Palette's winter treats diary;March 17th,2011
You all know by now that our dog, "Palette", becomes so excited when she hears me say "Go get a leash" for walk. Then, on our way back to home, she tends to try to do walking race to home since she gets excited about her cool
down
treats.
For a couple of days, we had rainy days, sometimes with heavy rain followed by loud thunder, and she could not get to enjoy her favorite activity of the day. She lays on her doggy bed that is set on top of the stairs,staring through the windows hoping for the better weather next day.
Then on next sunny day, she knows,she gets to go out go read all the missed doggy news on the ground and, she becomes restless, and throws a leash to my hands.
She really likes walkie and she loves to meet many people. As soon as she spots someone outside working on something, her ears go flat,head set to low, butt in the air,moving left to right and send her charms to get their attention and being pet.
People in the neighborhood talk to her very nicely with happy voice, and she gets more excited with big grin on her face saying *Pet me,pet me,pet me*. She knows many people consider her puppy due to size, and kids in the neighborhood think she is a puppy for long,long time
It is an advantage of being a stumpy dog,I guess.She is definitely making the most out of it
When we go for walk, she is pretty good at loose leash walk manner and, I feel like I am carrying an empty bag in my hands. When she was a puppy, she was a puller, and I was amazed to feel how strong she can pull with such a small body, but she learned how to walk nicely with me via clicker and yummy treats,and we both now can enjoy the walk without me being taken for a walk.
If you were taken for a walk, instead of you are taking your dog for a walk, try teaching your dogs to heel;walk right next to you,not walking ahead of you or pull you.
To teach Palette for nice walk, I brought clicker and treats with me for walk,and every time she pulls or go ahead of me,I turned around and walked to the different direction and when she walks at heel position,I kept click treat, click treat, and headed to correct direction.
Walking at that time was for both bonding time with health benefit but,at the same time,it was time for her to learn nice walk as well with nibble on its way to her mouth. First some walks took long time to back since we go back and forth zillions of times with shortest route,but it helped Palette to learn better and,we now walk without me feeling I have leash on my hand.I feel like..as I stated above,feel like me carrying an empty bag.
(To read the previous entry on loose leash walk, please click here.)
It might take longer to reach the goal when you train your dogs something, but be patient,be consistent, be calm and you will see the improvement gradually.
There are tools sold for quick fix, but it never teach your dogs what to do, and it would be short lived success. Teach your dog what to do, instead of what not to do, and train your dog positively.
Positive training method a.k.a clicker training is fun for both of us, and you will see your dogs eyes are brighten up, and eager to learn new stuff from you. I train Palette with clicker and,I like the fact that clicker training let her "think" what to do to make me click.When she hears the sound *click*, it means she did right. So, it is kind of like a game for her rather than the feel to be in the doggy boot camp.
As soon as she hears/sees me touching the treat bag and clicker, she will come right behind me in a second. No need to call her for training.She enjoys the training time that much
With "Palette's winter treats dairy" series, I thought it would be interesting for you to tour around our kitchen to see what kinds of cool down treats she is getting, and share her cool down treats' recipes.
Since we go for walk daily except on rainy days or snowy days, cool down treats are actually given after each walk or each bathing time or occasionally, I give cool down treats after physical activity inside the house such as fetch ball/Frisbee all year round. So, we will have the series all year round and keep introducing new recipes of her cool down treats. Now, I will pass a pen to Palette to write her diary here.
March 17th,2011
Dear diary,
I am very excited to think spring is just around the corner. Official first day of spring is March 20th, so 3 days to go.
Back in mom's home country, spring is the month for cherry blossoms (Sakura). The place where her parents live has sakura festival (cherry blossom festival) along the river bank, and you get to see all kind of vendors selling all kinds of things; grilled corn basted with soy sauce, Okonomiyaki (savory pancake), Yakisoba (Worcester sauce flavored fried noodle with vegetables),Takoyaki (savory ball shaped pan cake batter with chunk of octopus), and mitarashi dango (Japanese dumplings made from rice flour, and skewered and basted with sweet soy sauce flavored sauce),yakitori etc.
Mom told me how beautiful the cherry blossom was, and if you walk along the road right next to the river,you will feel like you are walking under the cherry blossoms arches. It is very special time of the season for scenery.
One day, I would like to go for walkie under the cherry blossoms arches. It must be so beautiful.I wonder what doggy news I would sniff out. I am sure that I would be able to sniff out all the yummies there, and give my mom and dad *sad eyes* and hope for a nibble That is my plan.
Mom came across the video of Sakura (cherry blossoms), and you can see how beautiful they are. Some families do picnic under the Sakura tree.
Sakura (Cherry blossoms) in Japan
If you are a blog subscriber or reading from Facebook,please click here to watch video.
Anyway, when we back home, as soon as my mom took the leash off from me, I ran upstairs, and headed to kitchen. Sit pretty in the imaginary line for cool down treats
I already knows what cool down treats I would get because I already did taste testing the ingredients. It was yum!
Now, wait for it, wait for it.. purple potato and blueberry!
Mom found a couple of purple potato sold at the grocery store and got some for me too. I love potato, and when my mom makes baked potato, I will be all over it. I will never leave my mom in sight! I follow her everywhere with wet nose.
Mom says, they were not for mine, but who knows, I know how to get a nibble. Go for dad for nibble, and you will get some nibble. I am just too cute for him to ignore my request I do not get nibble much but, better than nothing.I am being hopeful.
Mom took a picture of purple potato.
Purple potato..
Mom thought inside the potato would be all purple but,she was wrong. Some part was white.It is very interesting thing,isn't it?
If you have read mom's previous entry titled "History of carrots" here ,mom has written a little bit of purple carrots in the entry and a little bit about purple cauliflower in her comment. And, like the purple carrots, red cabbage, red wine, purple color of the purple potato and blueberry is caused by presence of antioxidants (anthocyanin).
What is good about antioxidants is that antioxidants help you to protect against cancer,heart disease etc. You would hear a lot that blueberry is good.That is because they are rich in antioxidant. And they are one of purple super fruits that has a lot of health benefit for humans such as helping against cancer,diabetes,heart disease etc..
Mom made potato chips for mom and dad,which I did not get to taste, and she said it was yum! Blue potato tasted same to the regular russet potato,and just the color was different.
For my cool down treats, she steamed the potato. It smelled so good,and I could not wait to taste it.
While potato was cooling down in the bowl, mom let me taste test the blueberry.
What are you having there?
Oops,sorry,I did not know you were taking a picture of blueberry.
My bad..
Hmm..smell good.. See my wet nose?
Ohh.. is this for me??
Uh-oh.. Would I take it or leave it.. That is the question..
I can reach it there..there.. hmm..
Trying to reach it from other side.. I won!
This time, mom made Frozen blueberry purple potato yogurt treats.
Frozen blueberry purple potato yogurt treats..
Here is how you make them.
1. To the mixer, add blueberry 5 oz , Purple potato 7.5 oz steamed, 6.5 oz of Redwood Hill Farm plain Goat milk yogurt and puree them.
2. Pour those onto ice cube tray and freeze
** This will be about 13 blocks of treats in ice cube tray with my mom's.
** Frozen blueberry purple potato yogurt treats whole amount is roughly about 367 kcal (you can see more detail at nutritiondata.com website here). So, each ice cube given is about 28 kcal.
** Mom wanted rough kcal to be as close to real one, and she used Nutrition fact food label on the back of yogurt she used. She typed in the information provided in the nutrition label on the yogurt.
** Mom could not find the data for purple potato,also steamed method.So, potato's data used is "regular potato, boiled without salt".
** Mom used potato to make my treats, but she would not use potato as staple in the frozen treats because night shade family plants such as potatoes,eggplant, peppers, tomatoes could aggravate the inflammation if dogs were arthritis.
I am not arthritis but,I used to limp in the past, and potato is very rare occasional ingredients in the treat.
Hmm... nom,nom,nom..This is good one!
Hmm... GOOD!
The fresh blueberry were so yummy, and so was cool down treats. This is the best part when I go for walkie
I really enjoy mom's homemade treats. I have a good plan to get more of these cool down treats, but I will save it for next time.
I hope you all would enjoy the treats! And have fun on walkie with your mom and dad!
For a couple of days, we had rainy days, sometimes with heavy rain followed by loud thunder, and she could not get to enjoy her favorite activity of the day. She lays on her doggy bed that is set on top of the stairs,staring through the windows hoping for the better weather next day.
Then on next sunny day, she knows,she gets to go out go read all the missed doggy news on the ground and, she becomes restless, and throws a leash to my hands.
She really likes walkie and she loves to meet many people. As soon as she spots someone outside working on something, her ears go flat,head set to low, butt in the air,moving left to right and send her charms to get their attention and being pet.
People in the neighborhood talk to her very nicely with happy voice, and she gets more excited with big grin on her face saying *Pet me,pet me,pet me*. She knows many people consider her puppy due to size, and kids in the neighborhood think she is a puppy for long,long time
It is an advantage of being a stumpy dog,I guess.She is definitely making the most out of it When we go for walk, she is pretty good at loose leash walk manner and, I feel like I am carrying an empty bag in my hands. When she was a puppy, she was a puller, and I was amazed to feel how strong she can pull with such a small body, but she learned how to walk nicely with me via clicker and yummy treats,and we both now can enjoy the walk without me being taken for a walk.
If you were taken for a walk, instead of you are taking your dog for a walk, try teaching your dogs to heel;walk right next to you,not walking ahead of you or pull you.
To teach Palette for nice walk, I brought clicker and treats with me for walk,and every time she pulls or go ahead of me,I turned around and walked to the different direction and when she walks at heel position,I kept click treat, click treat, and headed to correct direction.
Walking at that time was for both bonding time with health benefit but,at the same time,it was time for her to learn nice walk as well with nibble on its way to her mouth. First some walks took long time to back since we go back and forth zillions of times with shortest route,but it helped Palette to learn better and,we now walk without me feeling I have leash on my hand.I feel like..as I stated above,feel like me carrying an empty bag.
(To read the previous entry on loose leash walk, please click here.)
It might take longer to reach the goal when you train your dogs something, but be patient,be consistent, be calm and you will see the improvement gradually.
There are tools sold for quick fix, but it never teach your dogs what to do, and it would be short lived success. Teach your dog what to do, instead of what not to do, and train your dog positively.
Positive training method a.k.a clicker training is fun for both of us, and you will see your dogs eyes are brighten up, and eager to learn new stuff from you. I train Palette with clicker and,I like the fact that clicker training let her "think" what to do to make me click.When she hears the sound *click*, it means she did right. So, it is kind of like a game for her rather than the feel to be in the doggy boot camp.
As soon as she hears/sees me touching the treat bag and clicker, she will come right behind me in a second. No need to call her for training.She enjoys the training time that much
With "Palette's winter treats dairy" series, I thought it would be interesting for you to tour around our kitchen to see what kinds of cool down treats she is getting, and share her cool down treats' recipes.
Since we go for walk daily except on rainy days or snowy days, cool down treats are actually given after each walk or each bathing time or occasionally, I give cool down treats after physical activity inside the house such as fetch ball/Frisbee all year round. So, we will have the series all year round and keep introducing new recipes of her cool down treats. Now, I will pass a pen to Palette to write her diary here.
March 17th,2011
Dear diary,
I am very excited to think spring is just around the corner. Official first day of spring is March 20th, so 3 days to go.
Back in mom's home country, spring is the month for cherry blossoms (Sakura). The place where her parents live has sakura festival (cherry blossom festival) along the river bank, and you get to see all kind of vendors selling all kinds of things; grilled corn basted with soy sauce, Okonomiyaki (savory pancake), Yakisoba (Worcester sauce flavored fried noodle with vegetables),Takoyaki (savory ball shaped pan cake batter with chunk of octopus), and mitarashi dango (Japanese dumplings made from rice flour, and skewered and basted with sweet soy sauce flavored sauce),yakitori etc.
Mom told me how beautiful the cherry blossom was, and if you walk along the road right next to the river,you will feel like you are walking under the cherry blossoms arches. It is very special time of the season for scenery.
One day, I would like to go for walkie under the cherry blossoms arches. It must be so beautiful.I wonder what doggy news I would sniff out. I am sure that I would be able to sniff out all the yummies there, and give my mom and dad *sad eyes* and hope for a nibble
That is my plan. Mom came across the video of Sakura (cherry blossoms), and you can see how beautiful they are. Some families do picnic under the Sakura tree.
Sakura (Cherry blossoms) in Japan
If you are a blog subscriber or reading from Facebook,please click here to watch video.
Anyway, when we back home, as soon as my mom took the leash off from me, I ran upstairs, and headed to kitchen. Sit pretty in the imaginary line for cool down treats
I already knows what cool down treats I would get because I already did taste testing the ingredients. It was yum!
Now, wait for it, wait for it.. purple potato and blueberry!
Mom found a couple of purple potato sold at the grocery store and got some for me too. I love potato, and when my mom makes baked potato, I will be all over it. I will never leave my mom in sight! I follow her everywhere with wet nose.
Mom says, they were not for mine, but who knows, I know how to get a nibble. Go for dad for nibble, and you will get some nibble. I am just too cute for him to ignore my request
I do not get nibble much but, better than nothing.I am being hopeful.Mom took a picture of purple potato.
Purple potato..
Mom thought inside the potato would be all purple but,she was wrong. Some part was white.It is very interesting thing,isn't it?
If you have read mom's previous entry titled "History of carrots" here ,mom has written a little bit of purple carrots in the entry and a little bit about purple cauliflower in her comment. And, like the purple carrots, red cabbage, red wine, purple color of the purple potato and blueberry is caused by presence of antioxidants (anthocyanin).
What is good about antioxidants is that antioxidants help you to protect against cancer,heart disease etc. You would hear a lot that blueberry is good.That is because they are rich in antioxidant. And they are one of purple super fruits that has a lot of health benefit for humans such as helping against cancer,diabetes,heart disease etc..
Mom made potato chips for mom and dad,which I did not get to taste, and she said it was yum! Blue potato tasted same to the regular russet potato,and just the color was different.
For my cool down treats, she steamed the potato. It smelled so good,and I could not wait to taste it.
While potato was cooling down in the bowl, mom let me taste test the blueberry.
What are you having there?
Oops,sorry,I did not know you were taking a picture of blueberry.
My bad..
Hmm..smell good.. See my wet nose?
Ohh.. is this for me??
Uh-oh.. Would I take it or leave it.. That is the question..
I can reach it there..there.. hmm..
Trying to reach it from other side.. I won!
This time, mom made Frozen blueberry purple potato yogurt treats.
Frozen blueberry purple potato yogurt treats..
Here is how you make them.
1. To the mixer, add blueberry 5 oz , Purple potato 7.5 oz steamed, 6.5 oz of Redwood Hill Farm plain Goat milk yogurt and puree them.
2. Pour those onto ice cube tray and freeze
** This will be about 13 blocks of treats in ice cube tray with my mom's.
** Frozen blueberry purple potato yogurt treats whole amount is roughly about 367 kcal (you can see more detail at nutritiondata.com website here). So, each ice cube given is about 28 kcal.
** Mom wanted rough kcal to be as close to real one, and she used Nutrition fact food label on the back of yogurt she used. She typed in the information provided in the nutrition label on the yogurt.
** Mom could not find the data for purple potato,also steamed method.So, potato's data used is "regular potato, boiled without salt".
** Mom used potato to make my treats, but she would not use potato as staple in the frozen treats because night shade family plants such as potatoes,eggplant, peppers, tomatoes could aggravate the inflammation if dogs were arthritis.
I am not arthritis but,I used to limp in the past, and potato is very rare occasional ingredients in the treat.
Hmm... nom,nom,nom..This is good one!
Hmm... GOOD!
The fresh blueberry were so yummy, and so was cool down treats. This is the best part when I go for walkie
I really enjoy mom's homemade treats. I have a good plan to get more of these cool down treats, but I will save it for next time.
I hope you all would enjoy the treats! And have fun on walkie with your mom and dad!
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