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Siouxland Magazine - Volume 3 Issue 2

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Sit Pretty Bakery<br />

By Melissa Gritzmaker<br />

Short description of your business:<br />

Sit Pretty Barkery is a licensed and registered dog<br />

bakery. We cater to dog lovers who want to spoil<br />

their furry friends with something that tastes as<br />

good as it looks. We handcraft naturally good dog<br />

treats using only dog-safe ingredients. Our treats<br />

include personalized dog biscuits, special occasion<br />

cakes, mini pupcakes, donuts, pies, and more.<br />

Treats can be purchased online or by calling us to<br />

discuss custom orders. Wholesale offerings are also<br />

available.<br />

What motivated you to start your business?<br />

My brother and his wife, Curtis and Becky Gaskell,<br />

own Bed & Biscuit Doggie Daycare. They were in<br />

need of some special occasion treats for their holiday<br />

dog parties and<br />

birthday celebrations.<br />

Being the baker of the<br />

family, they turned to<br />

me. I have always had<br />

a passion for baking<br />

delicious treats for<br />

humans, so I thought<br />

I’d try my hand at<br />

baking for dogs.<br />

The treats were a hit<br />

right away! Everyone<br />

was asking where<br />

these custom dog<br />

treats were coming<br />

from because their<br />

dogs were going<br />

Bentley’s 1st Birthday.<br />

nuts for my fresh-baked goodness! After receiving<br />

many requests for custom treats, I decided to use my<br />

talent for creating droolicious treats and turn it into a<br />

business. I love being able to help people celebrate<br />

with their dogs by giving them a healthy and fetching<br />

little treat. Dogs are family and they deserve to be<br />

celebrated!<br />

What’s unique about your business?<br />

What makes this business unique is that we offer<br />

creative treats that you cannot buy at pet stores. We<br />

are able to personalize the treats with dog names<br />

and produce one-of-a-kind designs. It took a lot of<br />

trial and error to hone the recipes we use. We keep<br />

our ingredients simple and have no added sugar or<br />

artificial preservatives. Our treats are freshly baked,<br />

and the dogs go crazy for them!<br />

What’s the biggest challenge you’ve had to<br />

overcome as you’ve grown your business?<br />

We have spent the last couple of years combing<br />

through the regulations to be a licensed pet treat<br />

manufacturer. We follow the guidelines and each of<br />

our treats have been lab-tested and then the label is<br />

approved by the state. It has taken a lot just to set the<br />

foundation to start doing business.<br />

What has been your greatest reward?<br />

I have had customers thank me for my talent and tell<br />

me the treats look too good to eat. I believe dogs<br />

deserve pretty treats too! Seeing dogs gobble up our<br />

treats and having their hoomans share pictures of the<br />

celebration makes all the hard work worth it.

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