National Dog Biscuit Day

Did you celebrate National Dog Biscuit Day on February 23? That was last Wednesday. This holiday wasn't on any calendar of mine, but I learned of it on Chan's blog. Apparently it's a very important holiday because even the Smithsonian recognizes it. My dog Lucy believes every day is Dog Biscuit Day. She gets a biscuit every time she asks to go outside to potty, does the deed, and comes back in the house. Why? I ask. She's been successfully doing this since she was about 10 weeks old! But she insists. So in my mind, I translated the holiday to be National Homemade Dog Biscuit Day. But who sets such a holiday in the middle of the week? This is very difficult to celebrate if you are a working woman. Let me ask a couple questions. Is this holiday always celebrated on February 23? Why can't it always be a Monday like Presidents' Day? And is it ok to celebrate on a weekend instead? I sure hope so because that's what we did.


Today I made Lucy some Best of Breed Dog Biscuits. I found the recipe a few weeks ago while looking on the King Arthur Flour site for something completely unrelated. However, this fit in well with the Westminster dog show that I recently watched bits and pieces of and this holiday.


Look at all those wholesome, human-quality ingredients. The green stuff is parsley (interestingly I had fresh but not dried in my house) and the rest is stuff to make peanut butter/oatmeal cookies. Lucy seemed to know I was baking for her.

Here are the biscuits ready to go into the oven.


What does Lucy think? Yum!




Hmm, looking at my last post, you'd think this has become a dog blog rather than a knitting blog. Nope. Just trying to distract you with dog photos. I'm knitting every day, though not monogamously, so at this moment there is nothing knitting to show you. That will come soon.