Beardog Cafe
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Gingerbread for dogs packaged in coffee cups. Purchase online or at neighbourhood pet stores across Canada. We remain open during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Victoria, BC
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| Tuesday | 10:30 - 17:00 |
| Wednesday | 12:00 - 17:00 |
| Thursday | 10:30 - 17:00 |
| Friday | 10:30 - 17:00 |
| Saturday | 10:30 - 15:00 |
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In 2008, our Border Collie/Lab-x became acutely ill. She suffered an acute and nonstop onset of bloody vomit and diarrhea that. We rushed to her to emergency. There were tests, more tests, one surgery and then a second. Raven lost 14 lbs, her appetite and one day, it seemed she lost her will to live. She would not lift her head or acknowledge her pet-parents.
So we asked if we could stay with her in her kennel in shifts. We held her, we touched water to her lips, we gave her pinch-sized pieces of wet food. After seven days, she slowly started to eat and drink. After ten days she came home. A long list of cancer medications came home with her.
Raven was diagnosed with acute pancreatitis. It took her a full year to wean off her medications and return to her energetic self. She maintained a strict diet, which meant no store-bought treats and only her new protein for meals (duck). One day, we decided to make her gingerbread because we wanted her to have a special treat. Of course, we took out anything unhealthy for dogs and replaced the white flour with rye flour and used blackstrap molasses.
She LOVED the gingerbread treats, made especially for her. And best of all, Raven could digest the gingerbread without any pancreatitis flare-ups. So could many of her playmates with allergies or stomach sensitivities. That’s how Beardog Cafe started (named after Raven’s Shep-x brother), with love for our dog. And with our friends’ love for their dogs.
