9:00 pm is snack time in my house.  Not only do hubby and I help ourselves to some delectable goodies; Sampson and Delilah need their treats too.  In fact, Delilah insists on it.

For the longest time, the dogs got something called Pork Twists.  They kind of remind me of fruit roll-ups, except without the fruit, and made of pork and stuffed with liver.  Yeah, fruit roll-ups.  

We ran out of Pork Twists so I picked up some Duck Sticks.  They remind me of Slim Jims, except they are really long and made of duck.  The dogs  gobbled these up in a matter of seconds without having to go to their separate corners.  Then they looked at me as if to say, “That’s it? That’s all we get?” “Isn’t it snack time?”

A couple of weeks ago I went to the pet store and asked about treats that might last longer than a few seconds.  The very nice and helpful woman showed me some Bully Sticks and then proceeded to tell me they were made out of bull urine.  Yes, you read that right. Bull urine. 

Thanks, but I’ll pass on those. 

Then she said, she fills her dog’s Kong and sticks it in the freezer.  A lot more work than I wanted for treats, so I settled on something else and went on my merry way.

Coincidentally, a few days after she mentioned this, Tena at Success Just Clicks had an excellent post about what you can fill a Kong with.

Last Friday, I had nothing for the dog’s snacks so while I was preparing supper I decided to try filling their Kongs.

I filled them with a bit of ground beef, some cheese and I frosted the end with peanut butter.  I put the Kong in the freezer for about 3 1/2 hours and then handed them off to the dogs. 

I hit that one out of the park.  They worked on those things for 1/2 an hour!

Since Friday night, I’ve been filling their Kongs every night.  My favorite thing to stuff them with is a couple of pieces of rolled up salami, a piece of chunked up American Cheese and then frost the end with yogurt, pumpkin, peanut butter or cream cheese.   They lick the goodie off the end and get rewarded with little bits of cheese; they have to work for the salami but it’s not too messy.