Monday, January 19, 2015

Bosco and Roxy's

The candy store treat company I am going to highlight this week is Bosco and Roxy's . We first learned about them at a dog convention in Las Vegas this past summer. They are based out of London, Ontario Canada and founded by fellow dog boarding facility owners, Michelle and Jamie Crook. Michelle and Jamie wanted to give the dogs special treats while they were boarding, so they started baking from scratch. Word slowly spread about their treat's awesomeness and soon people were asking if they could take them home. The treats have quickly spread across North America, yet they still retain that homemade touch.


This image was found on their Facebook page. Click here to "like" them.

All of their cookies are hand cut, baked and decorated. Their ingredients are human-grade and they carry wheat-free options for those sensitive stomached pups.


We also like that they have many different themed cookies to choose from, so we can pick our treats according to what's going on at Bark City.  Obviously, the theme we currently chose is because we love dogs so much and has NOTHING to do with Valentine's Day. (hahaha.)


Plus, they make really cute client pictures when balanced on noses.....

Monday, January 12, 2015

Bubba Rose Biscuit Company

We launched our Dog Candy Store in December. It took us quite a while to decide what treats to carry. After all, we only want the best treats available to our clients! I would like to take these next few weeks to highlight the companies we decided to use. Today, is Bubba Rose Biscuit Company.

Bubba Rose was started in 2006 by Jessica and Eric Talley. They started making dog treats for their two rescue dogs, Bubba and Rose. From there, it kind of took off! Now they have been featured on NBC's Today Show, People Magazine, NY Times Style Magazine, Modern Dog...and MANY more... trust me, the list is really long. I didn't feel like typing them all out. They also have a cook book you can buy. (See picture to immediate right.)


What I like about Bubba Rose is that every treat is wheat, corn, soy, gluten free AND baked in small batches in their bakery in NJ. All the meats are locally sourced, free-range, grass fed and hormone and antibiotic free. They not only care about dogs, but ALL animals and want the ingredients they use to be farmed humanely. The eggs they use are from cage-free hens (I refuse to say "cage-free eggs" because that just bothers me grammatically).  And, If I haven't used the word "free" enough, I am about to do it now: Everything they make is free of chemicals, free of salt, free of artificial flavors, free of colors, free of fillers and free of GMO ingredients. That is a lot of stuff that is not added! Which means, they probably don't cut a lot of corners when making their treats.

To put a cherry on top of all of this goodness, a portion of their sales goes to animal rescue organizations.