I can’t believe it’s been a year already! It feels like I saw the email yesterday and drove 3 hours to go and get you. I remember that first look, that tug on my heart. I knew I wasn’t leaving the shelter without you. It has been such an adventure. This sweet and uber goober moved right in. Benji snuggled his way into my bed and right into my heart.
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My Favorite Time of the Year! The ‘BER’ months have always been my favorite time of the year. The new school year, football, cooler weather, bonfires, apples, pumpkins, flannel, that crisp smell of fall and the holidays always make me smile. This time of year always reminds me of how beautiful it is to let things go and to hunker down for a long winter of reflection before the Spring
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What a long trip it’s been and I am back, ready to go! I took an unexpected “longer than I wanted to” break from Black Dog Bakehouse. I moved back to Michigan in June of 2019 and put the bakery on hold intending to start back up within 6 months. Well crazy things happened and COVID was the first hindrance, kitchen remodel was the second, finding a home was the
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What a long gap in between postings. Forgive me for that but I have been quite productive during that time. I completed the Feline Nutrition portion of my Clinical Pet Nutrition Program studies. I was finally able to purchase Dr. Karen Becker’s book Real Food for Health Dogs & Cats for the course and I love how simple it is to prepare foods for our pets. In her book she
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I love the holidays. I remember my first Christmas with Guinness. It was a magical time since I had not spent a holiday with a dog in 5 years and I had no idea how much I missed spending the holidays with a dog. My heart was happy and so was Guinness. I had decorated the house with my Dickens’s Department 56 houses, put up the small trees, stockings and
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Well, let’s see. Black Dog Bakehouse was conceived in 2007 but wasn’t born until 2017. Yes, that is 10 years in the making. But like good wine and cheese, it needs to be aged and cared for so that when the time comes, it will be amazing. Black Dog Bakehouse actually started off as just a bakery with treats. I baked some treats, sold some treats, made cakes, more treats
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