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: