Welcome to Horse Tail Trails' Pets, Animals & You!
Pets, Animals, & You is a branch of Horse Tail Trails. We are devoted to providing interesting and unique recipes for the animals in your life.
Horse Tail Trails knows how important our pets and animals are to us. They are a part of our family, and living in Northern New Mexico, our animals may also be our livelihood.
Furry family members; cats, dogs, horses, goats, cows, etc. effect our lives more than we realize. They give us purpose, love, hope, and help relieve stress (most of the time!)
Even wild animals coexist with us in our backyards. Daytime songs of birds and moonlight serenades by coyotes; hawks and snakes keeping our rodent population down; bats dining on those pesky mosquitoes. We’ve all had our fair share of animal encounters.
Shih Tzu Sushi
1 can salmon, canned, pink -- reserve liquid
1 cup brown rice
2 cups water -- plus salmon liquid
1 whole egg, hard-boiled -- chopped
1/2 cup peas and carrots, frozen -- or more if desired
1 tablespoon fresh parsley -- chopped
2 tablespoons cod liver oil
1 package Nori Sheets -- *see Note
• Drain salmon, reserve liquid for rice. Do not remove bones or skin, flake with fork.
• Defrost peas and carrots.
• In a sauce pan add salmon liquid, water, brown rice, cook.
• Let cool to touch.
• In a mixing bowl add salmon, brown rice, chopped egg, peas and carrots, and parsley, cod liver oil. Mix well.
• Place one nori sheet on a flat surface and spread mixture 1/4 inch over nori, leave 1/4 inch edge of nori and dampen with water. And roll, repeat till nori sheets are used, or mixture is gone.
• Individually wrap in plastic wrap, refrigerate till ready to serve. Cut rolls into size for your dog.
Note: Nori Sheets are dried seaweed found in the oriental section of your grocery store or specialty shop. This recipe freezes well also.
Kitty Kisses
1 can of wet cat food
Ziploc bag with the corner cut
A pinch of catnip
• Put cat food and cat nip in a blender or food processor and mix until it looks to be like frosting.
• Put the mixture into the Ziploc bag and squeeze little "kisses" onto a cookie sheet and bake in 300° F. Time depends on how big the kisses are. Small are about 15 minutes.
Puppy Pretzels
1 teaspoon brown sugar
2 teaspoons active dry yeast
2/3 cup water
3/4 cup whole wheat flour
3 tablespoons soy flour, low fat
1/4 cup nonfat dry milk
1 tablespoon dried liver powder
1 tablespoon bone meal flour
3/4 teaspoon salt
1 egg -- beaten (1/2 in recipe, 1/2 in glaze)
2 tablespoons cooking oil
3 tablespoons wheat germ
• Dissolve yeast and sugar in warm water.
• Combine dry ingredients.
• Add half of the beaten egg, oil and yeast-water mixture. Mix well.
• Knead on a well floured board until dough is firm.
• Place in oiled bowl, cover and let rise until double in bulk.
• Shape into pretzels and place on greased cookie sheet.
• Bake in preheated 375 degree oven for 15 minutes.
• Remove and brush with beaten egg and sprinkle with wheat germ.
• Return to oven and bake at 300 degrees for about 15 minutes until nicely browned and quite firm.
Note: You may omit liver powder and bone meal flour if you have difficulty locating them.

