Recipes + DIY Projects for Dog Moms
I love making homemade healthy treats for the dogs and doing DIYs with my dogs in mind. The best part about all of these projects is that they give you an excuse to spend more time with your dog! Consider whipping up a simple treat tonight or crafting a dog inspired accent for your home.
How to Make a DIY Holiday Snuffle Mat for Dogs
Are you looking for a fun, easy, and affordable holiday DIY for your dog? Try making a DIY Holiday Snuffle Mat! A snuffle mat is a great enrichment toy that can turn mealtime into a challenging and rewarding mental game for your dog. This one gets a holiday twist with...
Canine Enrichment Doggy Cannoli Recipe
I love to find creative ways to work canine enrichment into my dog's day. We have tons of toys, homemade puzzles and games to play to keep Lucy and Burt on their toes. So when I got dried beef trachea chews in our monthly Real Dog Box, I decided to try making a doggy...
DIY Rainbow Tie Dye Dog Bandana
Are you looking for a fun summer craft to make for your dog? June is Pride Month, so I created DIY rainbow tie dye dog bandanas for Burt and Lucy. I made this craft even more dynamic by upcycling an old t-shirt for the bandanas! Keep reading to learn how you can make...
How To Make These Easy Kale and Apple Frozen Dog Treats
One of my favorite things to make for the dogs are frozen treats. The best part about super-easy homemade frozen treats is that you can make them with any dog-friendly ingredients you have laying around. For this recipe, I looked in my fridge and found a bag of apples...
DIY: Fabric Face Mask and Matching Dog Bandana
With many states requiring us to wear face masks to go into stores (or even for a walk in some places) people have to get creative! It's important to save medical grade masks for front line workers in hospitals. That means that people all over the country are dusting...
DIY Busy Box Enrichment Toy for Your Bored Dog
Are you spending way more time at home than usual? Currently, we're practicing social distancing and spending a lot of time at home with the dogs due to COVID-19. Lucy and Burt are still getting plenty of walks, but time at the dog park just isn't the same right now....
How to Make a Flower Crown For Your Dog (and Yourself!)
If you thought that flower crowns for dogs were just a passing trend... you were seriously mistaken! Dog flower crowns are still going strong 5 years after I did my original Flower Crowns for Dogs post! That post has been viewed tens of thousands of times and gone...
DIY Dog Bone Christmas Stocking Pattern
Decorating for Christmas with dogs in the house can be a challenge. I'm always careful what ornaments I place on the tree at "tail height", and I don't usually put out presents until Christmas day unless I want them unwrapped early! With so many tempting things all...
Dog Mom Halloween Costume Idea: Snow White and Poison Apple
Halloween has always been one of my favorite holidays! Each year I've had to get more creative to come up with dog mom Halloween costume ideas that the dogs and I can do together. When it was just Lucy and me, we did a surfer and shark, Dorothy and the lion, and...
Halloween Family Costume With Dogs: The Three Musketeers
One of my favorite things to do is brainstorm adorable couples costumes ideas for dog mom and dog duos. I've already posted about three spectacular costumes with Lucy (you can see them here, here and here). But, now that we have Burt in the family I had the...
Try This: Super Healthy Goat Milk Pupsicle Recipe
I can't believe it's been 6 years since I first made gourmet pupsicles! Since then all different kinds of frozen treats have been a staple at our house. So much so that when I first adopted Burt he figured out how to open the freezer on his own because he knew there...
How To Make 3 Pumpkin Dog Treat Recipes
Fall is here and like everyone else I'm thinking about all things pumpkin! It's a great ingredient to incorporate into the dogs' diets because pumpkin contains tons of the antioxidant beta-carotene which converts to Vitamin A in the body. Vitamin A is great for skin,...
How To: Hand Wash Your Dog Collar
I've collected a lot of dog collars over the years! We have ones for swimming, ones to wear to special events and every day collars. But no matter how often Lucy wears them, they all need a little freshening up sometimes. I've found that the best way to clean them is...
DIY Dog Mom Message Bracelet
In this video tutorial I'm showing you how to make DIY Dog Mom Message Bracelets! These are a fun and colorful way to wear your love for your dog on your sleeve. Since I made these I've been wearing them all summer. It's such a fun, colorful and playful addition to...