Akoksum, 498 Rossland Road west (2024)

17/01/2022

It’s with a heavy heart that I say goodbye to AKOKSUM, this business became a huge part of my life so it’s hard to let it go.🤍

Experiencing this trauma (I won’t be sharing any details as it’s very personal), has really left me at a loss. My perspective of what’s most important in life has been awakened and I’ll be focussing on other things🤍.

Thank you for your understanding and sorry for the abrupt nature of this closure, life can throw us the unexpected. All outstanding orders will be shipped out this week and next. Today is the last day the shop will be open, some items are on sale. Thank you for supporting 3 markets and 338 orders these past 7 months. It’s been a wonderful learning experience. A special thank you to my phenomenal team who has touched my heart along the way with all their support and by extension, I thank this wonderful dog community.

12/01/2022

✨Winter Team Spotlight; The Collie Three✨

*Swipe to see the full pack* “Meet Kane, Jax & Nova. They are all border collie crosses with nova have much more heeler then anything. They love to explore and will do anything for treats. They are hobby farming dogs that are always at home with dog mom. This pack is raw fed and being apart of the AKOKSUM team is so amazing because we can support other small scale farms from across Canada and still get amazing treats! This pack loves a good goat bite and the organic blueberry banana crisps”

Fun fact from Julia: Shay is the pup parents behind the pack and she runs her own small business designing beautiful hand stamped tags

10/01/2022

Happy Monday everyone; we’re back!✨

This weekend was the first weekend I closed the shop and it was wonderful! Did some work behind the scenes (more new proteins coming soon). Also got to relax, prepped for an entrance exam for school, did some “place” training with Welly, and went skiing for the first time in forever!

How was your weekend? ✨

Ps. If you’re looking to take advantage of our free local delivery, there’s only one week left to order for this month!

📸 .barlow

06/01/2022

✨W E E K E N D C L O S U R E S✨

Moving forward, all orders must be placed Monday-Friday as I will be closing the shop on the weekends 🤍. I know, what e-commerce businesses closes on the weekends?! Juggling my 9-5 job, school, volunteering, friends+family, and AKOKSUM has been challenging. After doing much reading and reflecting over the holidays, it’s become clear to me that this is best for the business and for my personal well-being in the long-run. Thanks for your understanding☺️.

Ps. Due to demand, I’ve added in a new delivery feature. Local delivery no longer has a minimum, however any orders that are b e l o w $45 will have a small delivery fee.

Forbes: why we need to talk about side hustle burnout:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/ryanrobinson/2018/10/16/side-hustle-burnout/?sh=7112f8607e7a

05/01/2022

✨V A R I E T Y✨

Variety’s the spice of life for both humans and our pups!

One of the main benefits of proteins for our dogs and cats is the amino acids. A variety of meats can help your pet benefit from different amino acids while offering them a wide assortment can keep them interested in their meals or training sessions! Has your pup tried more novel proteins like elk, rabbit, or buffalo yet?

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23/12/2021

T h a t’ s a w r a p ✨

It’s been such a nice treat to see everyone’s orders coming in before the holidays (2 team orders arriving tomorrow and then all holiday orders have arrived)

Wishing everyone a safe and enjoyable holiday season! Josh and I are super fortunate to have 2 weeks off work every year as a little work bonus! We are really excited to catch up on R E L A X I N G + catching up with F A M I L Y and spending extra quality time with our P U P! We hope you all get some R&R in as well🧡✨

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17/12/2021

Waiting for the snow to come back❄️

Don’t forget, today is the LAST day of the year to place an order! You can also catch us at the Lesliville pop-up market this Sunday December 19th (20 Wagstaff Drive. Toronto, 10am-5pm)

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17/12/2021

Waiting for the snow to come back❄️

Don’t forget, today is the LAST day of the year to place an order! You can also catch us at the Lesliville pop-up market this Sunday December 19th (20 Wagstaff Drive. Toronto, 10am-5pm)

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15/12/2021

✨little Mav looking cute as ever with his welcome package ✨

T H R E E more day until the shop CLOSES until the new year! Do you have any special plans with your pup over the holidays? ❄️

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13/12/2021

✨ Winter Team Spotlight; A L A M O ✨

“Alamo is a 10 month old Texas Heeler who is a non-stop ball of energy! 😜 His favourite activities include playing frisbee, going on walks and snuggling with mum and dad. Alamo absolutely loves his treats from AKOKSUM and has them incorporated into his daily meals. He used to be a quite the picky eater but isn’t anymore thanks to Julia’s high quality treats 🙌🏼 Alamo’s recommendations are: Smelts, Salmon Bites, Salmon Skins and a new favourite... Duck Feet!”

Fun Fact from Julia: Alamo was the first order we had to a PO Box in Canada! Their first purchase was July 22nd! His mom is SO sweet, even though we haven’t met in person I can tell she has a heart of gold🧡

12/12/2021

AKOKSUM; the reason behind the name✨

Yesterday’s market had me blown away! Thank you for all the effort you put into planning this. From BlogTO to CTV news, you went above and beyond to make sure that doggo lovers of the city knew about this event!

A question I get occasionally at markets is, AKOKSUM? Why the name?

If you guessed that AKOKSUM is MUSKOKA spelt backwards, you guessed right!
*For those who don't know, Muskoka is a region of natural beauty within ON, Canada*.

There are a few reasons why I came up with this name. From childhood memories visiting my grandparents, to my mom being born and raised there, to it being one of my favourite places to enjoy nature, to where we did our engagement photo's which are my favourite pics to date (swipe only if you dare as it’s non dog related/mushy content lol). The MAIN reason though was (drum roll please):

Muskoka is where our pup Welly was BORN!

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We’ll be at the Leslivelle pop up market next Sunday December 19th 10am-5pm along with 40 other artisanal vendors! Come for free entry, a complimentary deluxe hot chocolate bar, music, photos, and the best part is, you can bring your dog🐶

20 Wagstaff Drive, Toronto
Code: DECEMBERMARKET to save 15% on pick ups!

09/12/2021

Serving your dogs dream treat plate!✨

Our fish/seafood treats are some of our best sellers! Comment below if you have any ideas for fishy treats you’d like to see in the new year! 🐟

07/12/2021

Two posts in one day, wild I know, but I had to say: THANK YOU to everyone who made a purchase over the past two days in support of Buddha’s emergency vet fee’s. Together, $591 was raised (rounded to $600). We wish Buddha a smooth surgery today so that he can go home with his mom, Taylor, ASAP🧡.

I thought I’d take this opportunity to highlight some amazing NFPO’s for those feeling altruistic! Below are some organizations giving back to pups in need.

- has a line of apparels where 100% of the proceeds go to rescue pups in need! They just released some new merch!
hosts raffles including cool things like zip lining, gift cards, music lessons, wine and beer tasting
also has apparel, calendars, hand sanitizer etc.
- also has apparel (some items feature some really beautiful art)

Small acts of kindness add up quickly✨. Don’t ever think what you have to offer is too small. A reminder that you don’t need money to be kind, one of the best things you can donate is your time.

*please note, the website is now open but any purchases moving forward are NOT going towards this initiative, the gofundme link can be found below *

https://www.gofundme.com/f/3nafe-buddhas-vet-expenses?qid=5d1115ef40b52c53a9f757b80b2c0d45

07/12/2021

Our team members take the greatest photos so this post is a little thank you to them for getting creative and making the products look beautiful ✨

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04/12/2021

Say hello to a new cool custom; the great outdoors bowl ⛺️🏔🌲.
forest.sit had an idea to create a tent themed bowl for a friend and Josh made this beauty come to life!

Our bowls are currently listed as sold out as we catch up on current orders. We will be opening bowls on:
✨Tuesday December 7th (accepting 4-5 bowls) that will ship by December 13th ✨. Small additional chargers are coming for custom prints in the new year so now’s the time to order a bowl with a unique design!

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📸 .ridge

02/12/2021

Welcome December; welcome snow, hot chocolate, shorter days, cozy fires, warm socks, local markets, all the pretty lights, homemade soup, skating, the smell of pine, handmade cards, looking for a new pair of gloves that we can text in, extra time with family and friends over the holidays, and cuddling with our fur babes❄️

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For those still looking for gifts, we’re offering FREE local delivery for the next 2 weeks, you can also catch us at the Ontario Doggo market (December 11th) and the Leslivelle pop up market (December 19th)

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01/12/2021

❄️Introducing AKOKSUM’s new winter team members❄️

Congratulations
.forest.sit .tedson .haru

A very big thank you to everyone who took the time to apply! If you didn’t receive a personal thank you message from me, I’m sorry that I missed you. It’s truly an honour to have so much interest in joining the AKOKSUM team and we’ll certainly be expanding in the future should you wish to apply then!

Happy to have so many of our original team members +fall team members staying with us as well🤍.
.percy .theshihtzu .the.corgi

28/11/2021

When there’s only one treat left and your besty has first dibs; happy first major snow fall to our friends in the GTA ❅

*Our sale ends tomorrow night; don’t forget to stock up while you can still save 25% off most items when you use a team member code *🤍

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26/11/2021

Don’t blink like sweet Barlow or you’ll miss our Black Friday sale this weekend 😉

15% off site wide + use a team member code to save an additional 10%!
*excludes supplements + ez antler bundles*

Ps. We put a bit of a scavenger hunt up, 3 items are $10 off today… you’ll see “you found me, I’m $10 off for Black Friday” in their description if you missed their price tag change! 🧡

22/11/2021

✨Winter Team Member Search ✨

An ideal team member is someone who shares an interest in pet health and nutrition, enjoys supporting small businesses, conscious about sustainability, wants to be apart of a supportive community of dog parents, posts regularly + engages their followers, and is someone who loves providing their pup with high quality treats!

Benefits:
☼ welcome surprise gift box of treats and chews ($80 value)
☼ 10% discount code for your followers
☼ 30% discount code the first time you make a purchase, 20% thereafter (excludes supplements).
☼ 1 bag of FREE treats when your code or name is mentioned at checkout 3 times!
☼ Monthly team games with $ gift card prizes to be won!
☼ we’ll happily support giveaways you run!
☼ you’ll have a share in supporting a small woman owned biz that prioritizes ethical sourcing of products.

What we ask in return:
˘ share the unboxing of your welcome box
˘ 1 post with our products per week (photo, story, reel)
˘ reposting new products, restocks + engage on our posts and in the team group chat
˘ have your discount code in highlights/bio
˘ send us unedited product pics for use on our insta/website (google drive)
˘ this is a 4 month commitment with possibility to extend (December 1st to April 1st).
˘ have FUN!

How to apply:
↳ follow us + like and save this photo
↳ share this post to your story and tag us!
↳ post below why you’d like to join the team!
↳ tag friends you think might be a good fit!
↳ this search is open to all our Canadian friends 🇨🇦

Deadline to apply is Monday November 29th team will be announced on December 1st!

19/11/2021

✨B A R K U T E R I E ✨
Some would say charcuterie for our pups is a bit extra, but we think it makes the perfect gift and that they deserve to be spoiled every now and then 🙈

✨Regular Box✨
2 GLM mussels
2 Wild Caught Shrimp
1 Duck Foot
2 Elk Bars (NEW)
2 Rabbit Bars (New)
Ontario Great Lake Smelts (30 grams)
Duck Bites (10 grams)
Buffalo Bites (NEW-10 grams)
Cranberries
Organic Pear and Cinnamon Slices (2-3)
Organic Apple and Cinnamon Slices (2-3)
2 Wild Caught Salmon Skins
Pasture-Raised Lamb Heart Slices(15 grams)
Beef Liver (10 grams)
2 Snow Flake Biscuits (Banana, Peanut Butter, Organic Rice Flour, Organic Sunflower Seeds).

✨Deluxe Box✨
All the above + :
Wild Caught Salmon Bites (10 grams)
Double the Smelts (60 grams)
Cranberry Salmon Bite Biscuits (4)

18/11/2021

I’m always amazed by the patience and ability to learn cool tricks that our dogs have🤍. We’ve recently trained our pup to leave a treat on his paw until we release but I don’t know if he could do this trick with a treat on the snout 🙈.

What’s a trick your working on right now?
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17/11/2021

✨What’s in Welly’s bowl Wednesday ✨

•Kangaroo + Ontario Water Buffalo base
•Quail egg
•Lamb liver AKOKSUM │ Dog Treats made w.♡]
•Organic carrot purée
•Kelp Baie Run]
•Bee pollen
•Green lipped mussel AKOKSUM │ Dog Treats made w.♡]
•Bovine bone broth (frozen paw)
•Omega-3 Baie Run]
•Duck multivitamin
•Frozen Raspberry flamingo with coconut ghee

15/11/2021

Soaking in the sun despite these shorter days 🌞.

Did you hear about our surprise deals for email subscribers?! To our current subscribers, check your inboxes for a deal that just went out!

We’ll have deals popping up each week until the holidays! Discount codes, free treats, free shop credit, you don’t want to miss out; subscribe 🤍✨.
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12/11/2021

Happy Friday! Luna is repping our current Friday mood-5 more minutes of sleep please 🙈🧡

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10/11/2021

✨ What’s in your bowl Wednesday✨

Say hello to our new X-Large custom H O N E Y C O M B slow feeder! We’ve been wanting to create a bowl that’s accessible to larger breeds and here it is; pictured is 4 cups of kibble🤍.

Talk about the perfect gift for the dog lovers in your life 🙈🎁

* custom honeycomb bowls are now available in all sizes*

10/11/2021

✨ What’s in your bowl Wednesday✨

Say hello to our new X-Large custom H O N E Y C O M B slow feeder! We’ve been wanting to create a bowl that’s accessible to larger breeds and here it is; pictured is 4 cups of kibble🤍.

Talk about the perfect gift for the dog lovers in your life 🙈🎁

* custom honeycomb bowls are now available in all sizes*

09/11/2021

Happy TOT! Hope everyone’s week is off to a great start. I always love seeing the creative shots that you get of your pups with their treats🤍

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06/11/2021

Today’s the day, our winter/holiday drop is LIVE- swipe to see some of the new products we have 🤍

Featured here is our winter treat box with a NEW treat; Ontario water Buffalo (Buffalo Bites). You save over $16 on this box!

04/11/2021

There’s something special about the C R U N C H of a duck foot 🦆🤍.

Duck feet are a high reward treat in our home! They also help balance the bone requirement for raw feeding, and are a great source of glucosamine, chondroitin and collagen. Bones are a natural tooth cleaner for your pup as chewing them (in moderation) helps promotes healthy gums and teeth.

*it’s important to provide supervision when it comes to your pup and bones*

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