20 Ways to Celebrate National Dog Day

Everyone who owns a Dog should celebrate National Dog Day! It's fun, it's cheap and let's face it - it's no different than a birthday for a dear friend. Here are several ways you can celebrate National Dog Day:

1. Adopt a dog from your local shelter or pure breed rescue organization. Volunteer at your local shelter and offer to walk a dog or play with a dog, clean cages or anything else they need help with.
2. Have a safety check of your home to make sure it's safe for your dog and others.
3. Donate blankets, food and toys to animal welfare organizations.
4. Organize a peaceful demonstration in front of your community pet store that sells puppies.
5. Write your Congressman and ask that he/she support the ban of Puppy Mills and Gas Chambers in your state.
6. Order an adorable dog shaped flower arrangement from 1-800-Flowers.com and enjoy a 10% discount by using code DOG when placing your order!
7. Have a National Dog Day party and invite all your friends and their dogs! 8. Spend the day taking photos of your dog and then enter our photo contest!
9. Buy an official National Dog Day Tee here and sport it proudly!
10. Assist an ill or elderly neighbor by walking their dog.
11. Have a portrait painted of your dog to suspend the fleeting magic of dogdom.
12. Buy your dog a fun new dog toy....or two...or five.
13. Give your dog some fun exercise by taking him or her to a doggy play resort.
15. Brush your dog to eliminate excess fur.
16. Give your dog a massage or holistic spa treatment.
17. Teach your dog a new trick.
18. Buy your dog a fashionable collar and leash.
19. Hire a professional pet photographer for a fun photo shoot.
20. Take your dog to the beach.

Of course to Gerbeaux Dog Bakery, giving your pup a wonderful healthy dog treat straight from us is the BEST way to celebrate. Order one of our many dog cookies, iced or un-iced and you are sure to be a hit with your dog.

If you own a retail online dog boutique, apply for our wholesale account and carry our dog cookies in your store. No minimum order!

Just a sample of what Gerbeaux Dog Bakery has for your little one!

Look yummy? That is because it is, or at least that is what our furry friends tell US!

Left is our wonderful Mini Peanut Butter Dog Bars - perfect for all seasons and available all year around. These great dog bars come in a package of 6 and are overflowing with Peanut Butter. We spread our homemade peanut butter between two peanut butter bone shaped cookies and top it off with peanut butter yogurt icing and carob drizzle.
These dog bars are made when ordered and are always Wheat, Corn and Soy free. 
 

Don't forget it's still baseball season and if you are a die hard baseball fan - look no further for the best treat ever to wind up the season. These precious dog treats are a special Peanut Butter recipe and topped with Yogurt Icing. Play BALL!  

 This precious butterfly dog treat is made of our super tasty recipe of flour, natural peanut butter, organic honey, canola oil and yogurt icing. The cutest dog treat ever for summer! Hurry and order before the end of August because they will be flying off after that!



Whether you are wanting to give a dog gift or sell our homemade dog treats  in your store or perhaps just want to get a few for your own little one, shop Gerbeaux Dog Bakery today - we are all the craze!

Watch the candy and the goblins!

With Halloween only weeks away, soon our houses will be filled with ghosts, ghouls, goblins and candy. Storing up candy for the Halloween night "trick-or-treaters" and bringing home a bag full of goodies can be exciting and fun—but unfortunately, it can cause some problems in your home for your furry little ghosts.

Our four legged goblins enjoy diving into those trick or treat bags, but candy doesn't set well with our pets. Chocolate is any amount is bad for your pet. Chocolate has both caffeine and theobromine a stimulant occurring in the cacao bean. Consumption of theobromine by our pets can lead serious medical issues such as seizures, toxicity, convulsions and even death in some pets.

Be aware of Xylitol. Xylitol is a chemical used as a sweetener in sugar free and reduced sugar food items. These items are chewing gum and some candy. This dangerous chemical can cause liver failure, vomiting, depression and seizures.


Watch those hard candies - hard candy can get lodged in the throat of your pet making them very prone to choking.

While we know that Halloween is a super fun time for our children, not so sure it's great for our pets. Take extra steps to ensure that the Halloween candy is kept up on tables and far away from our little curious creatures.  Try having great dog treats on hand to give your pet - Gerbeaux Dog Bakery has great iced dog treats and seasonal dog treats that you can give all year long.

If you suspect that your pet has consumed candy - contact your veterinarian or the ASPCA Animal Poison Control Center at  (888) 426-4435.

So, take care of those little Halloweenies this Halloween and take those extra steps for pet safety at Halloween.