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Grandpa Was Baking Cookies. One Little Helper Had Flour All Over Her Face.

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Neat round balls of cookie dough line the parchment-covered tray, and Grandpa Ray is carefully spooning out one more. He bends over the counter with a look of total concentration, flour dusting the tray and the countertop around him. Pickles has managed to get her front half right up to the counter edge, and the evidence is all over her face: a dusting of white flour across her muzzle and whiskers. She stares at the dough with wide, hopeful eyes, as if she is personally overseeing quality control. Behind them, a bag of flour, a mixing bowl, dish towels, and a sunny window complete a classic baking-day kitchen.

Baking with a dog nearby means keeping a few ingredients well out of reach. Raw cookie dough can contain raw eggs and lots of sugar and fat, and many recipes include chocolate, raisins, or macadamia nuts, all of which can be harmful to dogs. Some sugar-free recipes use xylitol, which is especially dangerous. Raw dough made with yeast is another concern, since it can expand in the stomach. A little plain flour on the nose is not usually a problem, but the dough itself should stay on the counter. If your dog eats raw dough or anything with chocolate or xylitol, call your vet right away. Dachshunds are clever and determined, so a closed door or baby gate can help.

Pickles did not get any cookies this time, but she certainly looks like she helped bake them. That flour mustache says it all.

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