Dog Art: Painting Valentine Hearts With Mishka, the Therapy Husky!
Woo! 'Tis the season for L-❤️-V-E! And what a wonderful time to do a bonding activity with your dog! And, we have just the fun project for you to do with your dog! With the help of a good friend, Mickey, and her semi-retired Therapy Dog, the beautiful Siberian Husky "Mishka," we have just the project to do with your dog...Dog Art! Yes, that's right, painting with your beloved furry best friend.
I'm sure by now you're used to me sharing some fun, unique ideas, and this one is exactly that. I'm so pleased to share our 3rd Episode of "Dog Art!" This episode is "Painting Love Hearts With Mishka!" Okay, so if you aren't a follower of my blog here, you may be saying, "Excuse me? Dogs can't paint." But I'm here to say, "Yes, they can!" You and/or your kids can have fun painting with your dog, which is a wonderful bonding activity! Now, of course we always recommend having a parent supervise children for safety, but I bet everyone will want to join in the fun, too. I sure would! I wish I knew about this when my beloved FiveSibes were here.
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 they are toxic to dogs.
⚠️ Use only non-toxic, kid/pet safe paints.
⚠️ Use the press-to-close (not zipper-style) freezer bags as they are sturdier. Dogs can be very eager licking the peanut butter and could possibly bite through a less strong bag.
⚠️ Never leave your dog unattended while doing this (Why? possible choking hazard if dog tries to eat the bag).
💝 Assorted sizes of unpainted wooden hearts.
💝 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!
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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!
You will need a food processor or blender and unsalted and dry-roasted peanuts. That's all!
(Note: dry roasted has been noted as making a creamier peanut butter. If you choose raw, you will need to roast them first). You can do an online search for "homemade dog peanut butter" for roasting times of raw peanuts and more specific directions for making peanut butter using either type of peanut.
Directions: Simply blend the peanuts until smooth. This may take several times, plus in between pulses, scrape down the sides of the food processor/blender. Optional: adding in about one teaspoon (1 tsp.) of either honey or coconut oil. Store in an airtight container and I suggest putting it in the fridge as it is all natural so it doesn't go rancid or spoil.
Below are a few supply recommendations (you can click on image(s) to read more about them, purchase them from. your local retail store, and/or order them from our links)...
A variety of Buddy Budder flavors:
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 wood WITHOUT paint on in the freezer bag to be sure area with peanut butter will cover canvas, then remove.
💝 Put paints on the wooden heart(s). Can do drops, lines, however you want!
💝 Hold open the freezer bag as best can, carefully slide in the heart 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) lick away and do their magic! You can turn the bagged heart part way around so that your dog can lick in another direction if you choose to. The design is all up to you!
💝 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 heart from the bottom of the bag.
💝 Optional: Gently place your dog's paw in the middle of one of the hearts while the paint is wet for a specialized keepsake! (Be sure to wash the non-toxic paint right off your dog's paw).
💝 With the paint sponge, dab paint along the unpainted sides of the heart.
💝 Optional: Sprinkle glitter across the heart while wet.
💝 Let the heart dry.
💝 When dry, take photos of your pawtist with their beautiful works of art!
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Yummy peanut butter and sweet pups! Happy Valentine's Day!!!
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