Canine Candy Store!

 Bark City has been planning and plotting some super secret ways to make our facility an exciting experience for both you and your dog. We will be announcing different additions throughout the next year (We like to keep our customers on edge and guessing with anticipation!) Our first announcement happened this Howl-ween:


Yep, that's right. We will be opening a candy store for your canine family members. We figured there is enough candy around for humans, but our little pups get left in the dust. We want to change the phrase, "Like a kid in a candy store." to "Like a puppy in a candy store." (I am coining that phrase as of now...) If you happened to stop by our facility during Howl-ween for the costume contest, you probably saw a glimpse of what some of the treats will look like:



Aren't they great?! Aside from the candy, we had some great costumed pooches come in for our contest. You can see all of the costumes on our Facebook page. Here are the top three winners:

3rd Place goes to:


Kolea and Abe the Monsters. They will win a $50 credit to Bark City's Candy Store. 

2nd Place:


Zoey the Dancing Taco. She will win a year subscription of BarkBox.

And the 1st Place Winner is (drum roll........):


Winston as Marilyn Monroe!!! He will win a 20 full day daycare package! 


Last but not least, I am going to leave you with some sneak peeks at some of the super secret happenings:

This is our new prospective Manager getting some butts in line. I am going to keep you guessing on why I have 40 dog butts lined up on my counter. 



She takes her modeling career very seriously. These are some totes. We got the idea off of Wear The Canvas. I put my embroidery skills to the test...seriously.

This is the back of the tote, because we have to advertise somewhere....



We like to start training our future employees early. Besides cloth dog ears can always make good "Vogue" mittens.

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