Superbaddog!!

Katie had her visit to the vet today. What a doozey of an experience that was. She knew it was coming because I was really buttering her up for it last night. She got a little treat her, a bellyrub, brushed, washed, etc. It was quite the pamperfest. However, this morning she was very wary of all the activity in the house including the gathering of vital documents, records, poop sample collection etc. She knew it was coming along because she was going somewhere and it's been quite some time since Katie has taken a ride in el minivan. Right. So of course I got lost on the way to the vet because it has been a year hasn't it? Longer? I dunno. I tend to block out all those bad experiences and horror flick type moments in my life. Yup.

We finally got to the place and it looked different and not just that, there were cats around and Katie is a fraidy cat of sorts especially around cats so she wanted to leave immediately. This began the horrible wrist wrenching pulling that she so very much loves to do in public. Blah. Especially with the horror-stretch leash she has, I forgot the straight leash this time. Stupid move on my part. She wanted out so we went outside in the drizzling nasty rain and she proceeded to pee on every patch of grass around the vets office. Then she went to investigate other dog's poop. At that point, I put my foot down. Not on the poop, thank goodness but I got her away from that business, or rather some other dog's business, right away. Toot sweet...y'know?

So we get inside and the vet is new. She is one of those super smiley but really not genuinely smiley but kind of psycho, Cunningham Muffins type smiley. This is not boding well at all. Katie wants to get out of the room immediately. The vet proceeds to try to examine Katie and I think that Katie really senses how I'm feeling because I am terribly uneasy with this creepy vet woman who is feeling up my dog. So what does Katie do when she is crabby and wants out? NIP! Yeah, you betcha. She nipped the vet. Ugh. That sucked. The vet then called Katie "a dog with a mind of her OWN huh?" Yeah. She knows she doesn't like you. I guess you might say she knows THAT much huh? Well, then she had to drag Katie out of the room to give her the big old stick in the butt. Yow. I heard her yelp from through the wall. I think they heard her in Kansas. It was loud and frightening. I have not heard Katie yelp like that in a very long time. That made me mad. Then when she came back into the room, she was coughing like she swallowed a giant hairball. I cannot blame the vet but really, Katie never had issues with the other vet.

So what did I do when we got home? I made a cake and I gave Katie a cupcake. Can't show the photos of Katie with the cupcake because she ate that thing so fast it was like her life depended on that little thing. The cake came out great. I will post photos of it soon. The frosting was again delicious and the lettering came out better. I need to practice more though.

Katie is sleeping now. Too much excitement.

Nutrition and Allergies

I've received quite a few requests for allergen-free products. I do have treats that contain ingredients that are somewhat accessible for those poor allergic dogs such as Beggin for Bananas. It's got oats but no corn, no egg.

I'm trying. Really. I have experimented with some treats to try to create a completely gluten/egg/milk-free treat but it turns out to burn badly or not be palatable to Katie. I would show you the photos of those treats but it's simply not something I want to show and honestly wish I hadn't seen them myself! Blech. Katie just wanders in to check out what I'm doing periodically. Sometimes she lays down on the floor and just watches me mixing and rolling dough. She will oftentimes creep very quietly over to the cooling area and lie under the trays of treats while they are cooling. I know she is waiting for the day that one of those trays miraculously falls off and she gets showered with treats. Dogs do dream too.

Cold Cereal

I had the idea to create a cereal for dogs but then I remembered that their dogfood actually does resemble cereal already. Oops.

Pawps

Then I got the idea to create some big treats that could be like a "big cookie." I haven't got the right cutter for that but it's coming.

Birthday Bash!

Wow. I'm getting cramps from doing the writing on these cakes. I like the decorating part but is there no better way to write on a cake? I've explored the different decorator guns that resemble those crazy rayguns that the alien invaders in those crazy sci-fi movies carried. They actually look like a caulking gun. I might regrout my bathroom this weekend so perhaps I will practice some writing with caulk and see how things go.

Sometimes there is more to the happy girl at the office.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMY5fgp_rAE

Happy Birthday! Oops!

Man. I forgot to take a photo of the last cake I did. And, it was probably one of the nicest ones I've done and the writing was in blue. This I wanted to post because it looked really cute. Blah.

The treat bags were a hit. I did a variety of six treats in there and combined large and small sizes with a pretty ribbon and a tag. Cute all around. $3.00 a bag.

Found a nice lady to promote my treats. She is a dog walker and she has so many clients and she is a Long Islander so it's local business as well. Nice.

Treat of the month went out and it was Cinnabark Sweet Blossoms. Adorable.

Working hard at the FT gig. It's taking a bit out of me but no worries. Rainy day today so it looks like I'll be baking instead of going to the driving range and whacking balls into the horizon tonight.

Weird post. Still reading that Starbucks Experience book. I'm seriously 30 pages from done. Fell asleep with it on my head and it fell on the floor which will probably take me back five pages since I forgot what I read last night. Oopsy.

Also enjoyed the hype of Vitamin Water lately. That is my drink of choice to date. Love the XXX and the Focus. Also the Citrus one is yummy as well.

Later!

The icing on the cake

My passion is clearly in the decorating, though I enjoy very much the creation of the cakes. I love making frosting. Now, I've got it down to a little throw of this and a shake of that and it's done. The cinnamon/vanilla/honey frosting is amazing. It's so yummy. I just did a cake for a birthday party tomorrow and it looks great and the frosting is delicious. yummmmmm-o.

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It's getting HOT in HERE!

Oh my. Baking is not supposed to be about slaving over a hot oven. Oh wait, it is. Isn't it? Yes, indeed it has been super hot here out on Long Island. It's hot sweaty humid heat and it ain't fun to work in this type of condition. But there is one wonderful side of it all, my little AC unit is blasting full force today and I am on administrative duties right now. No, I'm still baking but I'm doing comp work right now so I happily bask in AC goodness at this moment. ahhhhhh....

I'm putting together little gift baggies for a party this weekend. Packed away a multitude of orders this week and got supremely nauseous because of the heat and the liver treats. Blah. Normally, the liver doesn't bother me but try baking in a hot area. blech...

I gotta go check the cookies. I've been calling them cookies lately. I don't know why.

Later!