Happy Birthday Ludo!
Today is Ludo's first birthday and we celebrated it in style!
Yesterday she had a pre-birthday bath. The main reason for this is she has finally finished being in season and is going back to dog training this week, so I wanted to wash off any remaining scent as it would be a distraction for the male dogs in the class.
Matt had never
Isabel and I made a big fuss of Ludo this morning. She had a card from us (made by Isabel) and one from her breeder, and I had bought her a present which Izzy wrapped up for her. The present was a large juicy bone which kept her busy for most of the morning!
This afternoon we took Ludo for her first walk for three weeks. Originally I was going to walk her on the roads when she was in season, but after speaking to my dog trainer I decided it would be safer just to keep her home. She is a heavy, powerful dog and if she had been really keen to mate with a dog on the other side of the road, bad things might have happened.
So anyway, today she got her freedom back. Here's a picture of her with Isabel. As you can see, she's certainly a big girl now!
After our walk in the park it was time for Ludo's birthday cake! I had found a recipe online and baked this specially for Ludo. I don't think we'll be having any! She enjoyed it very much!! We even lit the candle and sang Happy Birthday!
In case you're interested, here's the recipe:
150g plain flour (I used wholemeal)
1.5 tsp baking powder
110g soft butter
120ml corn oil
1 jar Cow & Gate Beef Stroganoff baby food
4 eggs
85g pack of beef jerky
Plain yoghurt
Bakers Allsorts, to decorate.
Preheat oven to 170 degrees C. Grease a loaf tin. Cream butter until smooth. Add corn oil, baby food and eggs. Mix until smooth. Mix flour and baking powder and beat until smooth. Crumble the beef jerky into the batter. Poor batter into loaf pan and bake for 1 hour 20 minutes. Cool on a wire rack and then ice with plain yoghurt. Decorate with Allsorts or whatever you want. Store in the fridge.
Yesterday she had a pre-birthday bath. The main reason for this is she has finally finished being in season and is going back to dog training this week, so I wanted to wash off any remaining scent as it would be a distraction for the male dogs in the class.
Matt had never
Isabel and I made a big fuss of Ludo this morning. She had a card from us (made by Isabel) and one from her breeder, and I had bought her a present which Izzy wrapped up for her. The present was a large juicy bone which kept her busy for most of the morning!
This afternoon we took Ludo for her first walk for three weeks. Originally I was going to walk her on the roads when she was in season, but after speaking to my dog trainer I decided it would be safer just to keep her home. She is a heavy, powerful dog and if she had been really keen to mate with a dog on the other side of the road, bad things might have happened.
So anyway, today she got her freedom back. Here's a picture of her with Isabel. As you can see, she's certainly a big girl now!
After our walk in the park it was time for Ludo's birthday cake! I had found a recipe online and baked this specially for Ludo. I don't think we'll be having any! She enjoyed it very much!! We even lit the candle and sang Happy Birthday!
In case you're interested, here's the recipe:
150g plain flour (I used wholemeal)
1.5 tsp baking powder
110g soft butter
120ml corn oil
1 jar Cow & Gate Beef Stroganoff baby food
4 eggs
85g pack of beef jerky
Plain yoghurt
Bakers Allsorts, to decorate.
Preheat oven to 170 degrees C. Grease a loaf tin. Cream butter until smooth. Add corn oil, baby food and eggs. Mix until smooth. Mix flour and baking powder and beat until smooth. Crumble the beef jerky into the batter. Poor batter into loaf pan and bake for 1 hour 20 minutes. Cool on a wire rack and then ice with plain yoghurt. Decorate with Allsorts or whatever you want. Store in the fridge.
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