Another sad loss for our family!

Oh My!
what a few months we have had.  First the loss of our baby (as my last post explained), then on the 3rd of September we lost our beloved little Jojo (Jonah).  our loyal, loving, almost human like doggy. :(
I wont go into the details of how we lost him but all I will say is that I found him and the circumstances werent nice.  I was devistaed...the whole family was devistated.

Jonah was our dearest baby!  He came everywhere he possable could with us.  He listened to us, knew us and connect with us in every sense.

 We rescued Jonah from the Animal welfare legue back in 2009.  He was only 4 years old then.  He was instantly apart of our family.  Even though he was a little white fluffy dog he was a mans dog, never afraid to do anything.
 He wasnt scared or agressive.  He always seemed to have a big smile on his face and was always so happy.  Even at the park, the biggest, loudest, scariest, agressive dog could come up and jojo just bounced around as if to say "can we play?" totaly obliviouse of the fact that anydog could ever be angry.  He was just always happy and friendly to everyone and everything.  He even loved our neighbors cats, LOL.

Jonah was a little burst of sunshine!

He was my little shadow, my companion and buddy.
Everyone who knew him said he was such a unique, beautiful dog.  Everyone in our neighborhood new him and loved him.  He would go and visit them all and they all loved him visiting.  One neighbor was devistated the day he died and came over sobbing with flowers.

Jonah understood each of us as individuals. I didnt even need a leash for him as he would stick by us and if he did happen to wonder off, we just say 'jojo' and he waould casually wonder back.

We buried him  under a big beautiful tree in our back yard ourside our bedroom window. 
We are still doing renovations in our back yard but when we get to fixing that area we will put a proper little plaque there in rememberance our our awesome little dude.

We, as a family had a memorial service for him and layed flowers on his grave.  We placed a rock there with his collar, bed and bowls, as well as flowers.

JoJo...We loved you more than any pet ever!  You will forever be in our hearts, minds and family.  You were a legend and will always be remembered as our friend and gentle being as well as fun, cheeky and mischieviouse.  We will ALWAYS LOVE YOU!
                                                              

                                                                  ♥♥♥♥

                                                               JONAH

                                                             2005-2012

                                                                 ♥♥♥♥

Our smooshie lil' puppy!

Meet the 5th member of our family...Jonah, or as we commonly refer to him..Jojo, pups, puppy, baby or Joey. He is such a beautiful lil' thang. He's a beautiful 4 year old maltese. We rescued him from the AWL about 18months ago and it was the best thing we ever did.  He truly is apart of our family.  He comes everywhere with us, watches tv with us, sits out the back with us, sleeps with us, goes to the beach/park with us and pretty much comes everywhere and does everything  we can do with a dog.
We LOVE him!

I just adore how he cocks his head to one side when you talk to him, I love how he talks in his sleep...yes, he actually barks, growls and 'talks' in his sleep...Its soooo cute.  I love how he does spins and flips when you put your flip flops on to go out.. just expecting he's going to come too. I thinks its so, so cute when he looks up at us innocently with his underbite, I love when Im waiting for the kids to come out of school and I say their names, he looks for them just knowing where they walk out from and licking them to death when he sees them,  I love how he just loves our family unconditionally.
Getting Jojo was the best thing for our family.

With that said, I thought I would give you a few recipes that our puppy loves and mayby pass onto your baby.  First of all, here are a few things you SHOULDN'T feed your dog...

*Chocolate, Coffee, Caffeine

*Alcohol (well, this is obviouse)
*Avocado
*Macadamia Nuts
*Grapes & Raisins
*Yeast Dough
*Raw/Undercooked Meat, Eggs and
*Onions,Chives
*Milk
*Salt

Ok, now thats out of the way, here is a couple of great recipes from makedogfoodrecipes.com that I have found realy useful....

Healthy One Pot Dinner Recipe For Dogs 

This recipe will give you approx. two cups, so


depending on the size of your dog you can double,

triple recipe. Refrigerate leftovers for up to 3 days.

You can also freeze individual servings!


2/3 cup Beef, cubed (any meat can be used!)

3/4 cup carrots and sweet potatoes, cubed

1/2 cup instant brown rice

1 cup water

1/4 tsp. garlic powder (Optional!)

1. Put all the ingredients, except rice, in a large pot

and boil.

2. When the vegetables are tender, add rice and

cook until done.


Note: you may have to add a bit more water during

cooking.


Here's some snacks for your puppy too...
Cheese n' Garlic Cookies for Dogs

1 1/2 cups white rice flour


1 1/4 cups grated cheddar cheese

1/4 pound safflower oil margarine

1 clove garlic -- crushed (Optional)

1 pinch salt



1. Grate the cheese and let stand until it reaches

room temperature.

2. Cream the cheese with the softened margarine,

garlic, salt, and flour.

3. Add enough milk to form inta a ball. Chill for 1/2

hour.

4. Roll onto floured board. Cut into shapes and

bake at 375 for 15 minutes or until slightly brown,

and firm.

Makes 2 to 3 dozen, depending on size.


Like I always say, making your own food from scratch is so much healthier AND cheaper...so why not also make it for your other family member.  It reduces fleas, keeps your dog healthy and stops them from stinking...Im meaning their poo's as well as their breath...It also stops that icky 'dog' smell from radiating from them...ugh, a smell I detest.  So I hope you enjoy my doggy recipes that i have shared with you and enjoyed meeting our baby.