Woo-Boo! It's Howl-o-ween Dog Art Time With Mishka, the Therapy Husky!

October 30, 2025

Woooo-Booooo! Howl-oween is here! Today is a special post—dog art by a dog (!), a new video, and our FiveSibes #FlashbackFriday (at the end of this post) blog hop & media share!

First up...We're baaaaack with another new special spooktacular episode of "Dog Art: Painting With Mishka the Siberian Husky Therapy Dog" just for Howl-o-ween! Wait until you see the art this Husky can create!

The last time, we debuted the first episode of Mishka's amazing "pawtist" talents with a lovely summer work of art (you can read that post HERE).

Well, beautiful Mishka has been a busy Husky creating lots of howling beautiful artwork for Howl-o-ween! Check out our new video featuring her and her amazing work along with instructions from her hu-mom/handler Mickey! (Note: So as not to reinvent the wheel, some of the instructions are from the original, but these are showcasing her new Halloween-themed works of art!)

First, let's meet the beautiful Pawtist...

🎃 BE SURE TO WATCH OUR YOUTUBE VIDEO FURTHER DOWN TO SEE OUR FURFRIEND "MISHKA" PAINT! 🎃

Halloween is such a fun time, and yes, for our dogs, too! And what a great bonding time with our dogs! To start, simply prepare your work area by covering it with vinyl or plastic tablecloth (or if you have those heavy duty lawn & leaf trash bags or large trash bags, simply cut them on the sides so it opens up and tape it down on a table. Then when done, simply roll it up and toss it away!)

A few caution reminders/recommendations for this project:

⚠️🎃 Kids and dogs should always have adult supervision. Even though we all know our own children and dogs, kids may put their hands too close to the dog's mouth, or dogs could become overly excited or territorial when food is involved, and need to also be supervised to avoid any possibility of accidental biting. Also, scissors are involved.

⚠️🎃 Use only dog-safe or organic peanut butter with NO xylitol, birch sugar, birch bark extract, wood sugar, or sugar alcohols as it is toxic to dogs.

⚠️🎃 Use only non-toxic, kid/pet safe paints.

⚠️ 🎃 Use the freezer style bags as they are sturdier. Dogs can be very eager licking the peanut butter and possibly bite through a less strong bag.

⚠️ 🎃 Use tweezers to help gently remove the stencils, notes Mishka's hu-mom.

⚠️🎃 Never leave your dog unattended while doing this! (Why? Possible choking hazards if dog tries to eat or chew the bag. You want to watch that your dog only LICKS the outside of the dog-friendly peanut butter covered freezer bag).

After you have your workplace set up with a throw-away cover, you'll only need a few items:

👻 Small canvas- the ones stretched on a wood frame are easiest

👻 Dog-safe, nontoxic paint in assorted colors

👻 Dog-friendly peanut butter (please NO Xylitol, which can also be listed as Birch Sugar, Birch Bark Extract, Wood Sugar, and Sugar Alcohol as it is TOXIC to dogs). Best option is to only use organic or dog-specific peanut butters, or better yet, homemade!

👻 Gallon-size freezer zipper-lock style bags not the ones with the slide, but the press close. (Freezer ones are stronger/heavier and best for this project).

👻Scissors

👻 Tweezers

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Mishka's hu-mom uses Buddy Budder that has no high fructose corn syrup, stabilizers, xylitol, artificial sugar, or salts. If you choose another peanut butter, go for organic and always read the ingredient labels and make sure it's just peanuts! Or, buy peanuts and make your own!

Below are a few supply recommendations (you can click on image(s) to read more about them and purchase through our affiliate code, or you can purchase them from your local retail store)...

Buddy Budder's Ruff Ruff Raw:

Ingredients are just peanuts & honey!

A variety of Buddy Budder flavors:

Ingredients:

Carrot Cake - peanuts, carrots, pineapple, honey.

Ruff Ruff Raw - peanuts, honey.

Gimme S'more - peanuts, carob, marshmallow root, honey. Superberry Snoot - peanuts, strawberry, blueberry, blackberry, honey.

Pumpkin Pup - peanuts, pumpkin, cinnamon, honey.

6-pack of 6x8 White Stretched Canvases

(Can also check your local dollar and retail stores).

15-pack of 8x10 Black Stretched Canvases

(Can also check your local dollar and retail stores).

Puffy 3D Non-Toxic Paint

(You can also check your local retail or hobby store in the art supply section).

48 Dual Tip Acrylic Paint Pens

(Again, you can check your local hobby or retail store. Be sure they are for painting on canvas!)

Tru-Ray Construction Paper

10 Vibrant Colors, 9" x 12", 50 Sheets

Gallon Freezer Storage Bags

With Press Seal Closure

Did you know Amazon Basics had storage bags? And they are BPA-free, too. Or, you can pick up your favorite brand at your local retail store. Just be sure they are BPA-free, seal top (and not the slider-style closure), and freezer-style for strength.

Mishka's hu-mom says...

🦇 Spread peanut butter on one side of gallon freezer bag.

🦇Put canvas WITHOUT paint on in the freezer bag to be sure area with peanut butter will cover canvas, then remove.

🦇 Put paints on canvas. I found less colors turn out better. Can do drops, lines, however you want!

🦇 Hold open the freezer bag as best can, carefully slide in the canvas with paint on being careful not to smear. Press storage bag closed.

🦇 Set on floor, holding on two (2) sides so doesn't slide around.

🦇 Let your Pawtist (K9 artist) do their magic! You can turn the bagged canvas part way around so that your dog can lick in another direction.

🦇Even though you are using non-toxic paints and the heavier freezer bag, still be careful that they don't bite through the plastic.

🦇 When the peanut butter is gone, carefully open the freezer bag's end, then take a scissor and carefully cut top layer along side seam to bottom, then cut across the bottom. Gently lift open end and carefully pull it back to expose the painted canvas.

🦇Carefully remove the canvas from the bottom of the bag.

🦇 Remove stencil carefully with tweezers.

🦇Let it lay flat until dry, which takes several hours.

🦇 When dry, take photos of your pawtist with their beautiful work of art!

Mishka with two of her masterpieces! Absolutely beautiful and ready to display!

If you aren't a FiveSibes YouTube subscriber, I'd love it if you would hit that "subscribe" button on our channel! We hope you enjoyed the beautiful pawtist, Mishka, and that you will have some fun creating lasting memories and masterpieces with your dog!

A very special "Thank You" goes out to the talented and beautiful Siberian Husky (now semi-retired) Therapy Dog , Mishka, and her wonderful hu-mom, who also narrated the video! Hope you enjoy!

Simply take a photo of your K9 artist with their creation and send it along with their name, and I'll be happy to share across our social media! (Doing so means you give me permission to post and share). Simply Email your pic(s) to: FiveSibesHuskyNews(at)gmail(dot)com

and type "Dog Art" in the subject line.

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“Creativity is intelligence having fun.”

~Anonymous (although it is often attributed to Albert Einstein)

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