[yorkietalkjilly]

I would soak a plate of kibble in water until it was soggy and then put it on a baking pan and bake 5 - 10 minutes until it began to firm up and get a good toasted top. Smelled up the house something AWFUL but since it was for Jilly, had to stand it. Anyway, then I would cool it in the Utility Porch and let it dry out some more out there and when cooled, break it up into pieces. Depending on how much water used and baking time, the end result had various consistencies but she loved it - however it was done. The whole time it was baking she would be running around the house excited and when it was so of "curing" on the Utility Porch, she was still all peppy and happy. When I brought the finished product in and broke it up, put it in the container, she was beside herself. And then she got some of her treats and she was ecstatic. Poor little girl. Due to her tiny size and medical problems, she didn't have a normal life but she made the very best of the life she did have! Sometimes, just to change things up and see what happened, I would cook the soaked kibble in the microwave and that dried it out very nicely but put no crust on the top. She loved that way of cooking it, too. Other times I sun dried it. It all worked for her.