Puppy Party

When you don't have kids to plan fun parties for, you have puppy birthdays.  No apologies here, it's just what you do.  What might be sad is that between dog day care, dog parks and dog events,  I've spent a lot more energy ensuring that Brooklyn is well socialized, than I have myself.  In the end though, no one wants a crazy unsocialized dog right?   Crazy maybe, but never unsocialized.

So with all of Brooklyn's new friends, how could I not celebrate her birthday...she's a one year old peanut now.  Oh I'm so weepy.  I think she had a good first birthday.

A little playtime with her peeps...

A little inappropriate behavior that no puppy or human parent ever wants to witness....

A little puppy pouting because someone didn't want to have her picture taken....

And of course some cake.  Or really meatloaf in this case.  I called a few dog bakeries but no one made wheat free cakes.  I found some recipes using rice flour, but in the end I realized that birthday cake would really be for my benefit--Brooklyn hates biscuits and other cookie like treats.  Eats cat poo, but dramatically spits out biscuits...it's so (not) endearing really.

Birthday girls should get the kind of cake they want, even if they are bratty and will not want to take a picture with it. 

And of course lots of presents, because you're only one once. All this has me fearing that if I were a mother, I'd be an overindulgent one. 

Puppy Birthday Meatloaf Cake

1 lb ground beef

1/2 lb baby carrots cooked, pureed and cooled

1 egg

1/4 cup rice flour (or bread crumbs, oats or other binder)

3 large potatoes

1/2 cup cottage cheese

Preheat oven to 400 and grease a 6 inch cake pan

Combine ground beef, carrots, egg and rice flour.   Press into pan

Bake for 30 mins and allow to cool.

For "frosting":

Peel potatoes and cut into thirds

Boil on med heat for 20 mins or until fork tender

Add cottage cheese, and mash together until creamy.  You may need to add water or milk.