We have a winner!

Thanks to everyone who entered the Great Barkitty Bake Off this year! Several magnificent entries were placed, featuring gravy bones, mashed potatoes and celery ‘trees’; and the difficult job of judging a winner was given to BBC Radio Northampton DJ and baking enthusiast, Bernie Keith. After careful consideration he chose to crown Helen Davis, from Thrapston, the winner.

Bernie said of the entries “they’re all very good and I’m sure not one would last half a minute with Riles [his Schnauzer]”

Their prize was a luxury gift bundle from Barkitty, along with a voucher to spend on delicacies at The Larder Deli, in Castle Ashby. Following the success of the event, hosted online we hope to run the competition every year, envisioning it will only get better and better!

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Chocolate Patrol

To celebrate the pup’s (I think I’ll call them that when they’re old & grey) birthday on Sunday we took a few of them out for a walk together.

It was so great to see them run around and play together. They get on really well. It truly was the best fun we’ve had in ages.

We went to Grange Park Country Park in Northampton, and I really recommend it for dog walking. It has a bit of everything, and ours felt perfectly safe off lead. With plentiful free parking, it was an ideal place for us to meet.

The ‘parents’ have created a group on Facebook to keep-in-touch and arrange meet-ups like this. It works so well.

I made some birthday pupcakes using the Oggi’s Oven Dog cake baking mix, Ardennes pate and Lily’s Kitchen Rise & Shine treats! Buy the cake mix & Lily's Kitchen here

Thanks to all of the other parents who came along, and happy birthday once again to our chocolate drops :)

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Dog's Dinner Dressed as Lamb

I made a roast dinner for my family today – and could never leave out the furbabies! We had roast beef, and they had Sunshine Stew from my Lily’s Kitchen Cook book!

Highly recommended, bowls were cleared very quickly! The photograph doesn’t look very appealing but it was thoroughly enjoyed! I didn’t use any green beans as I forgot to buy them (bad mother), but I think that a splash of green would improve the appearance too!

I calculated that this cost me around £3.50 (I did have some of the ingredients already), and this made 4 portions – so is relatively economic for a treat!

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Shake & Bake Baby!

I have had my chef’s hat on today (not literally, although it would cover up my Lily Savage style roots), and have been baking up some Shake & Bake doggy cakes in store!

 
Well, when I say ‘baking’, I am giving myself too much credit really as the Shake & Bake are so easy to make. You literally chuck in the packet of mixture and fill with water up to the line inside. Then you shake it like a Polaroid picture for 30 seconds-ish and distribute evenly into the cake cases provided!

 
Easy Peasy!

Just when you thought you couldn't be any more marvellous in your dogs eyes - you just did!
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