If you have a pet in your life everyday will have laughter filled moments. At our house every morning our one year old pooch Patches O’Houlihan and our newest member The Great Bazinga engage in some playtime. To much fun to watch! ...
Wow, it’s been a long time since our last blog entry. We have been just as busy online, but mostly at Facebook and Twitter. We also now have more products on our website than ever, usually adding at least one new product a day. Doggie Cakes, on Main Street, in New Port Richey, FL shut it’s doors in November 2009 to focus on online sales, events in local counties, wholesale orders out of state, and cake/cookie orders for rescue groups and local stores such as Paw Wash Plus in Trinity and The Hound’s Meow in Lutz. So many new products were developed in the last few...
Doggie Cakes – Dog Bakery and Boutique is reposting the flyer content for this event. We will not be able to attend, but make sure to catch our Dog Picnic on the 27th. Pet Blessing by Yogi Lama Gursam Date/Time: Saturday September 12, 2009 – from 4-6 pmLocation: JB STARKEY WILDERNESS PARKSHELTER 5 (Near bike trail)10500 Wilderness Park Blvd, New Port Richey, FL 34655Note: All pets must be on a leash or in a carrier Lama will give a short Buddhist Dharma talk, at Starkey Park in New Port Richey. Then, the animals will come up one by one and receive a special blessing from...
Doggie Cakes – Dog Bakery and Boutique is hosting the 3rd Annual Orange Lake Dog Picnic on Sunday, September 27th, 2009 from 11 am – 3 pm. This event is a component of Greater New Port Richey Main Street’s Founders Day weekend – a three-day event. All friendly dogs, their families and friends are welcome. – See you there. (Download the Flyer) (Official Event Web Page) REGISTRATION FEE $5.00 – (Lunch for one person and their dogs*)Additional people – $3.00 – Rain or shine. No Refunds. No Rain Dates All fees will be given to the SPCA Suncoast, including optional raffle money. Many prizes are available....
Doggie Cakes – Dog Bakery and Boutique – from Main Street in New Port Richey was invited by Fifth Third Bank to be a part of their Taste of New Port Richey event on Saturday, September 19th. That makes it dog friendly also as we will have free samples and will be selling our own brand of treats. We look forward to meeting the local restaurants and seeing what they bring out for humans. We appreciate being a part of this event. For more info about the host, or the event contact Amanda White – Amanda.White@53.com or Wyndi Daycock, of Fifth Third Bank by phone. Fifth...
Doggie Cakes, on Main Street in New Port Richey was mentioned in the Summer 2009 issue of The GulfCoast Dog Magazine (Barking Section – Other Stuff You’ll Like, Page 91 – Page 46 of the PDF). It features a photo and details on handmade plush dog toys by local resident Judy Benjamin. They are one-of-a-kind and available for purchase in our store, and on our website. Once a specific design sells, the listing will be pulled from our website. The toys are sewn with soft, colorful fabric and stuffed with fiber-fill. Judy designs them for the safety of your pet, without extra parts that...
Doggie Cakes – Dog Bakery and Boutique in New Port Richey, Florida was contacted by a member of the Tampa Jaycees to assist with promotion of The Hungry Hounds and Famished Felines Pet Food Drive & Give-a-Way, which they are coordinating in partnership with the Humane Society of Tampa Bay. The more pets we can feed, the less dogs and cats given up to local animal shelters. If you can’t assist with donations, please continue to promote this event on Facebook, Twitter, and the other social networks to help its success. Download the flyer as PDF. Interested in volunteering to help on...
Doggie Cakes – Dog Bakery and Boutique in New Port Richey, Florida is listed as a shopping destination in the February 2009 – Air Trans Airways Inflight Magazine -GO. There are only four listings total for Tampa, and we made it! We would not have known, but a current customer mentioned it to us today. There is an archive of the magazine online, and we are on page 140. According to the publisher, Ink Publishing, there are 100,000 copies printed each month, and a potential readership of over two million people. For reference, I looked up the prices for ads. $15,835 for a...
Doggie Cakes – Dog Bakery and Boutique was the subject of an article from Examiner.com today. We met the author, Laura Kepner, at the January – Third Friday Music Series in Safety Harbor, when she visited our vendor booth. She specializes in articles about pets and animals for this source. An excerpt from the much appreciated article is below. A lovely display of treats caught my eye. Had there not been leashes and collars hanging from the booth, I might not have known that the goodies were actually treats for dogs! Click here to read the full story. Doggie Cakes – Dog Bakery and Boutique5644 Main...
We had an old family film digitized and posted it onto our YouTube site. It’s from the early 1970’s in West Milford, NJ and has footage of me (Trina Messano) and my first dog Tuffy – a Collie. You can also see my Dad, Alfonso Messano and his garden. My brother Dominick Messano (with the dark hair) is playing with his friend Joey. We had not seen this short movie in over 30 years – but it is now preserved. Tuffy was a great dog – looked just like Lassie. She lived to be a ripe age of sixteen. Our next dog, Bradley, a...
Doggie Cakes – Dog Bakery and Boutique just got the hang of its new Twitter.com account, available athttp://twitter.com/Doggie_Cakes. It’s a new and quick way to know what we’re up to. Check it out and follow us deeper into web 2.0. ...
Last night at the Festival of Lights open house event at the SPCA Suncoast, we adopted Midnight – a one year old female, black cat who needed a home. She is very sweet and we named her Minnie Meows. She is fitting in well for the first day – even with her new brothers and sisters (4 cats and 3 dogs). This facility been saving animal lives and finding homes since 1964 as a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization. A full list of ways that you can help, donate, or adopt are listed below. Also note that Santa Claus is coming to Doggie Cakes – Dog...
Santa Claus is coming to Doggie Cakes – Dog Bakery and Boutique in New Port Richey, Florida for photos with your pet on Saturday, December 20th, 2008 from 11 am – 2 pm. Donated proceeds go to the SPCA Suncoast. All friendly cats, dogs, or other animals are welcome. We will provide your 4″ x 6″ photo in a holiday card on site. – See you there. (Download the Flyer) (Download the Sign) We are building a dog edible gingerbread dog house, and this item will be raffled off with other items for SPCA donations. Local company and friends, Read My Paws will bring their...
We participated in the Greater New Port Richey Main Street – Scarecrow Contest during the First Annual Pumpkin Stroll, on Saturday, October 25, 2008. We were surprised and happy to win third prize. First and second prizes went to the Reed family and Dayspring Academy. The event was hosted by Karen’s Gifts. Other local businesses that created and displayed a scarecrow along with the individual and family entries were Makai Kayak and Kanoe, the American Red Cross, and Unique Awards and Engraving. Look out competition, we already have ideas for next year. ...
Doggie Cakes – Dog Bakery and Boutique celebrated its store ribbon cutting with the West Pasco Chamber of Commerce Ambassadors and our guests on Tuesday, October 14, 2008. It was a great event, where we got to meet many new people and some that have become friends and customers since our beginning at the farmer’s market. ...
