Gralyn J. Photography

Ok. I've been seeing a ton of animal rights groups on Facebook and Instagram fighting for... well fighting against anything and everything to do with animals. According to them, we aren't even allowed to have pets. I'm going to start with my dog... Linden is spoiled. To the point that I'm pretty sure she doesn't know she's a dog. She's my baby. She is actually treated better than some of the people in todays world. The closest thing to animal abuse that she has experianced is when I put a rain jacket on her. She honestly doesn't like the rain, and doesn't seem to mind her pink paw print coat. Now to my farm girls... My chickens; My girls, and of course my boys are treated awesome. I can't exaggerate the number of times I've heard people say "Go Vegan" because there is no such thing as a "humane egg". YES THERE IS. What people see are the big corporations run by mass distributors who genetically modify their animals ...

Today was my pup Linden's fourth birthday. After a large amount of contemplation, I decided to make her a cake, a dog cake.  I wanted something that she would like, but also wouldn't make her sick. I found a recipe online and tweaked it; Ingredients 1 egg 3 Tablespoons peanut butter 1/2 apple, finely chopped 1 teaspoon baking powder Instructions Preheat the oven to 350°. Mix ingredients together without crushing the apple too much. Grease a muffin tin or cake tin (size of your choice and dog size). Bake for 18 minutes, or until golden and a toothpick comes out clean (be careful not to take out any apple pieces). Let cool for 3-5 minutes in the pan, then slide the cake onto a plate/cooling rack for 5 more minutes before serving to your pup. You may frost with extra peanut butter if desired (it's greatly appreciated by your pup, or mine anyways). Well as soon as I busted out the peanut butter Linden started hovering around the kitchen.   I  made t...