Holiday Danger List for Dogs

The holidays are around the corner, and there are several food items we'd like for you to keep away from your dogs. It is Organic Doggy Kitchen's wish that everyone, humans and canines alike, get to spend a very happy holiday together without a visit to an emergency vet. Below are some of the food that you find commonly in your house during the holiday season.

Raisins & Grapes: If ingested, they could cause renal failure in dogs AND cats. So make sure to keep those raisins away from your furries.

Macadamia Nuts: Nuts are holiday favorites but macadamias are toxic to our canine friends! They may cause weakness, depression, vomiting, etc. In the nuts family, it's a good idea to avoid feeding walnuts and black walnuts to your dogs.

Chocolates: Do not leave chocolate boxes under the tree, even if they are wrapped! Dogs like chololate's sweet smell so they may help themselves. Caffeine & theobromine in chocolates can cause serious problems in pets such as vomiting, diarrhea, excessive panting, etc. Darker the chocolate, more toxic to pets.

Yeasty Dough: If you are making homemade bread (yum!), be careful so that your dogs won't grab the rising dough. The dough will keep expanding in their stomach and cause problems.

No caffeinated drinks or alcohol for doggies during the holiday parties! They'll be content with their bowl of fresh water.

So if you are baking homemade bread with raisins and macadamia nuts and chocolate chips and your dog sneaks up on the kitchen counter while the dough is rising, you are in serious trouble.

If your dogs ingest any of the food items above, call your vet right away! If your vet is closed, you can either call emergency vets in your town. ASPCA has a 24-hour call center to help you as well. You can call Animal Poison Control Center at (888) 426-4435. But we certainly hope you'll have a very safe and happy holidays and won't have to call the emergency.

Get Well Cupcakes for a Special Doggy

Last week, doggy chefs at Organic Doggy Kitchen made special treats for a very special doggy, Beau. The request was to make something special as a get well wish for Beau the Beagle. We added some color to cheer up Beau and his family. Beau shared these delicious (I ate one!) cupcakes with his sister, and as his Mom told us later, they both enjoyed them :) I had an honor to meet this special boy when I delivered the cakes, and he is very cute and sweet! Everyone at the doggy kitchen is sending well-wishes for you, Beau!

Dogs Gone Political

Organic Doggy Kitchen has created very fun new products for political canines; Political Dog Biscuits are finally here! They are peanut-butter & honey flavored and low in fat, and of course, everything we use is human-grade certified orgnaic. The red bag is filled with republican elephant shaped biscuits, and the blue bag is filled with democratic donkey biscuits. They are the same flavor, so you can ask your dog which party animal they prefer or want to chomp! A perfect gift for politically savvy and the dogs who have everything.

We are donating a portion of each sale of these political biscuits to Washington Humane Society, who helps neglected, abused and homeless animals in Washington, D.C. Capotil Dog Bakery's product website is still under construction but we plan to report on which bags are selling more throughout 2008. As of today, both bags are selling equally! You can purchase them at local pet stores below, or shop at our Organic Doggy Kitchen shopping page.

Art & Frame of Falls Church

Dominion Pet Supply (Arlington)

Fetch (Alexandria/Lorton)

Nature's Nibbles (Alexandria)

PetMAC (Washington, DC)

Posh Pooch (Bethesda)

Pretentious Pooch (Baltimore)

ProFeed (Alexandria/Rockville)

More stores coming soon!

Pet Food Label Basics - Ingredient List

Do you know how to read pet food label? We realize that many of our customers are pet food savvy and already know this, but I went to a very interesting seminar on dog nutrition and pet obesity yesterday, and decided to share some basics on how to read pet food label.

What Is Your Dog Really Eating?

All pet food products, including our organic dog biscuits, must list ingredients on the back label. It's the law! If you grab a food or treat or any food items for your dogs and cats and the ingredients are not listed, not good news! Manufactures must list them in the order of descending weight (in most states). So the first ingredient on the label is what your dog is eating the most out of that food. Then, second is the second most thing in that food, third, and so on. This is true to any types of pet food, whether canned food, kibbles, treats, biscuits, etc.

Now we know that the first few items on the ingredients is what you'd like your dog to eat, because most likely that's the most food your dog is eating on daily basis. In case of dry food, it should be some sort of high quality protein.

High Quality Protein

What is high quality protein? Well, it should be protein source that you recognize from your grocery store. Beef, chicken, lamb, venison, rabbit, salmon, whatever it may be but make sure it's specific and make sure it's not "by-products" of animal source. Not all "by-products" are bad because it can be nutritional parts like liver. However, if a high quality food is using liver, it's probably listed as "beef liver" or "chicken liver" rather than "by-products". In general, "by-products" are probably mixed with not so appetizing body parts like chicken feet, beaks, etc.

It's probably a very good idea to avoid food that lists "meat meal" or "meat and bone meal." You may ask, "what meat is in the meat meal"? Exactly! In "meat" meal, we don't know what sort of meat it is because they don't have to specify it as far as it's some sort of "meat." It can be road-kills, diseased animals, talk about scary! Same is true with "animal fat." What "animal" are they talking about? Well, we don't know... So remember, animal source in "meat meal" and "animal fat" are MYSTERY CREATURES! FYI, here at Organic Doggy Kitchen, we do not use any mystery meats. In fact, most of our dog biscuits are strictly vegetarian!

Additives & Preservatives

Sugar and salt are not necessary, either. Another thing you may want to avoid is food coloring. Why does dog food have to look bright red and yellow? Does your dog care? No! It's there to please your human eyes.

When you bake cookies, you know it's done because the dough turns brown-ish in color. As dog bakery, we know how much coloring you need to put in a dough to keep that bright color in order to overcome baking (browning) effects. Occasional food coloring will probably not do harm to your dog, but if you are feeding bright colors to your dog every single day for a long-period of time, you may want to be careful...

You'd probably want to avoid certain chemical preservatives, too. Some of the infamous ones are BHA and BHT which are added to preserve fats. These chemicals are proven to be harmful to lab animals. But it's probably a good idea to avoid them to be on the safe side. It's also notable that the amount of BHA/BHT allowed for pet food is much higher than the amount allowed for humans, so we may want to be careful!

Another preservatives to be careful of is Ethoxyquin. There are more than a few reports identifying this chemical preservative as possible cause of illness/health problems in many dogs. You can do a quick Google search on Ethoxyquin and dogs, and you'll be surprised. Organic Doggy Kitchen does not use any of these additives in our organic dog biscuits.

In Short...

It is kind of scary, but we don't mean to scare you. It is our sincere wish that your dogs eat healthy quality food to live a happy long life with you! Here's good news! You don't have to worry about these ingredients or memorize them if you shop at natural pet supply stores. All of our customer stores care so much about your pets' health that their shelves are stocked with only high quality pet food. You can select any of the items from their shelves without any worries. And if you have any questions, staff members at these stores are very knowledgeable and they can answer your questions and help you choose the right food for your dogs.

If you find this helpful, please tell your doggy friends. The same is true with cat food, so please feel free to let your kitty friends know how to read pet food labels!

Shop & Support Homeless Animals!

Did you have a fun Halloween? Organic Doggy Kitchen had an honor of making a Halloween Doggy Cake for one of our customer stores, PetMAC in Arlington. PetMAC is a very special store because they work together with Homeward Trails Rescue Group, and every single time you purchase pet food and supplies at PetMAC, you are in fact helping homeless animals! Needless to say, all the food they sell is of course all natural and very high-quality.

Kiki and Koby and I couldn't make it to the party because we had a lot of biscuits to bake at the Doggy Kitchen, but Cindy, the owner of PetMAC just told me today that everyone loved the cake, and "nary a crumb was left to bring home!" Cindy even tried it and said it was tasty!

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!

Homeward Trail's Hot Dog Round Up

Another fun doggy event is happening this weekend. Homeward Trails, a rescue group that helps rural dogs of West Virginia find homes in the DC metro area, is hosting a event called Hot Dog Round Up. What a name!! All kinds of fun activities for dogs and their humans, you just have to check out the event website!

PetMAC will be hosting a table there and offering Organic Doggy Kitchen's handmade organic dog biscuits, so join this fun, fundraiser with your dog and help homeless animals!

1500 Dog Lovers!

I had such a wonderful day yesterday. Green Pets, one of the very first stores to carry our biscuits, kindly invited Organic Doggy Kitchen to participate in their booth at Washington Humane Society's Walk for the Animals at the National Mall. The weather was gorgerous, the sky was blue, and many many many happy dogs and people! Over 1500 people participated in this year's walk along with their beloved canine family members. This is the biggest doggy cake we've ever made. It originally said "WALK" for the animals but it got sliced by the time I got the camera out. The cake was very heavy but was popular and almost all gone within an hour!

The event had such positive energy everywhere, can you imagine being around 1500 people who care so much about homeless animals? It was just such a happy day, people were happy, dogs were happy, and so was I! I met several people & doggies who are fans of our Organic Doggy Kitchen biscuits!! Thank you so much for stopping by to say hi, and thank you also for supporting local homeless animals.

I highly recommend everyone to join the event next year, even if you don't have dogs, just join and enjoy the outdoor festivity, it's just so much fun! You can see what kind of fun we had in the Washington Humane Society's online photo album and other cakes that we made for this event. And if you ever need help with nutritional needs of your dogs and cats, call Green Pets, they are really the experts and very friendly! They deliver locally and ship nationwide so you can fetch our organic dog biscuits!

The event raised over $100K!!! Cheers to everyone who joined the Walk to help the homeless animals and many thanks to all the hard-working staff members of HSUS/WHS and volunteers who made this happen!

How Organic Doggy Kitchen Started

There is an article about how Organic Doggy Kitchen started in this month (October) issue of Northern Virginia Magazine so please pick up a copy and check it out! The article refers to our Miss Kiki as my "Career Advisor" and now she also taste tests everything for us. If we drop a small piece of cookie dough by accident, both Kiki and Koby are there to clean the floor, too!

By the way, please come to Washington Humane Society's Walk for the Animals tomorrow and drop by at Green Pets booth. Organic Doggy Kitchen will be there offering FREE doggy cake to everyone who participates to support homeless animals. We are making a big, big, big doggy cake today. It's the biggest one we've ever made!! And also tiny little cupcakes for dogs, so please come over and say hi and treat your doggy to a piece of cake. Looking forward to meeting you and your doggies :)

Organic Doggy Kitchen Newsletter!

Autumn is almost here, it's time for fun dog events! We have been gathering interesting doggy information and fun local dog events to share with fellow caring dog parents. Since Organic Doggy Kitchen is committed to the wellness of dogs, we will talk about pet nutrition and health eating for your dogs as well and tell you why we chose certain ingredients in our organic dog treats in each issue. If you'd like to read our quarterly newsletter, please sign up at our website!

Free Doggy Cake - Sept 1 in Del Ray

This cake was our weekend project here at Organic Doggy Kitchen. Mr. Robbie, a cutest Cavalier, celebrated his 2nd birthday with his doggy friends. We made a mostly-organic pumpkin-flavored cake and goody bags of organic Peanut Butter & Banana biscuits for his barkday party. A little bit of color was added to the icing to match the party theme color of blue, purple and lime green. It was a lot of fun :)

Nature's Nibbles in Del Ray neighborhood of Alexandria is having a grand-reopening celebration on September 1. We'll be making a big cake (flavor TBD) for everyone to enjoy and bring it over to the store, so if your dogs like to try a piece of our cake, this is your chance! Come join the celebration at Nature's Nibbles! with your dogs!!

Funny Customer Comments

I must confess, I eat dog biscuits. Not any dog biscuits, just the ones that we bake ourselves. Our organic dog biscuits smell so yummy in the oven, and you just have to try them when they come out. Cheese biscuits are good for lunch-time, and Apple-Cinnamon and Peanut Butter & Banana are great for mid-afternoon snacks, they go well with a cup of tea :) We just found out we are not the only ones.

One of our retail customers sent us an e-mail and said...

'' I have one client that loves to eat them himself and always keeps a bag in his car!!!"

And Lois, my neighbor and animal massage therapist, buys our biscuits for her canine clients. And she said her husband ate our Peanut Butter & Banana biscuits and he actually really liked them, funny! Just for record, Organic Doggy Kitchen does not recommend humans to eat our dog biscuits! Well, I do because I test one out of every batch to ensure deliciousness, but if you eat your dog's biscuits, you know that's one less biscuit for your dog... Can you stand those sad eyes?

Tails Pet Magazine

Have you seen "Go Green" issue of the latest "Capital Tails Magazine" at pet stores near you? If you are not in the D.C. metro areal, don't worry, Tails Inc. has publications everywhere around the country. It's a very nice magazine, rescue friendly and you can tell that people who make this magazine truly, deeply care for dogs and cats.

Our Peanut Butter & Banana organic dog biscuits was featured in this issue. What's in them? Organic whole wheat flour, organic rye flour, organic bananas, organic peanut butter, organic eggs, and organic flax seeds. So they are indeed vegetarian dog biscuits!

We make sure to ripen bananas to perfection, and this is actually one of the most irresistibly good smelling biscuits when they are in the oven. And yes, since they are irresistibly good smelling, I always eat a few when they come out of the oven and it's actually hard to stop munching on them.

Anyways, I just wanted to let you know. We try to be Eco-friendly as much as possible, and if you order our biscuits, you'll see that our shipping peanuts are doggy-friendly and actually edible! And believe me, I ate one. My dogs ate some that fell on the floor, too!

Tail wags till next time :)

New Dog Wash in Herndon

I went to a really, really cute dog wash last weekend to help out the Dog Wash Fundraiser for Furry Suits Rescue. The fundraiser was held at this brand new dog wash place in Herndon, VA, called Bark & Bubbles! You should check out the website before you go because they have different specials every day of the week.

Bark & Bulles also has a cafe for people, and if you go there, you MUST try their mango smoothie! It was one of the best mango smoothies I had.

The cake I made for this event was Carob & Banana cake with Peanut Butter icing. It was yummy, believe me, I tried it before serving :)

Free Dog Cake, Tomorrow!!

Oops, this doggy chef has not been blogging because she has been out and about filming documentary TV programs... but now back in her Doggy Kitchen! Sorry this is a very last minute notice but if anybody local is viewing this post, I am baking another big doggy cake tomorrow. Swing by with your dog between Noon and 3pm at ProFeed in Rockville, and treat your dog to a free slice of doggy cake! Our doggy cake has been proven very yummy as well as our organic dog treats. Montgomery County's homeless dogs will be there, so come say hi to them and show your support to the local animal shelter!!

Pro Feed Pet Nutrition Center
5542 Randolph Road Rockville, MD 20852
Tel: (301) 468-7387

Matty in Alabama

I just received a funny picture of our fan, Matty and wanted to share with everyone. We sent her an assortment of our biscuits as special gift from another fan of ours, Miss Daisy of Florida, and look what Matty is doing! Flat on the floor and digging the bag with her nose! This is sooo super cute! I am so happy that she likes our biscuits that much :)

Doggy Happy Hour - Photo Contest Winner!

Last Friday, we had a Doggy Happy Hour in Falls Church. Clix Photo Studio, Purr-fect Grrooming, DoggyWalkers and homeless dogs of Lost Dog Rescue joined this fun event! We baked a big doggy cake and it was very popular among our canine friends. We also held a photo contest. Dr. Michele Kelly of Falls Church Animal Hospital chose our winner! And the winner is... Maggie! Cheers to Maggie!

This is what Maggie's family says about her. Very sweet!

" We just adopted her from the lost dog and cat rescue center and she has been one of the best dogs ever!!! She is sweet, energetic, fun to play with, and 26 pounds of filling love!!! We have so many cute pictures it was hard to choose! We love her so much and she is one of the best things that has happened to our family!!! We love her like crazy!!"

I thought we made a big enough cake for everyone, but it was gone by the end of the evening! Here, you can see how popular our doggy cake was!

Little Boston Terrier Loves Our Doggy Cake!

Kai the Husky Hops for Our Doggy Cake!

Doggy Happy Hour in Falls Church

When: May 4 (Friday)/6pm to 8 pm

Where: 111 Park Ave. Falls Church, VA (Art & Frame of Falls Church)

Organic Doggy Kitchen is hosting doggy happy hour this coming Friday along with other local pet business owners! Come meet local dog trainers, pet sitters, pet photographer, groomers, and the homeless dogs from Lost Dog Rescue! We are baking a big doggy cake for everyone to enjoy, for free!!

The picture here is the doggy birthday cake and the party platter I made for Piper's 10th birthday. Piper's mom says everyone loved our cake! It's banana cake with peanut butter frosting, yum yum! I haven't decided what flavor of cake to make for the happy hour, you just have to let your doggy find it out on Friday!

Price of a Puppy in Japan

Hello! I didn't Blog for a while because I was in Japan for a few weeks, just came back! I have to tell you what I saw in a pet store in my hometown in Yokohama. I went to visit a pet store and see what's available there. My conclusion, the labeling laws there are not as strict as it is here. I saw some treats that lists NO ingredients, or treats that obviously look like made with preservatives and colorings but not identified as one of the ingredients. I also saw this a little disturbing treats, Horse Jerky..., dried meat of horse for dogs...

It made me sad to see small animals, kittens and pups on sale in the store. The store also has a vet's office inside, and they seem to live in pretty clean environment. I saw a tiny toy poodle puppy there. Guess how much he costs... You will be amazed... A puppy in a pet store.

A few hundred dollars?

Try again!

One thousand?

Nope, not enough.

Three thousand?

You have a way more to go.

Five thousand?

You have to climb up and up further.

The price of this puppy was about $9000.00 (US). Yes, nine thousand dollars! I had to count how many zeros were there in that price tag because that's about one million Japanese yen!!

He was sound asleep and I couldn't see how pretty he was, but let me tell you, I believe my rescued huskies are as good of dogs as the $9000 dollar puppy!

Of course, he was THE MOST expensive puppy in the store, but the puppy price seemed to start from a few thousand dollars. FYI, I am against puppy mills and store-sold animals... there are so many loving dogs looking for home, and guess what, if I had a $9000 to spare on a dog, I can adopt a friendly dog and donate the rest of the money to save many other homeless dogs!

Tail wags till next time!

Doggy Truffles

As a doggy chef, I am committed to making absolutely delicious and healthy goodies for dogs. Once in a while, I get to make special doggy treats. I get to use the"fun" side of creativity and use a little bit of coloring to add visual effect to the canine cuisine experience. The picture here is "doggy truffles" that I made yesterday. They are miniature peanut butter biscuits covered with yogurt coating. I used yogurt icing and festive doggy confetti! Kiki is in love with these treats, but she doesn't get to have them to often. They are indeed a special treat for her.

Tail wags till next time!

Where To Find Safe Pet Food in DC & Northern Virginia

I just saw the news that FDA is banning wheat gluten from China. Apparently, it was the wheat gluten that caused the death/sickness of so many pets in this country and the recent massive recall. The toxic substance they found in gluten, "melamine" is used in plastics, etc. How does such a thing get into "wheat gluten"? It's pretty scary that even "Prescription Diet" food that you get from your vet's office is being recalled!

Organic Doggy Kitchen have been receiving a number of inquiries about dog food from concerned local dog parents. We are a wholesale/Internet dog bakery without a storefront but we had a few customers showing up at our door last week looking for us. Unfortunately, we don't make pet food so we refer them to our retail customers because the food they have selected to carry in their stores are the best of the best in today's market. If you are local in Falls Church and Northern Virginia, here are some of the stores you can visit to get wholesome food for your beloved pets.

ARLINGTON
Dominion Pet Supply
PetMAC

ALEXANDRIA
ProFeed
Nature's Nibbles (They Deliver!)

FAIRFAX & MIDDLEBURG
Wylie Wagg

GREAT FALLS
The Magic Pet Place

WASHINGTON, DC
The Big Bad Woof
Pet Essentials/Green Pets

I also wanted to assure to our customers that the certified organic wheat that we use are grown in the U.S. and our organic farmers grind them freshly for us! We searched for and picked the very best certified organic ingredients in today's market, needless to say, everything we use is "human-grade." That's why we believe Organic Doggy Kitchen biscuits are the highest quality in today's pet food market, and our organic dog biscuits are safe for your dogs!

Meet Ben

Did you see NBC's Today Show yesterday? There was a segment on someone from the animal shelter that I volunteer for, the Animal Welfare League of Alexandria. Once a week, I visit the shelter to take pictures of homeless dogs, and sometimes, small animals for their website. I have been doing this for quite some time now.

The story was about how Dolores, our volunteer coordinator left her corporate job to take this non-profit position, but she enjoys it much more than her previous job. Then, there were many shots of "BEN." Ben is a very special dog that we have at the shelter, and I try to promote him every opportunity that I have, so I have to tell you about him, too.

Ben looks like a little bit like a Beagle, but Ben's Mom was a purebred boxer. She was rescued from Louisiana after the Hurricane Katrina and came all the way to Alexandria. One morning, a shelter staff walked in the kennel, and found 2 pups in her cage! She was so skinny that nobody knew she was pregnant!!

So we had two brand new pups! Ben, and his brother, Cajun. Mom and Cajun both found home already, but Ben is still at the shelter. He was born with a hind leg that was not fully functional, and went through some rehab sessions. But not to worry, he can walk fine and in fact, runs pretty fast, like a normal pup. In fact, he does run fast so you probably can't catch him once he starts playing the "Catch Me If You Can!" game with a toy in his mouth.

Ben turned 1 year old in November of 2006, and we celebrated his birthday at the shelter. I baked a big doggy birthday cake for him, of course, made with mostly organic ingredients. In the above photo, he looks sad because the cake was too big for him and he was told to stop eating it. But big-hearted Ben shared his cake with all of his doggy friends at the shelter!

Today, April of 2007, Ben still doesn't have a home. So I am taking every opporunity to spread the word about him. If you know someone who is looking for a special dog, please help spread the word, too!

Search for William

William, a Weimaraaber Mix with white markings, escaped from his foster home on March 10 in Arlington on March 10. He is a homeless dog cared by Friends of Homeless Animals, where I used to volunteer as kennel helper a while ago. William escaped from his foster home on March 10. He has been spotted in the area around Bailey's Crossroads, Route 7, Columbia Pike, and Sleepy Hollow Park. That's not too far from our Doggy Kitchen, in fact, my commute route! I am helping Friends of Homeless Animals to put flyers up.

If you see William, do not chase him but just call the rescue group. He is very shy! If you happen to live or work in that area, South Arlington, Annandale, Falls Church, please, please visit this website and print & post flyers. He has been roaming around for 20 days now and everyone is very worried for him, I want him to be safe ASAP!

The Tail Waggin' Jamboree

It sounds like there will be a big fun next weekend in downtown Fredericksburg! A rescue group run by a mom and a daughter called Friends-Fur-Life is organizing a fundraiser event to benefit their homeless animals. It's called The Tail Wagging' Jamboree" on Friday, April 6. What a great name! Check out the details here. I wish I could join, but I'll be super busy next week so will have to miss it, sadly. But we donated some of our organic dog biscuits, so if you go to the event, please bid on our biscuits to help homeless animals, and if you win them, your dog will be happy, too :)

Tail Wags till next time!