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I really enjoyed Mortal, the movie that I mentioned in the last post. It's not a glossy Marvel super hero film and that worked in its favor. The main character is a descendent of Thor who can't control the power he's inherited. It's an interesting take on the Thor/Norse mythos (trailer below).

Bridget turns eight years old tomorrow. My sweet senior girl. You can hear her joints creak when she goes up the stairs like the other old people in the house. I'm making her pumpkin peanut butter dog treats. I found the recipe at Gone to the Snow Dogs. Those are two of her favorite flavors.

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Current Mood: tired

I made some apparently very tasty dog treats from this recipe on the War Eagle Mill site. The base recipe has only five ingredients, whole wheat flour, oats, flaxseed meal, peanut butter, and water. I added about one-quarter of a cup of carob chips to the base recipe as they're a safe alternative to chocolate chips for dogs. Our girl Bridget loves them.

Homemade Peanut Butter Flax Seed Dog Treats

We made our annual trip to Tractor Supply for several bags of pine shavings. I play with our dog in the backyard through the winter, and pine shavings have helped a lot with the mud/ice cycle we get in Michigan. An added bonus to both of us not breaking our necks is our back lawn isn't completely wiped out by spring like it would be before I started placing the shavings down. It's worn but not as bad as it would be without them. I can't remember where I read that little tip. I think it was on a forum for German Shepherd owners, but I think it would apply to owners of big, active dogs in general.