Celebrate Easter With Your Dog Without Chocolate

Dogs love to be part of any family fun including Easter, but CHOCOLATE is NOT safe and is  harmful to your dog. There are alternatives to chocolate that your dog can enjoy when celebrating Easter with you.

Including Your Dog In Easter Celebrations

Your dog can join in the Easter celebrations by you making or buying Easter eggs made from carob that are yummy to eat and safe for your dog.

A boiled egg, coloured and decorated with natural food dyes is another treat your dog can enjoy at Easter.

Why not make up some healthy brownies or biscuits made into Easter shapes and frost with carob or yoghurt drops! Your dogs will go hopping mad over them!!!
Continue reading for a great doggy biscuit - K9 Cookie that you can make yourself.

Easter Hunt For Dogs

Children love to play a game of Easter Hunt around the house and yard so why not get your fury friend involved and create an Easter Hunt for your dog! Carob Easter eggs or their favourite dog treats or biscuits will work a treat that will have them hunting for a surprise.

The Perfect Easter Egg For Your Dog is NOT Chocolate!

Most humans love chocolate but chocolate is toxic to our 4 legged friends. Chocolate contains cocoa and cocoa contains the compound theobromine. Theobromine is toxic to dogs. The amount of Theobromine differs in the different types of chocolate with dark chocolate having the most.

How Do I Know If My Dog Is Experiencing Chocolate Toxicity

The symptoms of Theobromine poisoning include:
•   Vomiting
•   Diarrhoea
•   Restlessness
•   Hyperactivity
•   Rapid breathing
•   Stiff muscles
•   Uncoordinated           .   
•   Elevated heart rate
•   Seizures / collapse

How Do I Prevent My Dog From Eating Chocolate Over Easter?

It is important to keep chocolate out of reach of our dogs and keep them in a different area if there are Easter celebrations with chocolate about. Many people are unaware that chocolate is toxic to dogs so make sure the rest of the family and friends know not to feed your dog any type of chocolate or sweets containing cocoa.

I Think My Dog Has Eaten Chocolate, What Should I Do?

Stay calm and contact your vet immediately.

Try this delicious healthy K9 Cookie recipe for your pooch. It is a great treat for your pooch that can be used for Easter and any other celebration. So let’s get cooking!

K9 Cookie Recipe

Ingredients
•    2 cups of wholemeal flour
•    1 cup of rolled oats
•    1/3 cup of smooth organic peanut butter
•    1 tablespoon of natural honey
•    ¼ teaspoon of chia seed
•    1 1/2 cups of water or low salt chicken stock

Directions
1.    Preheat the oven to 180 degrees.
2.    Mix the flour and oats together in a large mixing bowl. Pour in one cup of water or stock and stir until smooth. Add in the peanut butter, honey, and chia seeds and mix until all the ingredients are well blended.
3.    Slowly add the water until the mixture has a thick and doughy consistency.
4.    Lightly flour a cooking surface. Roll the dough onto the cooking surface to create a 1/4 inch thick sheet.
5.    Use a cookie cutter to create Easter shapes. Place the cookies onto a greased or lined baking tray and bake for 40 minutes.
6.    Allow to cool completely before icing.

When cool you can melt carob or yoghurt drops to decorate the cookies. Delicious!!!!

Download K9 Cookie Recipe