping mix.  I’ll let you know how THAT turns out.

Sadly I don’t have any pictures of the apple crisp because I didn’t think to take any, but I promise to take some on Thursday and I’ll share them in Friday’s post.

I will however share a sweet picture of Sampson.

Don't Mind Me Don’t mind me, I’m just sitting here waiting for a Thanksgiving treat.

So I told you there was an easy way to make a holiday treat for your pup. 

When you’re cutting and peeling your apples set a couple aside.  Once they’re peeled and sliced, take a set of small muffin tins or if you prefer use a a couple of ramekins.

Grab some coconut oil and a paper towel and using the coconut oil like shortening grease the tins or ramekins.

In a small bowl add your sliced (or if you prefer chopped) apples, a shake of cinnamon and a little bit of almond flour (a small handful) toss the apples until they are coated.  If need be add a bit of water just to help the process.

Pour the apple mixture into your ramekins or muffin tins and bake in 350 oven until apples are soft.

Cool and serve.

So will you make a special treat for your pets this holiday?  What are some of YOUR pet friendly traditions?

If you’re interested in some other recipes for your pups this is the Tasty Tuesday Blog hop hosted by Kol’s Notes and Sugar the Golden Retriever.

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