Start a pet Home business-dog treat maker

 
photo credit: Olgierd Pstrykotwórca

Right now a Home business dealing with animals is a great idea. According to Bloomberg Business week website, Americans spend 41 billion a year on their furry friends. What does this mean to you : a lucrative Home business.

This week we will narrow down ideas for Animal Home businesses. Today’s post will be for doggy treats. What could be your narrow niche of ideas?

• Organic dog treats
• anti allergy dog treats
• vegetarian dog treats
• small breed dog treats
• Large breed dog treats
• Beautiful skin/coat dog treats
• dog/ people shaped dog treats
• Holiday dog treats

Basic recipe:

Dog Biscuits

3 1/2 c. white flour
2 c. whole wheat flour
1 c. corn meal
1 c. rye flour
2 c. cracked wheat
1/2 c. dry milk

4 tsp. salt

1 pkg. water

chicken or beef yeast

1/4 cup warm  broth

1 tsp. milk

1 egg

1)      mix together milk(liquid) and one egg. set aside.

2)      Heat oven to 300 degrees.

3)       Mix flours, milk and salt together.

4)      Dissolve yeast in warm water. Add to dry ingredients with broth and stir until dough forms a ball. Roll 1/4 inch thick.

5)      Cut out with a bone cookie cutter or desired shape.

6)       Brush with egg and milk mixture.

7)       Bake 45 minutes.

8)      Turn off oven and let dry overnight. (in oven)

9)       Makes 35 to 40 biscuits.

Get more recipes like this one at cooks.com and the dog biscuit.com

Now that was a basic recipe. There are lots more recipes to check out on that site. There maybe others that you could find useful.

There are a couple of videos from a lady on YouTube that I like. very simple recipes.

Pumpkin dog treats

Dog biscuits

Now when you make your doggone good biscuits the same rules apply to human food. Your house needs to be inspected by the health department. Before you can begin to start your home business

Once you are through that hurdle then what?

If your house is in a commercial zone you can begin to sale your biscuits out of your house. Place a add in the penny-saver and craigslist. 

Etsy is also a good place to sale your dog biscuits. You could also sale at a local flea market.

What if you don’t want to sale in public? You could box and ship your dog biscuits right from your house by your own website.

You may say you have no webs design skills. You really don’t need to be a website maverick. This website you are looking at was made from a template theme called Socrates.

All You do is get a domain name at a place like www.GoDaddy.com and a hosting package from Host Gator. When You go to Host gator your hosting site they have a program called Fantastico that will install

a wordpress blog on your website, wahla you have your own website. You can get free templates for your theme but i paid for one called Socrates because I know nothing about putting headers on

websites and this programs’ maker always downloads new ones all the time. The header for those who don’t know is the section above the content that has dollar bills surrounding my websites name.

that big section is a header. This particular theme template has several dog headers along with many other headers. He is always adding new ones.

I also particularly like the template of Socrates because it is fill in the blank and with SEO (search engine optimization) helps people find your site better. Well there is a lot more but just to give you an idea of what is possible for a little money to start out with you could have your own website within the day, selling dog treats the same day with your own website.

Here is some products you might consider useing for your new crafty home business.