While Turk and Rufus love us very much, I wouldn’t say they are 100% devoted to us… unless there is peanut butter involved. Throw in some baby carrots and fish oil, and there is nothing our dogs wouldn’t do for us. I’ll be honest with you, I’m not proud, I know how to clinch their devotion… so I created my own mini pup pops.
In a blender, I combined peanut butter, bananas, fish oil, carrots, and goat’s milk. Then I used a 99-cent IKEA ice cube tray to make pup-pops – perfectly sized to pop into a Kong for a delicious frozen treat.


Turk, Rufus, and Polly got their first taste of the pup pops last night… and for just a little bit, they were all hopelessly devoted to me.
Is your dog hopelessly devoted to you? Or do you need to bribe them like I do?
* Thank you for all of your sweet comments to Ginger Rogers and her adoptive family! While still very sick, the vet is hopeful she will recover. She gets to come home from the vet today.
** Also, thank you to each and every one of you who voted for me in the Bloggers for Good contest! It appears that I won the contest, although they are still tallying the votes, so nothing is official yet. As soon as everything is official, I will announce how I plan to use the $500 cash prize!





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August 2, 2012 at 7:46 AM
Debra@peaceabull assembly
I am sooo going to try making pup pops. Ray is prone to a touchy stomach sometimes so I keep a tray of chamomile tea cubes handy for him to crunch on, but these sound like a winner for kong stuffing. Speaking of winner….Congrats!
August 3, 2012 at 3:01 PM
Emily
Thank you!
August 2, 2012 at 7:54 AM
fidofetchphotography
We feed our dogs twice a day, but sometimes the food would just sit there and we didn’t really keep a great eye on it…so Dante might have gotten a few of Chloe’s meals. To make sure the dogs eat when we say so, we started adding warm water and baby carrots! They love it!
August 3, 2012 at 3:01 PM
Emily
Warm water, huh? We add a splash of goat’s milk in the mornings, but we might try water in the evenings. Thanks for the tip!
August 2, 2012 at 8:04 AM
Emily
I’ll admit it, I’m not beyond bribing my dogs, on occasion I’ll slip something into their food or whip up a special treat.
Glad to hear that Ginger is home to recover and congrats on the contest win!
August 2, 2012 at 8:35 AM
Sam
What an awesome idea! I think I’m going to have to try this with my pups. How much fish oil did you add?
Sam
August 2, 2012 at 8:38 AM
Emily
I have a pump bottle of the fish oil – I think I did like 5-6 pumps total (which is a little more than one day’s serving for a dog Turk or Polly’s size – so enough for flavor but not enough to overdo it)!
August 2, 2012 at 8:39 AM
tholupka
Melvin is 100% devoted to me and 123% devoted to food. I def bribe!
August 2, 2012 at 8:48 AM
Elisa
Brilliance! I’ve been stuffing with frozen pumpkin (seriously, what dog is sensitive to peanut butter?!) but to have them pre-frozen would be amazing. And much cuter, hah.
August 2, 2012 at 8:51 AM
Emily
You could definitely substitute pumpkin for the peanut butter! We personally have to limit the pumpkin intake with our pooches because it makes them very gassy and they poo like crazy, but I know several people who use pumpkin as a treat for their food-sensitive dogs!
August 2, 2012 at 8:52 AM
Tina-Critter Crusaders
I use a similar method I found on a blog somewhere. I don’t have the fancy trays, but PB ice cubes in their Kong is a good consolation prize for me leaving them all day (to earn money to buy more PB). Plus it is WAY easier then filling and freezing their Kongs, since I am always running late. Spoiled pooches here in Iowa!
August 2, 2012 at 9:04 AM
Emily
Tina – I was totally considering just buying a regular ice cube tray when I saw this cute one at IKEA for 99 cents. Cheap and does the trick – SOLD!
And I completely agree – it is much easier than putting everything in the Kong directly and freezing it – and it’s cleaner!
August 2, 2012 at 9:15 AM
adorabully
We do this too! The boys love it. Bella, not so much. We did learn last night that an unattented kong filled with melted frozen peanut butter mix is quite messy. And pretty gross. I did peanut butter and bananas in our mix. Thinking of mixing it up for the next batch, maybe sweet potatoes. Like the carrot idea too!
August 2, 2012 at 9:29 AM
Crystal Wayward
I made a similar treat recently with peanut butter, oatmeal, honey and cinnamon, the recipe for which came from the For the Love of My Dogs blog. Yes, our pack loves them – and by extension me a bit more everytime I open the freezer.
August 2, 2012 at 9:58 AM
Couches for Breakfast
Our boys love ice and peanut butter. Great idea for a frozen kong treat without the kong itself going in the freezer!
August 2, 2012 at 4:40 PM
Two Pitties in the City
Love these..and they look so easy! I think I might have to try them too!
August 2, 2012 at 7:23 PM
Rebelwerewolf
A few months ago, I tried to freeze some pureed pumpkin in a regular hard plastic ice cube tray, and it got stuck / was really difficult to get out. I would definitely recommend the rubbery kind of tray.
August 3, 2012 at 3:02 PM
Emily
We completely agree on the rubber-y ice cube tray – that’s what our IKEA tray is and it makes it very easy to pop out the pup pops!
August 3, 2012 at 8:05 AM
Rachael Eliker
Congratulations! And thank you for sharing the recipe! I’d love to try it on our own dog someday.
August 3, 2012 at 3:03 PM
Emily
Can’t wait until you guys add a new little furry boy or girl to your pack!
August 7, 2012 at 7:15 AM
Long Life Cats and Dogs
I must admit that Litchi is totally devoted to me, treats or not. However, just as with children, bribery often works wonders.