Absolute Agility

We're really excited because Absolute Agility will be using our Barking Biscuit t-shirts and dog biscuits as prizes in their upcoming events!
Agility is a great sport for owners & their dogs. I love to watch the joy on the dogs' faces as they race around the course.
Check out Absolute Agility's website to read all about them and their upcoming events.

Spring Fever

A little bit of spring fever hit our "girls" today. Just watching them play makes me feel good!
Mulligan (a mixed breed rescue from BARK) and Cinder (our 11 year old Giant Schnauzer) are having a ball.

In Search of Good Peoples #2

For those who have been anxiously waiting, here's something to start your week off right.

Pay-It-Forward. A fun project that started with Mary Contrary and then went to Allyson Hill, next to Beebee Mod, and now here at Barking Biscuit.
Read the original story here.

This is how it works:
1. Leave a comment if you want to participate (only one lucky person) and I will e-mail you back asking for your address, favorite colors, and any other hints into what you might like. Give me a little time and I'll mail you this Good Peoples card along with a little gift from me.

2. Continue the PIF on your own blog. That's it! Fun.

Buttons, Buttons, Everywhere Buttons

I'm really excited about our new Barking Biscuit button pins. I don't know why, but I really love these little things.

I'm going to use these as little fundraisers for my favourite charities when I go out to various events (more on that later).

Since my first event is not until April, I'd like to do some button trading with anyone...anywhere....who is interested in trading button pins.

It's simple! If you have a one inch button you want to trade, mail it to me with your return address. I'll mail you one of our buttons in trade. Don't worry, I won't share your personal information with anyone, or any business. And I promise I won't use your mailing info ever again (ie, you won't receive any annoying stuff in the mail that you didn't ask for!)

Here's our mailing address: The Barking Biscuit, 3 Spruce Circle RR#5, Kemptville, Ontario Canada K0G 1J0

After all, isn't it fun to get something in the mail that isn't a bill? :>)

Pencil Drawings by Miriam Mas

This lovely pencil drawing was done by Miriam Mas.
I met Miriam several years ago through the Ottawa charity Canines with a Cause (Miriam is the founder). In addition to her involvement with CWAC, Miriam paints gorgeous oil paintings and produces fantastic pencil drawings.
Bailey, our Siberian Husky and inspiration for The Barking Biscuit, passed away in September 2005. I commissioned Miriam to do a pencil drawing to give to my husband (she used a photo taken by our daughter in law Kelly for her inspiration). I asked Miriam to sell prints of her drawing to raise money for Canines with a Cause (a favourite charity of mine). You can purchase notecards with Bailey's drawing from CWAC. All proceeds go to CWAC. They have other cards available as well. (but I'm a little partial to Bailey's drawing)

Cool Cats Wanted

This is our cat Phantom. You can't tell, but he's on our couch beside our Giant Schnauzer Cinder. (Cinder is very black and tends to blend into the black couch). The two of them (and our other dog Mulligan) are buds even though the dogs tend to chase Phantom around sometimes.
Why am I talking about our cat? It's cuz we're looking for your cat photos. Yes, cat photos! A dog biscuit company looking for cat photos? I wonder what we're up to. You'll just have to wait and find out.
Here's what we need: 1. Photo of your cat in high resolution (300 dpi or more). 2. Preferably a photo of a "happy" or "frisky" cat. 3. We can't use a photo with "green eye", so set your camera on red eye reduction mode. That's it! If your photo makes our top ten, I'll send you an email to ask you to sign a release form. End date for our search is April 30, 2007.

This and That

A few bits and bites today...
This is a photo of me (in the yellow vest) at last year's K9 Spring Fling fundraiser. I sold our Barking Biscuits, tshirts, and pooch pouches and donated half my sales to A Chance Animal Rescue. I'm excited to say that they'll be having their 2nd annual fundraiser on Saturday April 28th, and The Barking Biscuit will be there. Please come out and see me there! (I'll post more details later). There will be lots of goodies, and photographer Natalie Heath of Heath Photo will be taking dog photos with proceeds going to Bullies in Need.
It's been very exciting around the office today...I finally (FINALLY!) have high speed. I've been like a kid in a candy shop going all over net. Best of all, now I can receive your dog photos without waiting half an hour for one email to arrive!
I received an email today from Miriam Mas (founder of Canines with a Cause). They had a fund raiser last Saturday night (we supplied some of the prizes) and they raised $2,773.04! Congratulations to all the CWAC volunteers.
That's it for now!