Just some updates and ideas...

Well hey there everybody. I know it's been some time since my last post, but here I am. As you know, I was MIA from market night due to a car door incident. I am happy to announce that my car is fixed and that I am planning on being back at market night next Thursday, May 6. This, I pray, is going to be a sort of relaunch. I tried to take advantage of my time away to make my business more of what I have been dreaming it to be from the beginning. I took some time to do research and development, ordered samples of various items, and am still on the search to make a professional treat-chef name for myself.

I have come a long way since initially starting my business. I want to specialize in preservative free, all natural treats for dogs. I don't use flavorings, rather I use higher amounts or real meat. God gave me the dream of making my own pet beds and blankets too. (I eventually want to do doggie clothes, but one step at a time). I have developed some fantastic recipes and I have learned to sew. I love having these skill, but I felt like I wanted to provide more to my customers. So, I went to a wholesale distributor in Long Beach. They have pet supplies and I bought some really cute pet beds, harnesses, leashes, collars and some clothes. All the items are really reasonable and are affordable for customers. I can't wait to show everyone next Thursday.

Still, even after taking this leap of faith in my business, I have more I want to do. I guess that's the side effect of having a business you're passionate about. From the beginning I wanted my treats to be organic. After doing research I discovered this would be pretty expensive. I decided to start my biz on all natural, and preservative free knowing that with this I could at least get started. I still have the dream of having an organic line and I am seriously considering heading in that direction, albeit very slowly. So, I decided to introduce one chicken recipe to start. I haven't purchased the meat yet and I'm pretty sure I wont even have it to sell my first night back at market night, but at least my mind is made up on where to start. With that being said, the chicken is really the organic aspect of the treat. This was the obvious place to start for me given that certified organic farming has higher standards for how their slaughter animals are raised and what they are fed. It is a far more humane way for farm animals to live compared to the modern mass-produced farming. I feel as though I am rambling, but I think that's what a blog is all about, right?

Something I am even more excited about is a having a decent website. I have had a store where customers could purchase treats online, but it's not really bringing in any money. I'm not totally sure why, but I'm sure the fact that people assume they can just buy treats locally affects this. I also think that since it didn't say much about me that the site I had wasn't really geared towards new customers. With all that being said, I now have a much nicer website that I really like. I used Bark Pet Photography's website as my inspiration. Their website is beautiful and Kim Rogers takes some amazing pictures. Check out my website at http://www.healthybitedogtreats.showitsite.com/#/home/

If you have any suggestions for my website, blog, FB fan page, or just in general, I would love to hear them! :) I am always looking for feedback. I will try to post soon, even if it's just about what's going on in my ever-spinning mind.