Howl-O-Ween Ice Cream Social

South Run Dogs, a small group of carind dog owners, are hosting a Howl-o-Ween Ice Cream social event on Sunday, October 28! They are having a Halloween costume contest, and Organic Doggy Kitchen is going to offer an assortment of organic dog biscuits to the winner!

South Run Dogs kindly invited me to do this big job, to be the judge of the contest, what a big job!! If you live close to the area, you should join this group because they seem to have lots of fun doggy activities throughout the year.

So dress up your dog and come join the fun next Sunday!

Doggy Birthday at Dogs by Day & Nite

This weekend, we made a special birthday cake for a dog named Katrina. She is having a birthday party at this awesome doggy daycare called "Dogs by Day & Nite." Miss Kiki has been there a few times for sleep-overs, and it's great because they care about dogs so much that they have a staff member who sleeps with doggies at night! It's like a doggy pajama party!! Another reason we love Dogs by Day is because they have a 24-hour lobby service, and you can drop off and pick up your dog as soon as you come back from your trip!

Anyways, back to Katrina's doggy cake. Katrina is a white Akita. What a coincidence, we happened to have an "Akita cookie cutter"!! And another coincidence, I happen to be Japanese, where Akitas are from, so I wrote Akita in Japanese on the cookie!!

Katrina likes peanut butter so we made the frosting with peanut butter, and put an extra layer of peanut butter, yum yum!

Dog Food 101 - The World's First Dog Food

Did you know that the first dog food was literally "dog biscuits"? Mr. James Spratt, an electrician from Ohio, first invented dog food.

In the 1860s, Mr. Spratt traveled to London on business. There were no airplanes back then, so he traveled by boat. He saw dogs in the shipyard eating leftover biscuits that sailors took for their long journeys.

Until then, companion dogs fed on leftover human food, including meats, grains, and veggies. But biscuits are easy to feed, have longer shelf lives, and best of all, easy to carry. And voila, dog biscuits were born! Mr. Spratt started creating dog biscuits made of wheat, veggies and meat. These first generation dog biscuits came in rather stylish looking tins. They are really cute!

K9 Karnival: Lost Dog & Cat Rescue

This Saturday, Lost Dog Rescue is hosting a fun, fundraiser event for dogs called "K9 Karnival"! Organic Doggy Kitchen is donating a gift box of our organic doggy treats, and if you are lucky, maybe you'll win!

I came to know Lost Dog Rescue several years ago when I met its president, Marcia in a doggy training class. It was a great class offered by Leash and Collar. Lost Dog Rescue is a great organization, they do help lots of dogs and cats every year, so please join the fun with your dog and help homeless animals!

By the way, Dogs by Day, a wonderful 24h doggy daycare in DC (and Kiki sometimes sleeps over with them), featured Organic Doggy Kitchen's biscuits in their newsletter! Thank you for spreading the word about our delicious and wholesome treats. They are handmade and baked with love!

Doggy Massage Lesson

There was a small article about my doggy massage instruction service called PAWsitive Touch in yesterday's Washington Post. We are having a group lesson later this month on October 27, so if you are interested, please contact us through PAWsitive Touch website!

By the way, my poor Kiki the Husky has some arthritis on her hind legs so I took her swimming this weekend with Koby and our Husky friends. It was her first time to swim but she did very well. You should see the videos, you'll see how much fun we had!