Vermont Dog Eats

01/01/2024

Bake shop update! 📣

We’ll be closed for the first few weeks of the year to review 2023, plan for 2024 and restock our empty post-holiday shelves! But don’t worry, we’ll be open one day for you to get your doggos what they need to get through the break - this Saturday, January 6th during our usual hours of 10-4. We’ll reopen Thursday, January 18th bright eyed and waggy tailed after a little new year glow-up! 💫

Thanks for supporting our tiny team’s time to renew and rebuild and come back ready for big things in 2024! 🩵

28/12/2023

Our little elf would like to remind you that even though the holiday shipping frenzy is over, there’s still time to take part in our annual initiative! We’re donating $1 for every bag sold on our website during the month of December to our local animal rescue Central Vermont Humane Society, and by our calculations that gives you until midnight on New Year’s Eve to scoop up some treats. Many thanks for supporting our little biz and in turn supporting animal rescue! 🐶❤️

14/12/2023

Friendly reminder to place your orders by the end of the day on the 21st if you’d like some treats in the stocking or under the tree by the weekend! And remember, every order will count towards our Paw It Forward program, where we donate $1 to Central Vermont Humane Society for every bag of treats purchased on the website in December. ❤️⛄️🎄

07/12/2023

Just a few more days until one of our favorite events of the year - the Hotel Vermont Holiday Market! We’re so excited to see all the puppers (and their people!) and share all our special holiday treats with you. See you soon BTV! 🎄🤍🐶

28/11/2023

On this , we’re bringing back our annual program! Every year, we donate $1 per bag sold on our website during the holiday season to a local animal welfare group. This year, we’ll be supporting Central Vermont Humane Society, which shelters and adopts domestic dogs, cats, and small animals such as rabbits and guinea pigs.

In addition, CVHS offers dog training classes, community clinics for low-cost rabies vaccinations and microchips, and education to animal guardians. CVHS also works to prevent and address animal cruelty and neglect, and supports legislative efforts to protect animals in Vermont.

By bringing some happiness to your pups with our treats this holiday season you’ll also be spreading some love to local dogs in need as well. Thank you for continuing to support us in our mission of giving back to those who care for our communities and animals. ❤️🤍❤️

24/10/2023

Quick announcement from our resident hot dog 🌭 and taco 🌮 about all the local Halloween happenings coming up for the pups in the week ahead! 👻🐶

🎃 On Halloween we'll be open late at our Montpelier bake shop for this year's Halloween Parade and Jamboree hosted by Montpelier Alive! Trick or treating from 4-5pm, costume parade from 5-5:30pm (furry friends included!) and Thriller dance from 5:30-7pm. Stop into our bake shop for some treats for the humans AND the pups!

🎃 On Saturday, 10/28 Burlington Farmers Market will be hosting their first ever doggie costume contest at the market! Humane Society of Chittenden County will be judging and there will be prizes galore from several generous market vendors (including yours truly!) Stop by our booth for a pic and a special treat before you head to the Humane Society's tent during market hours to register your dog and have their photo taken!

🎃 The Church Street Marketplace will be hosting its second annual Howl'ween Dog Costume Contest 🦴🦇 ⁠ again this year on Saturday, October 28th, from 11:30 am - 1:30 pm. They'll have MUSIC, they'll have TREATS, they'll have PRIZES (including our treats!), and SO. MANY. DOGS 😍

Hope you and the pooches can make it to one or all of these wonderful events! 🧡🖤🧡

19/10/2023

We are open today through Sunday! Stop on by for some yummy treats - puppy not included with purchase 😂🐶🩵

23/09/2023

And here we go again! Feeling all the feels (again) on the eve of opening (again). Way too tired to try to put it all into words, so for now I’ll just say - see you all tomorrow!! Open Saturday 10 - 4 🩵

20/09/2023

It’s happening!!! 💃🏻💃🏻💃🏻

We are THRILLED to share that we will be reopening our small but mighty bake shop this Saturday, September 23rd (and may even do a surprise pop-up on Friday…🤫)!

We have spent the past two months cleaning, demolishing, repairing, sanding, painting and patching. And now we’re finally ready to welcome all the people and all the pooches back to our Montpelier storefront with open arms and lots of yummy treats.

Thanks to all for the support, generosity, kindness and love you’ve shown us as we’ve rebuilt and recovered. We couldn’t have done this without you 🩵🩵🩵

26/08/2023

The best cleaning crew around helping make our blue door bright again today 🩵

We’re hard at work getting our space back to good, and hope to reopen soon. We’ll be cranking away this weekend to get our office and packaging areas cleaned up and functioning again, and next on the list will be our retail space.

Many thanks to all for your continued support, patience and understanding through all of this. 🩵🩵🩵

10/08/2023

The Seven Days Animal Issue is out! Check out their super cute review of our treats here or in the paper issue on newsstands now.🐶

Mom feeds me really good dog food. It's a mixture of fresh meat, usually turkey or pork, with fruits and vegetables. She's fussy about the...

07/08/2023

(Almost) like it never even happened. I won’t post what the rest of the place looks like (🫣), but having the kitchen ready for action again feels like a huge leap forward. So many thanks to our amazing landlord Tim Heney, his incredible right-hand man Todd Croteau, the Northland Construction crew, the team from Country Floors, all of the super star volunteers from Montpelier Alive and Shelterwood Construction, everyone who has donated funds or bought treats or shown us support and helped us make this happen. And of course, as always, to my rock behind the scenes, Steve.

Ironically, even though we’re marking such an important mark of progress, this week has been the hardest for me mentally since the flood. It is quite the roller coaster navigating this process, and from all of the conversations I’ve had with others I know that’s true for many of us. So remember to keep supporting all those affected by these floods however you can - we all still need it, and will for some time. 🩵🩵🩵

30/07/2023

Wow, Montpelier and Burlington! You SHOWED UP for us today, so much. Between the Montpelier Merchant Market and Burlington Farmers Market, we had our biggest 👏🏻 sales 👏🏻 day 👏🏻 ever. Which was salve for the soul considering we spent the afternoon having to dispose of hundreds of pounds of organic Stony Pond Farm beef, Full Moon Farm Inc. pork, Starbird Fish Co. salmon and organic corn, spinach and cheddar, along with our chest freezers.

But seeing so many supportive and familiar faces today and receiving so much positive energy and encouragement was such a gift. This post-flood time has been a rollercoaster filled with highs and lows, but the highs always come out on top. Thank you to everyone for keeping us afloat (literally). 🩵🩵🩵

28/07/2023

It may not look pretty to some but it is a thing of beauty to me 🤩

Drywall went in today after we finally got the all clear on the drying front earlier this week. This is a relatively tiny step in the monumental process that will be rebuilding, but feels like the first one in the right direction towards reopening. Thanks as always to everyone supporting us on this long road 🩵🩵🩵

21/07/2023

Trying to keep an eye on the bright side these days, like having all of these beauties available at tomorrow’s Burlington Farmers Market! We’ll also be selling our apple & cheddar Vermont treats and donating $1 for each sold to the NOFA-VT Farmer Emergency Fund. Thank you for your support! ❤️🧡💛💚🩵💜🩷

21/07/2023

To all our friends - if you’ve been looking for a way to help our little biz during this crazy challenging time, a GoFundMe has been created by our dear friend Andrea Cox - link below and in our bio.

It’s still unclear what this flood will mean for our little bake shop in terms of financial damage, but we know we’ll need funds to repair, replace and rebuild. And with the denial of our insurance claim already in hand and potential FEMA funds seemingly miles away, the inability to bake our treats and the corresponding loss of revenue, ingredients and inventory is truly daunting.

It feels odd to ask for money when we’ve bootstrapped it for this long, but enough of you have asked to donate and enough damage has been done for us to make this request.

A donation in any amount is truly appreciated from the very bottom of my heart. Any remaining funds not utilized for our rebuild and recovery will be donated to Vermont Flood Relief.

Thank you, thank you, thank you 🤍🤍🤍

https://www.gofundme.com/f/flood-recovery-for-vermont-dog-eats?member=28093943&sharetype=teams&utm_campaign=p_na+share-sheet&utm_medium=sms&utm_source=customer

11/07/2023

Waking up to this as the main image on the Vermont Public website was difficult to say the least. Thinking of all of our friends in Montpelier and hoping everyone is staying safe. 🤍🤍🤍

📷 by Mike Dougherty for Vermont Public

11/07/2023

Kevin (our dough sheeter shown here) displaying the face I’ve been wearing most of the day 👀 Everything is up high, sandbags are out front, and all my toes and fingers are crossed. Sending out lots of love to our neighbors in our second home of Montpelier and in our hometown of Waitsfield as we watch the rivers rise. 🤍

04/07/2023

Happy Fourth of July! 🇺🇸

We had a blast at yesterday’s parade in Montpelier - the bad weather held off and even delivered a rainbow at the end 🌈 Can’t wait to do it again next year! 💙❤️🤍

30/06/2023

Beer and dog treats may seem like an unlikely combination, but it’s the perfect pairing at Foam Brewers! Our latest offering in the BARk Snacks series is made with the brewery’s spent grains and organic peanut butter, and is available now at their dog-friendly patio. Grab your pup and a pint and enjoy the summer while it lasts! 🍻 🐶😎

09/06/2023

Someone is very excited to announce the official arrival of his namesake treats! 🤩

Introducing our newest variety, Paco’s Tacos 🌮 Made with organic black beans and corn from our friends Vermont Bean Crafters, these tasty treats won our taste test trials earlier this year, and are certified organic to boot. They’ll be making their debut at the bake shop and Burlington Farmers Market this weekend and we’ll be rolling them out to retailers and our online shop soon. Can’t wait to see what you think of them!

22/04/2023

Our favorite time of year is almost here! Just 3 weeks until the Burlington Farmers Market kicks off, and we’ll be back in our usual spot next to our favorite fisherman Starbird Fish Co., slinging dog treats and saying hello to all.the.dogs! We’ll have our tried and true favorites as well as some new goodies to share. Can’t wait to see you all!

02/01/2023

New year, new recipes! 🥳

It’s been a minute since we added to our core line of favorites, but this year we’ll be introducing some brand new varieties. We’ve got some yummy ideas cooking up in the test kitchen, but want your input too! Let us know what you think your furry friends would love to try in 2023 👩🏻‍🍳🐶😋

25/12/2022

Merry merry from our favorite furry Santa!🎅🏻🎄🤍

20/12/2022

Friendly reminder to place your orders by the end of the day on the 21st if you’d like some treats in the stocking or under the tree by the weekend! And remember, every order will count towards our Paw It Forward program, where we donate $1 to Potter's Angels Rescue for every bag of treats purchased on the website in December. ❤️⛄️🎄

17/12/2022

New stockist alert! 🚨 You can now find our treats at Arbor Farm Market], the sweetest market in the Champlain Islands of Vermont. Their farm dogs Fay and Mable give the Ginger’s Snaps two paws up! 🐾🧡🤍

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We are very excited to now offer a selection of made from mindfully-sourced, wholesome ingredients (many direct from VT farms)!

Though continually demonstrating poor discretion in edibility (e.g., Mable ate a Christmas card this week), both dogs are very particular about treats. Fay and Mable both agree that these Ginger’s Snaps are the perfect holiday nibble!