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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.