Candy Cane Doggie Treats

These treats turned out cute and the doggies definitely think they're yummy! While they are more time consuming than your average treat, totally worth it if you're going for cute!

Red Dough

Cream Together:

1/2 cup butter

2 eggs

1/4 cup oil

1 cup pureed beets (steamed or oven roasted with skins pealed)

Sift together

2 cups all purpose white flour

1 cup whole wheat flour

2 tsp cream of tartar

1 tsp baking soda

Add the flour mixture to the creamed mixture 1 cup at a time then sandwich dough between wax paper, roll out to 1/2" thickness and cut into strips like so:

White Dough

Cream together:

1/4 cup vegetable oil

1/4 cup butter

1 egg

3 Tbsp honey

Dry mixture:

3 cups all purpose flour

2 tsp cream of tartar

1 tsp baking soda

Add the flour mixture to the creamed mixture 1 cup at a time then sandwich dough between wax paper, roll out to 1/2" thickness and cut into strips like so:

Alternate strips of red beet dough with strips of white dough (again sandwiched between wax paper), roll out, and use the cookie cutter of your choice

Congratulations Texas Whippet Gang!

Did someone say they need a pup-pee, originally uploaded by ClassicHound.

Congratulations to Josi, Hudi, Kiskis, Layla, Mati, Gabi, and Steubi! These whippets are ROCKIN' IT in their Dancer and Prancer martingale collars! What a way to kick off the holiday season!

All seven whippets will have to figure out a way to split the $20.00 gift certificate that they can use towards any Classic Hound collar or leash purchase! Learn more about Classic Hound's photo contest by clicking here!

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Would you like to see your pet featured on Classic Hound for a full month? Even better, would you like to win a $20 gift certificate to use on any product at Classic Hound? You can! Enter our monthly photo contest for a chance to win.

Hip Hound Collars and a GIVEAWAY! (CLOSED)

CONGRATULATIONS Debra! You are our contest winner! You will be contacted momentarily for details so we can get your Hip Hound Holiday Collar out to you!

Thank you everyone for participating!

We've brought back our popular Hip Hounds Appliquéd Collars! We've got several new designs to showoff - let's start with our new hip holiday collars:

The sky is the limit on what we can appliqué onto sturdy and brightly colored twill/canvas fabric, but for now, feast your eyes on these super hip collars:

And now for the giveaway! Who wants a Hip Hound Holiday Collar? The winner will choose between either Rudolph or the Holly Jolly Jingle!

To enter:

1. Tell what your favorite holiday tradition is in the comments below or on our Facebook Page

To enter twice:

2. Become a fan on Facebook or share the giveaway with your friends on Facebook, and come back here and tell me about it in the comment section.

{The winner will be randomly selected and announced onFriday, December 9}

Black Friday Deals at Classic Hound

Hi Folks!

We hope this finds everyone happy and well this fine Thanksgiving day! We are so grateful for the opportunity to work every day doing something we love, and we wouldn't be able to do this without you! To say thanks we're offering

free shipping throughout the entire weekend!

Plus our 'Take Me Home' ID Collars are on sale for only $29 all day Friday - normally priced at $45 that's a $16 value!

Happy Thanksgiving from Classic Hound! This may be the perfect time to give the special dog or dog lover the perfect gift for Christmas this year!

Happy Shopping,

Abby & Dewey

How to Measure Your Dog For A Martingale Dog Collar

So it happens a lot more than you'd think. Sometimes doggies get the wrong sized collar because their humans unknowingly order
the wrong size collar. Always a shame! So we thought we'd come up with a video to help break down the proper way to measure your dog to determine the correct size collar for the perfect fit!

Introducing our very first tutorial video!

Untitled from Classic Hound on Vimeo.

Ruger

Ruger, originally uploaded by ClassicHound.

Ruger looks so preppy and cute in her Preppy Pink Turtle martingale collar - just like her brother Duke)! Classic Hound loves our big XL doggies!

Ruger will enjoy a $20.00 gift certificate that she can use towards any Classic Hound collar or leash purchase! Learn more about Classic Hound's photo contest by clicking here!

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Would you like to see your pet featured on Classic Hound for a full month? Even better, would you like to win a $20 gift certificate to use on any product at Classic Hound? You can! Enter our monthly photo contest for a chance to win.

All you have to do is upload a picture of your dog using or wearing any Classic Hound product to our Facebook Fan Page or sending us a photo works well too. It can be a greyhound in their Classic Hound collar, or a whippet sporting her leash bag - anything goes!

You may enter as many photos as you like.
Your pet must be using or wearing a Classic Hound product in each photo.
Any photo submitted may be placed in the Customer Gallery at Classic Hound or on Classic Hound's Facebook page, even if it doesn't win the contest!
Photos must be emailed; hard-copy submissions by regular mail cannot be accepted.

Click here to upload photos to our Facebook Page
or
Click here to email us your photo entrie(s)!

Introducing 2011 Halloween Collars!

All Treat with no tricks! Just in time for Halloween and and Día de los Muertos. We're excited about these three new spooky designs for this year. Too fun to not highlight and share with y'all!

Happy haunting!

How To Measure Your Dog For A Perfect Fit

As it turns out, sometimes it's tricky picking the correct size for the fashion hound in your life. Every so often someone accidentally orders the wrong size for their pooch and it's always a disappointment when the collar you've been anxiously waiting for arrives in the mail...and it's, say, a Small instead of a Medium. When this happens, we're happy to exchange for the correct size (however there is a $10 exchange fee), but it means shipping it back to us and then waiting again for the correct size to arrive. Double the waiting = no fun! Plus that extra $10 stinks too.

So, if even the tiniest bit of doubt exists, measure that puppy's neck!

I'm posting this on the blog in hopes that it will help anyone who may have questions on exactly how to measure your dog for the perfect fit!

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FOR A PERFECT FIT, PLEASE MEASURE YOUR HOUND BEFORE PLACING YOUR ORDER!

To determine which size is best for your hound, refer to the hound silhouette above and measure your hound at both points A and B. Point A should measure around the largest part of your hound's head, usually the point just behind their ears. Then take a second measurement, Point B, around their neck at the point where you would like the collar to rest. Make sure the collar size you choose can open wide enough to slip on over the largest part of your hound's head yet rest comfortably around their neck. (Classic Hound Collars are adjustable unless otherwise noted).

*Please note, choose the smallest martingale collar size that will fit over the largest part of the head (point A). For example, if your dog has a 13 inch neck, the best choice may be the Small size (9" to 15"), rather than the Medium (12" to 18"). If you are not sure which size is right for your hound, especially if your dog is of a non-sighthound breed, please provide us with your pet's measurements during the checkout process.

Simply make a snug measurement of Point B, where you would like the collar to rest comfortably on your dog's neck - that's it!

Abby The Whippet Is So Good

Is it just me or is this adorable? Watch Abby and Hman hanging out like the buddies they are. Both of our doggies, but especially Abby, are so affectionate and good with the wee ones. I just came across this and had to share:

Congratulations Murray!

Congratulations to September's photo contest winner! Murray is a handsome greyhound from Pennsylvania who knows how to strut his stuff while sporting his Caviar martingale collar (there's only one Caviar left in the whole world! You can find it here).

Murray will enjoy a $20.00 gift certificate that he can use towards any Classic Hound collar or leash purchase!

Enter the Classic Hound Photo Contest!

Congratulations Winston the St. Bernard!

Winston, a St. Bernard from Maine, looks dignified and regal in his Desert Winds Midnight Black buckle collar, don't you think? What a handsome boy!

Winston will enjoy a $20.00 gift certificate that he can use towards any Classic Hound collar or leash purchase!

Enter the Classic Hound Photo Contest!

Maine Greyhound Placement

Hey Everyone! We're all psyched for this weekend's Greyhound Placement Service event up in Augusta this weekend. Hope to see you there!

Whale of a Treat! Crispy Whale Cheddars!

Ahoy Mateys! We've found another dog treat keeper her at Classic Hound Headquarters! This time, I turned to Allrecipes for a little inspiration. As you can see the doggies LOVED them. Abby will snatch up these whale sized treats gently in her mouth, and cleverly hides them somewhere safe until she can get to them later. It's like these little whales are her puppies she fusses over them so.

Recipe notes: I used Better than Bullion instead of beef bullion and substituted honey for the white sugar.

Ingredients

• 1 cup rolled oats
• 1/3 cup margarine
• 1 cup boiling water
• 3/4 cup cornmeal
• 2 teaspoons white sugar
• 2 teaspoons beef bouillon granules
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1 cup shredded Cheddar cheese
• 1 egg, beaten
• 3 cups whole wheat flour

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). In a large bowl, combine rolled oats, margarine, and boiling water. Let stand 10 minutes. Grease cookie sheets.
2. Thoroughly stir in cornmeal, sugar, bouillon, milk, Cheddar cheese, and egg. Mix in flour, 1 cup at a time, until a stiff dough has formed.
3. Knead dough on a lightly floured surface, mixing in additional flour as necessary until dough is smooth and no longer sticky. Roll or pat out dough to 1/2" thickness. Cut with cookie cutter (I prefer bone shaped), and place 1 inch apart onto the prepared cookie sheets.
4. Bake 35 to 45 minutes in the preheated oven, until golden brown. Cool before serving. Store in a loosely covered container.

Congratulations Theodore!

Congratulations to this month's photo contest winner, Theodore!

Theodore, a puppy from British Columbia, Canada, is ALL smiles in his Hoot! Hoot! Sky collar! Theodore will enjoy a $20.00 gift certificate that he can use towards any Classic Hound collar or leash purchase!

Want to enter the Classic Hound Photo Contest?

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All you have to do is upload a picture of your dog using or wearing any Classic Hound product to our Facebook Fan Page or sending us a photo works well too. It can be a greyhound in their Classic Hound collar, or a whippet sporting her leash bag - anything goes!

1. You may enter as many photos as you like.
2. Your pet must be using or wearing a Classic Hound product in each photo.
3. Any photo submitted may be placed in the Customer Gallery at Classic Hound or on Classic Hound's Facebook page, even if it doesn't win the contest!
4. Hard-copy submissions by regular mail cannot be accepted.

Banana Biscotti Bunnies

Perhaps the Easter bunny shouldn't come to our house this year. Abby & Dewey are crunching it up here on these yummy Banana Biscotti Bunnies. We all know how doggies like to chase rabbits, I'm not sure that any rabbit (or hare for that matter) would escape from my two dogs at the moment. These crunchy treats are a hit!

Banana Biscotti Bunnies

*adapted from bullwrinkle.com

4 cups flour

1/2 cup peanuts, chopped

½ teaspoon baking soda

1 egg

¼ cup vegetable oil

1 ½ cups banana, pureed

2 teaspoons vanilla

*water (about 5 Tablespoons)

Preheat oven to 325F.

Place dry ingredients in large bowl. Make a well in the center.

Blend egg, oil and banana together. Add into the dry ingredinets in well. Start combining together. Add water, one teaspoon at a time as needed. Knead by hand on table until mixed thoroughly.

Roll out until doug is about 1" high and use a cookie cutter to punch out the bunnies.

Place on non-stick baking sheets or lightly greased ones. Bake 30 - 40 minutes. Remove and cool for 10 minutes. Slice into 1/2" - 3/4" slices. Place on baking sheets and bake for about 20 minutes or until golden brown. Cool. Store in airtight container.

$5 off Black Licorice Leash!

Whoa. Did you guys know about this? That black licorice has a national day that celebrates this delightful treat? A big thanks to CafeFreeFibers for not only featuring our Black Licorice leash in her treasury, but for educating me about this little known "holiday". Black licorice is one of my all time favorite candies. Ever.

If Licorice International can offer tours and free samples to the public throughout the entire month of April, then we can offer our Black Licorice leash for only $25 for the rest of the week! No code necessary, the price is automatically reduced. Celebrate black licorice with me!!!

Meanwhile, I'm thinking that soap looks like heaven and those votive candles look like a must have too!

Congratulations Paco!

Paco, originally uploaded by ClassicHound.

Congratulations to our April winner, Paco!

Here's Paco at the beach in San Juan, Puerto Rico sporting a matching Country Club Blue martingale & leash set. He's one lucky pup getting to running on sandy beaches and enjoying the island life!

Paco will enjoy a $20.00 gift certificate that can be used towards any Classic Hound collar or leash purchase!

Enter the Classic Hound Photo Contest!

A Classic Hound First!

New 1" wide collar designs with new custom options!

Options that only apply to our 1" wide collars.

More specifically, you can opt out of cuddleskin lining if you wish. While a lot of doggies need that extra soft barrier to protect their sensitive necks, a lot of doggies don't. So now you have the option to substitute a super soft and strong nylon webbing over the cuddleskin wrapped polypropylene. Again this option is only available to these 1" wide collar designs.

We love our new Riding Hood Collars!

And we're bringing back an oldie but a goodie - the Nobility line!

Shamrock Gold Collar

It's green. It's gold. It has Shamrocks on it.

Who could ask for a better St. Patty's day collar for their doggie?

Peamutt Butter Shamrocks!

These doggy treats rocked! My 3 year old ate one when I wasn't looking, and the two doggies have been lucky (har har) enough to snack on these for the past few days. Honestly, this is probably the favorite dog biscuit recipe of the house. Easy to bake and easy to eat (even for little humanoids who get sneaky).

Peamutt Butter Shamrocks

Ingredients

1/4 cup Peanut Butter

1 tablespoon Vegetable Oil

1 cup Water

2 1/4 cups Whole Wheat Flour

1 cup Oatmeal (we omitted this - by accident!)

Directions

Preheat oven to 375 degrees fahrenheit.

Combine peanut butter, oil and water in a large bowl. Once mixed slowly add whole wheat flour and then oatmeal. Roll dough out 1/4 inch thick and cut with cookie cutter. Bake on ungreased cookie sheet for 20 to 35 minutes or until edges begin to brown.

Cool and refrigerate.

Adapted The Doggy Bone from The Doggy Bone Cookbook by Michele Bledsoe

Congratulations Hinde

Hinde, originally uploaded by ClassicHound.

Congratulations to our March winner, Hinde!

Hinde, a whippet from the Netherlands is both regal and rockin' in The Ranger Reflective martingale collar!

Hinde will enjoy a $20.00 gift certificate that can be used towards any Classic Hound collar or leash purchase!

Enter the Classic Hound Photo Contest!

Round 'n Round We Go

Circles from Classic Hound on Vimeo.

What else are the doggy's and kiddos to do when there is 2 feet of hard snow and frigid temperatures outside? I couldn't resist grabbing the video camera when I caught them all doing this!

Free Printable Valentine With CH's Fashion Hound Cupid

Happy Valentine's Day!

I hope today is a special day! Here's a little something from me to you. Please feel free to share the love and print off as many as you'd like and give them to all the sweethearts in your life, be they winged, two legged, or tail waggers.

PS - It's not too late to treat someone special to a Classic Hound Valentine Gift Certificate:

Click on the Valentine below to download and print your own Valentine! It's free!

xoxo,

Classic Hound

Valentine Dog Treats

My Heart Beets For You Treats

Adapted from Kaboose.com's Red Velvet Pupcakes

I just loved making these dog treats. I did actually make the Red Velvet Pupcakes from Kaboose, but didn't like the cottage cheese frosting it called for, because it didn't turn out like anything that remotely resembled frosting. And since I had my heart set on making heart shaped cookies anyway, I decided to add more flour and make the cupcakes into cookie biscuits. Beet juice gives them their color, and whole-wheat flour gives them fiber.

Ingredients

* 1/4 cup canola oil
* 1 cup applesauce
* 1/3 cup beet puree or fresh beet juice
* 1 and 1/2 cups whole-wheat flour
* 2 teaspoons baking powder

Cooking Instructions

1. Heat oven to 350 degrees F. Line a six-cup muffin tin with muffin cups.

2. In a large bowl whisk together oil, applesauce and beet puree.

3. In a separate bowl, combine flour and baking powder. Slowly stir flour mixture into the wet ingredients.

4. Knead for 3 minutes. Roll out dough to 1/4" and use the cookie cutter of your choice to cut out cookies. Place on prepared cookie sheet (either use parchment paper or grease sheet) and bake 14 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into a cookie comes out clean. Remove cookies from the pan and cool on a rack.

Here's what Dewey thought of the cookies:

Congratulations to our February winner, Millie!

Congratulations to our February winner, Millie!

Millie, a greyhound from North Caroline is stunning in her Squirrel Patrol Red martingale collar! We'd really like to know how Millie found herself in so much snow, maybe she ran all the way up here to Maine for a day? Oh, and one more thing! Millie's mum, Libby, has a super cool blog that you should check out.

Millie will enjoy a $20.00 gift certificate that she can use towards any Classic Hound collar or leash purchase!

Enter the Classic Hound Photo Contest!

or post a picture on Facebook!

Hugs & Kisses Valentine Collars

Can you believe Valentine's day is right around the corner?! As the big V day approaches, feast your eyes on our new Valentine collars! I'd like to know who doesn't love a good hug & kiss now and then?! And who doesn't want to dress their hound up in perfect Valentine style this February 14th? These pink and red ensembles are glitter "kissed" all over, which is a subtle and gorgeous touch to them both. We think their a match made in heaven! And I can't decide which one I like better for my Valentine, a kiss or a hug?

More Valentine love coming up soon. Wait till you see the dog treats for this month! =)

Valentines for Fashion Hounds!

Introducing Classic Hound Valentines! This may very well be the best Valentine gift option ever for the fashion hound in your life (whether they walk around on 4 legs or 2)! Pick and choose which item works best for your Valentine, but let them customize the style, design, and size. The perfect solution when you're not sure what size collar to get your friend's dog, or when you can't decide which Fashion Hound Bag to give your sweetheart.

You decide if you'd like to print the Valentine to give in person yourself (you'd receive the PDF file via email after purchase for this option), by email, or by old fashion post.

Love is in the air!

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PS - New Valentine collars coming out soon!

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Portland {Oregon} Greyhound Walking Club

How cool is this? A big thanks to a PDX customer {you know who you are} for introducing me to Portland Oregon's Greyhound Walking Club! Not only do I think this is a super cool thing to do, but it tickles my fancy even more since Portland, OR is my old stomping grounds. I grew up in a town just south of Portland, so it was so fun to see the maps and pictures of P-town. What a fun way to get together with other greyhounds {and their people} and all the while be spreading the word about greyhound adoption!

If you are owned by a greyhound {or two or three or ...} *and* live in the Portland {Oregon} metro area and want to participate, I suggesting checking out The Greyhound Walking Club Blog for updates and notifications!

So here's my question, do you do your own Greyhound walk in your neck of the woods? And if so, where is that? I'm feeling incredibly inspired to start a Greyhound Walk all the way across the country here to the other P-town {that's right I grew up in Portland, Oregon and now live in Portland, Maine - what are the chances of that happening?!?}. Of course I'll keep you all posted! Stay tuned!