Cookies For All!

Louie asking Dario "Pretty please can we share?"

It has been an unusually sunny start to March here in the Pacific Northwest. Although it has still been chilly, we have been enjoying  and taking full advantage of the great weather. We live in a place that gets so much rain that it is pretty common to see folks out in short sleeves and sandals at the first sight of the sun, even if the temperatures are still around freezing!

So, with a fair afternoon at hand I decided we would take Dario's snack time outside to find a sunny warm spot to enjoy a few nibbles.

Full concentration from both

Of course, there was Louie! He was already ahead of the game. Blind Louie found the warmest sunniest spot, as he usually does. He was just lounging, soaking up the rays. I took advantage of this chance meeting for Dario and Louie to both practice calm and good manners with their food.

Dario's snack is a Baker's Breakfast Cookie. It's a little less cookie and a little more portable bowl of oatmeal. It's an okayed-by-mom snack for a toddler and is okay in moderating for Louie too. I couldn't say the same about my (not really) world famous chocolate chip cookies!

I snagged a piece off of the cookie and asked Louie to sit, stay and wait. I made sure Dario was waiting too. No touching Louie at this point please. I placed the piece of cookie on his nose and moved my hands away slowly. I handed back the cookie and wrapper to a very excited Dario so he could dig in. There they stood next to each other, Louie as still as a statue and Dario way more interested in a tasty treat than in whatever that 'Roo-Roo Goggy' was doing. Success.

After a minute or so and a few quick pictures I turned to Louie and said 'Okay!'. He flipped the cookie up and caught it in his mouth! Bam! Flawless. What a talented guy he is. I wish I had the camera rolling. Dario was pretty impressed too.

Here's Grandpa feeding the pigs some Breakfast Cookies

My husband works at the Erin Baker's Wholesome Baked Goods factory. They make those handy, healthy and portable breakfast cookies I mentioned in several different flavors as well as a few types of granola too. Our hogs get to eat as good as we do because Paul brings home the scraps from the factory. It makes perfect hog feed! Whole grains, chia seeds, nuts, dried fruit, peanut butter and more. The piggies absolutely love it! Here is a few photos of our six hogs enjoying their bounty.

We wouldn't feed them anything we wouldn't feed our family

 Read More About Blind Louie and Pigs in Our Previous Posts HERE and HERE