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Canine Hearts from Canada
I don’t typically buy a lot of things for myself. But I do like to spoil my dogs.
Last night, as I was replenishing the kibble supply with a purchase from Brookside Barkery, a deal on treats caught my eye.
All varieties of Holistic Blend Canine Biscuits (8.29 oz package), regularly $9.99 each, were buy-one-get-one-free.
Of course, I picked up a pair: 1 bag of Pumpkin Spice Hearts and 1 bag of Sea Hearts.
These Canine Biscuits are all wheat-free and also do not contain artificial preservatives, additives or salt or sugar. The ingredient list is short and include good grains, like barley and oat flour. In each case, the flavor indicated in the product name (salmon for the Sea Hearts) appears about halfway down the list. But I’ve learned that is just the deal with most baked dog treats.
Holistic Blend is a Canadian company. The information on the packaging appears in both French and English. To ensure products of the highest quality, the food and treats are made to standards that exceed FDA guidelines for human consumption.
This human didn’t try one, but I did offer a couple heart-shaped biscuits each to Luke and Charlie Machete.
Of course, they approved!
Although I’d like to think I will regularly make my own dog treats, realistically, I don’t always have time for that. Holistic Blend Canine Biscuits are definitely seem to be the type of product I would purchase for my pets again.
If you’re in Kansas City, I recommend hitting up Brookside Barkery and taking advantage of this deal before supplies are gone!
In addition to the varieties I bought this time, there are also Cinna Hearts and Yogurt Hearts.
The heart shapes also make Holistic Blend Canine Biscuits perfect treats to have on hand for Valentine’s season!
Have your dogs tried any new treats lately? Where were they made?
I have no affiliation with Holistic Blend. I bought these treats with my own money.
Machete Marketing: Display your adoptable goods
When you’re marketing anything, you have to make people aware of what it is you’re pushing.
Knowing that tired dogs are happier dogs, I took Charlie Machete for a nearly three-mile jog before we headed to Lee’s Summit.
I also brought a large quantity of tasty, chewy training treats so that I would be able to get his attention more easily if he got wily during the event.
This is Jill!
How do you help your dog show his or her best side to the world?
To learn more about adopting Charlie Machete or any of the Midwest Adopt-a-Bull dogs, head to the rescue group’s website.
Come back tomorrow to learn about a product we’ve been using to help Charlie Machete maintain his composure at home and in public.
Happy St. Patrick’s Day!
Photo by Fido Fetch Photography
Are you wearing green today? Minnie was last Saturday during the St. Patrick’s Day Warm-Up Parade in the Brookside neighborhood of Kansas City.
Photo by Fido Fetch Photography
We walked with the oh-so-fetching adoptable Lucy Lou from Our Waldo Bungie, who gave her best model pose for Amy, our favorite dog-umentary photographer of Fido Fetch Photography.
Photo by Fido Fetch Photography
The rest of the pack was made up of pups and their owners who all love Brookside Barkery and Bath, a lovely purveyor of natural food and high quality pet supplies and grooming services at several locations around the Kansas City metro.
Happy St. Patrick’s Day, everyone!
To see more pictures from the parade, check out Our Waldo Bungie’s post about it and Fido Fetch Photography’s fan page on Facebook.
Mele Kalikimaka for the dogs
Although I didn’t go all out buying a bunch of Christmas presents for the pups this year, I did pick up a special treat for them that I had been eyeing for months.
I am obsessed with all things Hawaiian, so I have been looking for a reason to buy Tiki Dog canned food since I noticed Brookside Barkery had begun stocking it. I sprung for a few cans of Tiki Cat back when Luxor still lived with us and was very sick. But I could never justify adding canned food to the dogs’ diet. Grain-free Innova and Evo dry kibble is already a budgetary stretch given the size of our pack. (Oh, Charlie Machete‘s forever family, where are you?)
However, on Christmas Eve, as I was picking out an assortment of locally made baked treats for the dogs, I noticed that several cans of Tiki Dog were on clearance, marked down to $1 each because they expire in January. Finally, I had a reason to spring for the fancy food — doggie Christmas dinner!
Dinner turned out to be dinners. So as not to upset anyone’s stomach through the introduction of new food, we’ve been splitting each of the two cans I bought between all four dogs over the past few days, mixed with the kibble. Just like the cat, the canines seem uber-pleased by the moist, whole food.
Tiki products do not consist of meat-like mush but rather actual chunks of fish, poultry, eggs and vegetables. In fact, the food looks and smells appetizing enough that I would even taste it if I weren’t a fairly strict vegetarian. (Dog food just doesn’t seem like a good enough reason to cheat.)
I wish I could afford to incorporate wet food into the dogs’ diet full-time, but right now that just doesn’t make sense for us. We try to vary their diets by giving them appropriate garden and table scraps. Someday, I would like to do more home cooking for the dogs, but lately we haven’t had time for that. I would also like to find high-quality dog food — wet or dry — that doesn’t have to be shipped from several states away.
So far, I haven’t had much luck digging up locally-made edibles for dogs other than treats.
Do you know of grain-free, organic and/or natural dog food — that’s local to your area or mine?
