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Just Dogs! Gourmet ~ Woodbury, MN
10150 City Walk Drive Woodbury, MN 55129
651.738.DOGS (3647)
Showing posts with label Natural Dog Treats. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Natural Dog Treats. Show all posts
Wednesday, February 13, 2013
February Newsletter / Just Dogs! Gourmet Woodbury
Sunday, February 10, 2013
Himalayan Dog Chew / Safe Alternative to Raw Hide Bones
Himalayan Dog Chew
Processed & Packaged in the USA
What is Himalayan Dog Chew?
In the Himalayas, the chew comes from an ancient recipe that is used by the locals to create a long-lasting snack that they can slowly work in their mouths while they are working in the fields.Guaranteed Analysis
Crude Protein Min 52.6%. Crude Fat Min 0.9%. Ash Max 6.0%. Moisture Max 10.2%Ingredients
100% Yak and Cow Milk. Salt and Lime Juice.Why is it so special?
Himalayan Dog Chew is a very hard chew. Although cheese, it is sometimes popularly reffered to as Concrete, Glass, Wood and Metal. Depending on the size and eating habits of the dog, this is a very long lasting dog chew that you can find. Dogs must work the end of the treat for hours, softening it with their mouths before small parts of it can be slowly scraped off.Himalayan Dog Chew is 100% natural with no preservatives. It is an authentic type of cheese eaten by the people of the Himalayas. When you give this chew to your dog, you know that you are providing them with hours of high quality eating entertainment.
We, here at Himalayan Dog Chew, believe very strongly in the potential for this product to become a household name, and we look forward to sharing our discovery with other dog owners. If this has piqued your interest or you have any further questions about Himalayan Dog Chew, please do not hesitate to contact us.
How is Himalayan Dog Chew made?
We have created a consortium of roughly 900 farmers in the Himalayas of Nepal. These farmers are trained, given 5-6 months ahead notice and are paid right away to produce the Himalayan Dog Chews.
Here is how, the chews are made using the ancient recipe and techniques, that is still prevalent in the Himalayas.
Each Farmer has 2-5 cows and yaks that they milk everyday, using traditional method, without any modern devices. The cattles are fed all natural leaves from the forest and graze on natural pastures where present. They collect roughly 6 gallons to make 2 pounds of Himalayan Dog Chew. On average, each farmer makes about 20 pounds per month.
The milk is boiled for 4-5 hours. The hot milk is poured into a hand-cranked centrifuge device, some using more traditional methods, to remove all the fat. The fat is boiled to make local butter called “Ghee”, and are sold as a separate commodity. The fat-free milk obtained is used to make the Himalayan Dog Chew.
Once the milk has cooled down, it is treated with 10 ml of lime juice and 10 mg salt for about 100 gallons of milk. The sour of the mild acid coagulates the milk and the salt speeds up the process. The solids are then separated using a burlap sac, which is washed several times using warm water to remove the whey, and any hints of salt and lime juice.
The solids in the burlap sac is then subjected to squeezing for about 3 weeks, when the cake obtained contains at most 5% moisture. They use bricks as weights and shaper, with sac of moist chew in the middle.
The cake is then cut to size and prepared for cooking under the sun and smoke for 2-3 months. They are strung through ropes and hung for drying/cooking.
These chews are collected from the farmers and brought into our warehouse, which are sorted for quality. The best 10-15% are retained for Himalayan Dog Chew, and the remaining 85-90% are either sold in local market (in Nepal) for human consumption and other purposes.
The chews are further cleaned using buffing machines and lime juice, and cut to size, then packaged and shipped to dealers from our facility in Washington State.
Where are they from?
Most of our Himalayan Dog Chew (made with Yak and Cow Milk) comes from the shaded region (in the map to the right) of the Himalayas in Nepal. Remaining come from a Dairy Farm (made with Cow Milk) in Moses Lake, WA. 30% of the total work is done by the farmers who milk the yaks and cows, turn them into cheese, and cook them under the sun and smoke.
10% of the work is done at our facilities in Kathmandu Nepal such as quality check, cleaning and sorting.
The remaining 60% of the work is done at our facility at Mukilteo, WA such as resorting, dehydrating, cutting, packaging and shipping.
Himalayan Dog Chews Website
Just Dogs Gourmet
10150 City Walk Drive Woodbury, MN 55129
651.738.DOGS (3647)
Thursday, January 31, 2013
Birthday Cakes / Just Dogs Woodbury
We bake our own birthday cakes for your dog.
Call us 3 days ahead to order.
You can pick the color and personalized it for your pooch.
We also have Happy Birthday bones available now as well!
Make sure to take a photo of your dog with their Birthday cake and submit it to us at justdogswoodbury@gmail.com and we will showcase it on our Dogs who Love Just Dogs! section.
Just Dogs Gourmet
10150 City Walk Drive Woodbury, MN 55129
651.738.DOGS (3647)
Thursday, January 17, 2013
Like Just Dogs Gourmet in Woodbury on Facebook / Friendly Coupon
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Just "Like" Just Dogs Gourmet Woodbury on Facebook, click on the Friendly Coupon Link on the upper right hand side and get a FREE DOG WASH for our popular K9000 Self Serve Dog Wash and 4 Free Market treats!
If you already "like" Just Dogs Gourmet on Facebook just click on the Friendly Coupon link and you too will receive a FREE DOG WASH and some treats!
Just Dogs Gourmet
10150 City Walk Drive Woodbury, MN 55129
651.738.DOGS (3647)
Sweet Potato Chews / Safe Alternative to Raw Hide Bones
Snook's Sweet Potato Dog Chews and Chips
Made with "human grade" and natural ingredients. Great alternative to rawhide and are recommended for dogs with special diets. Also helps to keep your dogs teeth and gums healthy and clean. Will not stain most carpets. Product of USA {product of Oregon}.
Made with "human grade" and natural ingredients. Great alternative to rawhide and are recommended for dogs with special diets. Also helps to keep your dogs teeth and gums healthy and clean. Will not stain most carpets. Product of USA {product of Oregon}.
3-20 lb dog - Small Sweet Potato Chew
20-60 lb dog - Medium Sweet Potato Chew
60-100 lb dog - Large Sweet Potato Chew
100 lb + dog - Xtra Large Sweet Potato Chew
Sweet Potato Chips available in 4 oz, 8 oz, 1 lb, and 5 lb bags
SWEET POTATO DOG CHEWS & CHIPS
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Thank You, Thank You, Thank You!
My sister found your [sweet potato] product at the Portland Saturday Market earlier this year, and gave my Lola and Moses (Boston Terriers) a rope ofchews for Christmas. Lola always hides her bones and any other kind of chew product. With just a bit of prodding (we licked the chew so she could smell it), she was all over it! She has no interest in burying them outside.
Trying to find some locally, I found that other sweet potato chews in natural pet food stores were tremendously expensive. I'm glad I had the sense to retrieve the Snook's tag out of the garbage - it was worth the ick factor. My order arrived yesterday, and I wanted to say thanks! The dogs were crying at the counter where I'd placed the bag. They were in heaven last night with their Snook's dog chews! Tonight we'll add using the Tooth Oil.
I really wanted to say this is a great product. Not only will I be purchasing more, but you will definitely get lots of word of mouth advertising from me. —Valerie Lescantz
My Dogs Love Them!
I would like to carry your sweet potato treats in my natural pet supply store in Maryland. How do I go about doing that? My dogs love them and can't get enough! Thanks, –Stacy Baron's K-9 Country Store
We Are Hooked
We are hooked! Reddi, our 5 month old puppy not only loves munching on your sweet potato chewsbut he loves tossing it in the air and teasing us with it. Keeps our puppy happy (especially those those times when he is restricted to his crate) which is a good thing if you know what I mean. Thanks for a great product! –Cathy
He Loves Sweet Potatoes
More Than Any Other Treat
I found your products at the Portland Saturday Market and was intrigued. My dog, a Terrier, is chronically itchy and has an issue with his tummy and tartar as well. I bought your small hemp ropesweet potato chew and he gets so excited whenever I get out the rope that I have to stand over him to be sure he doesn't devour it all in one sitting! He LOVES the sweet potatoes more than any treat I've given him and it doesn't upset his tummy like other treats. I was also very impressed with your knowledge about dogs' overall health and the nutritional supplements I can give him that will greatly improve his quality of life. I'm in the process of changing his dog food so it's too soon to know the results but I'm sure he'll soon enjoy a great improvement of his overall itchiness. I'll check back in a couple months with an update. Thank you so much! –Lisa
These Chews are Great!
These chews are GREAT! Our Bassetts immediately went crazy over them. No nasty residue, leaves breath sweet and clean-smelling, and best of all, no nasty rawhide. We have to take the chews away, or they will devour in one sitting. Great product, great idea - good luck! –Kathy, Anchorage, AK
Fabulous Products!
My dog Sissy and I both thank you for your fabulous products and helpful pet care suggestions. We congratulate you on this expansion of your business, and wish you much success in the future. You deserve it. –Jason
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So Good, Dogs Want to Eat them Two at a Time!
I just bought some of your Dog Chews. The dogs love them! It was so funny, one was trying to put two in his mouth at the same time. You have a great product and I wish you guys the best. — Norma
100% Sweet Potato Dog Chews
Loved by Dogs with Allergies
It was a pleasure meeting you at Portland Saturday Market. Our dogs have enjoyed your sweet potato treats for a little while now. Our Lab/Pitbull mix has had such horrible allergies since he was a puppy. We actually thought that at one point his quality of life was in jeopardy and actually contemplated putting "down." We have since changed his diet to non-wheat products and only give him non-wheat treats and it's made a huge difference in his life. He still has some slight allergies but nothing like he had before we switched his food. He loves his sweet potato treats a lot! Thanks! — Jeanne
This is a Fan Letter
This is a fan letter - my two Jack Russells absolutely LOVE the Sweet Potato Dog Chips. I purchased them at Wags! in Eugene, Oregon. I'd recently started sharing a bite or two of a baked sweet potato with my two little guys after learning how good sweet potatos are for dogs. With the sweet potato dog chips I now have this treat available all the time, not just when I bake sweet potatos for lunch or dinner. Thank you again for this imaginative and dog-approved treat! –Miss Jan
A Great Natural Product
I live in England and was recently visiting Eugene, Oregon and I came across your sweet potato dog chips in "Wags" dog store. Since arriving home in England my dogs have been enjoying your sweet potato chips with gusto! You sweet potato chips will complement their natural diet nicely. Thanks for a great natural product. –Coni
Even Fussy Dogs Love It
We are from Maui and went to the Portland Saturday Market to look around. We found your booth and were fascinated in your products. We bought the two medium hemp rope chews and my daughter returned back to Maui. She gave them the treats and they took it to their bedding. They ate the whole thing so fast and were looking for more. The younger dog is fussy and she was the very one that was eating it first. So your product is great. Will recommend this to everyone. Great job in coming up with this product. –Diane
Enjoy Doesn't Describe It!
I got some Snook's Sweet Potato Chips from JoAnne at the Critter Corner in Kanab, Utah about three weeks ago when visiting Best Friends Animal Sanctuary. I had never seen this product before, but have given sweet potatoes to my dogs, retired racing Greyhounds. I thought they might enjoy these. Wrong! Enjoy is too weak a word! They absolutely love them and there is an added benefit, too. Retired racers have notoriously bad teeth, and the Sweet Potato Chips do a wonderful job of knocking off tarter and helping keep their teeth clean. (Thank you!)—Nancy Waddell
Heaven is Online for My Dogs
We received our sweet potatoes in the mail today and my doggies are in HEAVEN! We've been out for awhile and they were having withdrawals... they don't like milk bones/ dog bones/ rawhides, etc. (and I don't trust giving them to them anymore anyway!)... They just want SNOOKS sweet potatoes! Thank you so much for making them! We Love SNOOKS!!! :) —Missy
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Just Dogs Gourmet
10150 City Walk Drive Woodbury, MN 55129
651.738.DOGS (3647)
Wednesday, January 9, 2013
Natural Nuggets / Safe Alternative to Raw Hide Bones
Natural Nuggets
100 % USA Organic Spelt Recipe made with "human grade" Ingredients. No Wheat, Corn, Preservatives, By Products or Chemical Additives.
Available in Beef and Cheddar PotatoBlueberry Anti-Oxident
Turkey and Sweet Potato
Just Dogs Gourmet
10150 City Walk Drive Woodbury, MN 55129
651.738.DOGS (3647)
Elk Antlers - Safe Alternative to Raw Hides / Just Dogs! Gourmet Woodbury
Elk Antlers
Wapiti Labs Split Elk Antlers come from ranch raised Minnesota Elk and are 100% natural, no preservatives. Antlers are a great chew for any dog and they help clean teeth! These naturally shed antlers won’t splinter like other hard chews. They’re a 100% natural source of over 40 essential nutrients promoting strong bones and healthy joints. Splits antlers have Marrow exposed making for a softer chew that gives instant gratification of yummy marrow for your dog.
Some of the many benefits of Elk Velvet Antler:
Relieve joint stiffnessSupport positive kidney function
Increase bone density
Boost energy levels
Aid muscle recovery
Stimulate and strengthen immune system
Reduce inflammation
Increase red blood cell production and circulation
Aid in treatment of arthritis
Enhance ability to cope with stress – physical, emotional and chemical
Wapaiti Labs Inc Website
Just Dogs! Gourmet
10150 City Walk Drive Woodbury, MN 55129
651.738.DOGS (3647)
Sunday, September 16, 2012
Fall Edition / September Newsletter - Just Dogs! Gourmet, Woodbury
Just Dogs Gourmet
10150 City Walk Drive Woodbury, MN 55129
651.738.DOGS (3647)
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Alternative to Rawhides / Just Dogs Woodbury
Rawhide chews are a popular treat for dogs. You might have heard that rawhide is good for your dog’s teeth and helps with his natural instinct to chew. But are there any drawbacks to giving your dog rawhide treats? Are there other alternatives that work just as well? Here’s what you need to know.
1. What are rawhide dog treats made of?
Rawhide treats come from the inner layer of cow or horse hides. During manufacturing, the hides are cleaned and cut or ground. Then they’re pressed into chewable dog treats of different shapes and sizes. To make them more appealing for dogs, some rawhide treats contain beef, chicken, or liver flavorings.
2. What are the benefits of rawhide?
All dogs need to chew. It’s a natural instinct. Some even spend hours chewing every day. Chewing can provide your dog stimulation and help relieve anxiety. Especially with puppies, treats like rawhide bones can be a great substitute for your leather shoes and the legs of the dining room table!
Chewing also keeps dogs’ jaws strong, teeth clean, and breath a bit fresher. Dogs that chew regularly on rawhides and other bones or toys have less plaque and tartar build-up on teeth.
3. Are there risks associated with rawhide dog treats?
Given the amount of rawhide consumed by dogs each year, the risks are relatively small. Still, risks can be serious, so don’t ignore them. Weigh the risks and benefits of giving rawhides based upon your dog's chewing needs and behaviors.
These are the most common rawhide risks:
- Contamination. As with pet toys, rawhide chews can contain trace amounts of toxic chemicals. And, as with other pet (or human) foods, Salmonella or E. coli contamination is possible. Even humans can be at risk when coming into contact with these bacteria on rawhide treats.
- Digestive irritation. Some dogs are simply sensitive or allergic to rawhide or other substances used in their manufacture. This can cause problems, including diarrhea.
- Choking or blockages. Rawhide bones and other edible chews can pose a choking and blockage risk. In fact, this is a much bigger risk than contamination or digestive irritation. If your dog swallows large pieces of rawhide, the rawhide can get stuck in the esophagus or other parts of the digestive tract. Depending on its size and where it is located, a vet may be able to remove these pieces fairly easily through the throat. But sometimes, abdominal surgery is needed to remove them from the stomach or intestines. If it isn’t resolved, a blockage can lead to death.
4. To protect your dog:
- Ask your vet about how much is safe to give your dog. The general rule is the smaller the dog, the fewer the chews. Especially at first, give one at a time. Then wait a day to see how your dog’s intestinal system responds.
- Separate your dog from other pets so he or she can relax while chewing. This way, your dog will be less likely to gulp large pieces whole. Doing this might be especially important if you have a dog that is very territorial around food.
- Offer different types of rawhide, but only when you can supervise and see how your dog is handling the treat. Is she swallowing big bites? Is he starting to gag or choke? If so, take the treat away and check with your vet about other types of rawhide or other types of chew treats or toys.
- Take the rawhide chew away from your dog once it is small enough to swallow whole. If it is hard to get your dog to give up the rawhide chew, try asking him to sit and then offer another type of treat.
Watch for signs of bacterial contamination, gastric irritation, or a blockage. Contact your veterinarian if your dog has signs such as:
Gagging
Regurgitation
Repeated swallowing
Vomiting
Diarrhea, with or without blood
Fever
Lack of energy
Signs of pain
Refusal to eat or weight loss
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------Here are some safer, natural alternatives to Raw Hides that Just Dogs Gourmet in Woodbury carries.
Bully Sticks
The information posted here is from the Web MD Pets Website.
Just Dogs Gourmet
10150 City Walk Drive Woodbury, MN 55129
651.738.DOGS (3647)
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