Q: Why Divine Dog Treats?

A: Most treats on the market are filled with chemicals, questionable meats and poor quality ingredients. If you wouldn't eat food of this quality, why would you feed it to your dog? Dogs who regularly eat a chemical laden diet can potentially experience many illnesses, allergies, skin problems, etc. This can also shorten your 4-legged family members life span. Switching to an organic diet can greatly improve the health of you and your dog.

Think about it...there are pesticides, agribusiness and conventional food producers that spray their crops. In return making your dogs food/treats a highly processed product. In theory, that is a lot of the nutritional value in conventional food that is lost in the process of the product! To ensure that your dog gets the nutritional vitamins and minerals s/he needs, fresh organic and natural foods added to your dogs daily diet can greatly benefit them. Thus, treats not only being a reward for your pet, but additional nutrients for your dog!

On another note, I volunteer at The Spokane Humane Society (http://www.spokanehumanesociety.org/). I haven't been able to lately with the starting of Divine Dog Treats and focusing on our new puppy Dexter, but SHS has a wish list of items they need. If you have old, even slighly expired dog food they will take it! Anything helps!

Dry pet food, for all animals and special diet

Non-clumping kitty litter

Towels and washcloths

Kong® dog toys

Large jars of peanut butter

Cat toys

Blankets (no electric blankets or down comforters)

KMR & Esbilac puppy & kitten powdered milk replacer

Pet nursing bottles

Heating pads

Pet shampoos & conditioners

Dog and cat brushes and grooming equipment

Dog crates and cat carriers

Cat beds (fleece or knitted blankets, 18" x 24")

Video baby monitor (for behavior assessments)

Baby scale

Frontline flea control

A Happy Dog is a Happy Life.

For those of you that don't know, Chris and I purchased a Boston Terrier in December and named him Dexter. And yes, Dexter on Showtime inspired us. :) He is the most adorable dog ever! When we picked Dexter up the breeder gave us food to get us by until we decided if we wanted to continue with what he was on or change his diet. When I asked what food he was on she replied with, "Kirkland Adult." Being a new owner and doing a ton of research on puppies, I knew that he needed to be on a puppy food for the nutrients. After talking to numerous trainers, our veterinary, and doing my research I finally decided to put him on a great organic puppy food. With that, I couldn't resist buying treats, toys and all the fun stuff that comes along with getting a new puppy. Knowing I wanted the best for Dexter I started to read the labels on the back of treats and I couldn't believe what the ingredients consisted of. So many of the treats have filters, additives, preservatives, sugar, trans fat, corn, etc. All of which are ingredients that aren't healthy for your dog(s) to be consuming, let alone humans.

So with that, it inspired me to start a dog treat business called...drum roll...Divine Dog Treats! My first goal is to expand the flavors I offer, possibly make doggie birthday cakes, and I'm toying with the dog food idea... we shall see! In the meantime I'm starting to take orders. If you are interested just email me at dextersdevine@gmail.com. Once I've received your order I will send you an invoice via PayPal. I currently have the following treats available:

Dexter's Favorite (peanut butter biscuits) - dry oats, unbleached whole wheat flour, all natural peanut butter, bottled water, egg.

Doggie Lax (soft pumpkin treats to help with sensitive stomachs) - mashed pure pumpkin, rice cereal, dry powered milk.

Dexie's Molasses Cookies - all natural peanut butter, blackstrap molasses, bottled water, rolled oats, unbleached whole wheat flour

They are offered in three sizes - 4oz for $5.00, 8oz. for $10 and 16oz. for $14.00. Right now I'm offering a couple specials to spread the word and get some orders out! Free shipping for orders over $15 (will ship your order out 2 days after I've received payment) and if you place an order with me by February 1st you get an additional ounce per bag of treats ordered for free!

Lastly, please follow my blog! I will have weekly specials, drawings to win goodies and I will be offering more treat options weekly. We can't forget the launch of my logo and Facebook page too. So stay tuned!