NATURAL Homemade Insect Repellent: Place the following ingredients into a large container.
~One fat juicy lemon with a heavy rind sliced paper thin
~One Tablespoon of crushed Rosemary sprinkled over the lemon slices.
Pour 32 ounces of near-boiling water over the lemon and Rosemary. Cover with a clean cloth and let the liquid “steep” for at least 15 hours After the “steeping” time, pour the liquid through cheesecloth into a clean quart size canning jar, cover and store in the refrigerator. Transfer 4-6 ounces at a time into a spray bottle with a fine mist applicator. Spray liberally over the skin and coat. Avoid contact with the eyes. Repeat the application as frequently as required. OK for both humans and dogs.
SUMMER DOG TREATS:
Frozen Yogurt:
(1) 32oz. container of low-fat Greek plain yogurt
(2) 1 cup peanut butter
(3) 2 Tbls honey
(4) 1 ripe banana (optional)
Using a blender or food processor, blend all ingredients until smooth. Pour mixture into ice cube trays and freeze. When they are frozen hard, you can pop them out into zip-lock bags for storage in the freezer.
Frozen Doggie Yums:
(1) 2 cups low-sodium chicken or beef stock
(2) ½ lbs raw chicken or beef hearts cut into ½” sized small pieces
(3) Frozen cut up carrots (make sure carrots are cut into very small pieces)
Mix all ingredients together and freeze into ice cube trays. Store in zip-lock bags in freezer.
Meal Additive:
Doggie Meatloaf:
- 4 lbs. ground turkey
- 2.5 cups Old Fashioned Oatmeal
- 5 EX. Lg. eggs (beaten with 3 tbls of water)
- 1/2 cup of frozen green bean
- 1/2 cup shredded carrots cut into smaller pieces
- 1/2 cup of frozen spinach or 1 cup fresh (chopped in small pieces)
- 1/2 cup blueberries (frozen or fresh)
- 1/2 cup goat or Greek yogurt (if using Greek be sure it is plain/full fat)
- 1/2 cup of organic canned pumpkin
- 3 teaspoons of salt
Instructions:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees
- In a large bowl thoroughly combine all ingredients. Put mixture into two 5 x 7 loaf pans or into mini cupcake pans (be sure to use Pam)
- Bake for approximately 1 hour (loaf pans will take longer) or until a nice crust on top
- Let cool and cut into 1″ slices if you use the loaf pan( each slice is enough for 4 meals when added with kibble). Each mini cupcake meatloaf is enough for one day.
- Freeze slices/minis individually for further use.
I like to heat up 1/2 slice of meatloaf with 3 tbls. hot water and a 1/2 scoop of NuVet. I add this to 1/2 cup of dry kibble for a days feeding per dog. Of course this is cut in half per feeding. I typically feed around 7-8 am then again 4-5 pm. I try to have their last meal as early as possible. If feeding a puppy then amount should be reduced by 1/4 cup per day. You should be feeding as close to 1 cup per day. I am not a huge fan of giving lots of treats during the day since their main diet should be their two meals.
This is just a good guide for items to be either added or reduced in the recipe. Feel free to reduce or eliminate an item if needed.