May 12, 2008

Say hello to Chance!!!

Chance is my 9 and half year-old American Pit Bull mix. He doesn’t come to the office much but he’s been apart of The Honest Kitchen family for quite some time!! I can’t begin to tell you what a great companion he is. We take long walks on the beach, eat delicious dinners together and enjoy watching movies on those cold days. Oh yeah…my boyfriend Carlton comes too! What you can’t tell by looking at him is that he is deaf. Personally I thought he was stubborn and was just being a puppy. But as the days went by I started to realize that I wasn’t crazy and thought maybe he just couldn’t hear me. A few weeks later I started to get concerned and took him to the vet…sure enough he was deaf.

The vet told me that his ear canals were not fully developed. I wasn’t sure how I was going to be able to take care of him or how it would affect his life, so we took it one step at a time. Sure I had many questions and concerns but as time went by it became almost natural for us. He learned quickly as did I. Since he never had the ability to hear he couldn’t miss what he never had…or I hoped he wouldn’t. Nine and half years have passed and I still talk to him like he can hear every word that I am saying. Whether I am yelling at him to come inside while I flicker the porch light or wave my arms as I am running down the beach to get his attention it never gets old.

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May 7, 2008

Not So Delicate

Funny thing, Jenna walking Makai! Or perhaps the Golden Retriever walking Jenna?! I was browsing through the photos on our share drive and noticed these three in particular. I don’t remember much from that day except for the audible groans and public spectacle put on by poor Jenna (attempting) to walk the golden pup.

She seems to be having no problems right? The docile Golden Retriever walks alongside his trusted friend, fully under her control! HaHa…To be fair to Jenna, Makai is still shy of a year old thus a bundle of puppy energy. I’m glad my dog only weighs 3lbs! If I never blog again it’s because Jenna saw this post! :-/

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May 6, 2008

Taking A Little Something off your Plate

And insure there’s always something in Fido’s bowl! We’ve had so many requests for an Auto-ship Program ever since THK was founded. Did you know it’s actually set up now? This program is designed specifically for customers who order frequently in our online store. If you get the same items each time, you can sign up to receive it automatically once a month and free up your mind a little for important things, like cuddles with your pup!
A little bonus for using Auto-ship - we include a free jar of cookies of your choice, with each recurring shipment order over $50! That means that your regular order of food will be sent to you each month - and every time, the shipment will include a jar of cookies as our gift to you! To sign up, simply email autoship@thehonestkitchen.com with your name, phone number, and a good time to reach you and a one of our friendly representatives will call you to take care of the details.

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April 23, 2008

Even Hell’s Angels eat The Honest Kitchen

Charlie, our VP and big motocross superstar (sarcasm), was strolling the internet a few nights ago and came across some Honest Kitchen fans in the most unlikely place. ADVrider.com, a forum for “Adventure Moto Biker’s” has a thread dedicated entirely to do food. Who would’ve thought right?! (ADVRiders THK thread) He got to talking to a few of the forum members and ended up sending out a few samples. One of the “hardcore” bikers took our “human grade” label quite literally and stole a bite to eat from his dog!! Though it’s entirely safe for human consumption, it’s still a bit weird to have embark for dinner yea?

The face of a madman folks, at least he knows whats good for him though!

I’ve tasted the food but never made a meal out of it (ok, maybe once)!! Have you ever tasted our food? Look, even our President sneaks a bite in here and there…as her starving dog looks on.. :( but does she care?! How’s that Force taste Lucy?! ;-)

ADVRider Forum

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April 22, 2008

Tuesday Afternoon Rush

Your Typical late Tuesday afternoon at The Honest Kitchen…cricket…cricket..cricket…Most of the family has left, Dogs are sleeping (except for CoCo: The Schnauzer, she never sleeps), phones go silent. It’s quite peaceful and soothing in a quiet office.

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April 21, 2008

Celebrity Blogger: Tracie Hotchner responds to HSUS Donation Uproar

This is the first in our series of ‘Celebrity Bloggers’ and comes from our dear friend and supporter, Tracie Hotchner, esteemed author of “The Dog Bible: Evey thing your dog wants you to know’.

Each month The Honest Kitchen donates a portion of it’s profits to a different non-profit organization. One donation in particular, to the HSUS, drew a spirited response from some of our customers, against the donation. Tracie Hotchner was “sickened by this reaction-to say the least” and felt an attack on our donation to The HSUS was an attack on the one & only organization “working tirelessly to promote a dignified life (and death) for animals”. Tracie says “I’m glad the blog is here so I can say “Shame on you” to those self-righteous and angry nay-sayers - you are attacking people on our side, the side of animals”.

Listen to Lucy (THK President) discuss the customer uproar with Tracie Hotchner

I am the author of the best-seller “THE DOG BIBLE; Everything Your Dog Wants You to Know” (and also THE CAT BIBLE: Everything Your Cat Expects You to Know). I am also the producer/writer and host of two live weekly call-in radio shows - DOG TALK on NPR station WLIU out of Southampton College, New York and CAT CHAT, on the Martha Stewart Channel for Sirius Satellite radio.

I have been an active promoter of the Honest Kitchen food for years. By my own choice, for free, I have been working to get Honest Kitchen samples into peoples’ hands because my research made clear the quality and integrity of this product, well before the era of pet food recall. Therefore I was privy to the fact that when HK recently gave a generous donation to HSUS they were viciously attacked by some of their customers for this charitable decision. I was sickened by this reaction, to say the least - because any attack on HSUS is an attack on the one and only organization working tirelessly to promote a dignified life (and death) for animals by improving laws that affect the way we share the planet with animals. I’m glad this blog is here so I can say “Shame on you” to those self-righteous and angry nay-Sayers - you are attacking people on our side, the side of animals. I want to believe that you have been stirred up into anger by misinformation, and disinformation, I’d love to hear a rational, fact-based rationale for this venomous attack (more…)

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April 15, 2008

Join us on Facebook

The Honest Kitchen now has a Facebook! Join us today!? As of right now we have 12 friends and are feeling a bit lonely…

Honest Kitchen's Facebook profile

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April 4, 2008

Immortalize your Pup forever & Win Free Food for a Year!

We are looking for the new face, uh, no, silhouette, of The Honest Kitchen!! Could your dog be the next famous design on our new diet’s box due out this summer? Check out the link below!!

Plus, the winner gets Free food, for a YEAR! Makai says Ruff, Bark, Hoowl, which translated to English means
Enter, Enter, ENTER!!

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March 27, 2008

The Honest Kitchen Pups

The Honest Kitchen’s Furry Family

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March 25, 2008

What Makes Dehydration Different?

We admit it, dehydration is a little bit different from your average method of preserving food. But nobody said we had to follow the pack! (All our pet food diets from The Honest Kitchen are gently dehydrated)
Here’s a quick primer on how dehydration differs from cooking and freezing - so next time you have a friend who asks about this crazy food you’re making up as your pet anxiously drools upon the kitchen floor, you’ll have some answers ready!

Dehydration is a slow, gentle method of preserving food. it helps to keep many of the natural nutrients in the raw ingredients in tact. On the other hand, cooking denatures many of these nutrients including delicate enzymes, vitamins, minerals and amino acids, making for a less nutritious finished product).

Most of our raw ingredients are dehydrated below 104 degrees F and are therefore still considered raw. If you wish to incorporate raw meat or RMB’s you can do this without the need for extra supplements, since the calcium: phosphorus ratios are already balanced to allow for the addition.

The meats and eggs in our foods are dehydrated at a high enough temperature to kill any pathogenic bacteria that may be present, and the required temperature for this (above 120 degrees F) is essentially equivalent to cooking.

For dogs with compromised immune systems or other reasons for not consuming raw meats, the dehydration process that our food undergoes, makes the finished product completely safe compared with frozen raw foods that may not be recommended under such special circumstances.

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March 24, 2008

The Inspiration behind the Revolution…

Mosi & Lucy strike a pose at Petco Park! Mosi, a Rhodesian Ridgeback (and our honorary CEO), joined Lucy’s family 7 years ago and is the inspiration behind The Honest Kitchen. He ate the kibble in the beginning, but his Mum Lucy (our President & Founder) loved the idea of home cooked and raw meals, and saw it’s health benefits vs kibble. Out of the ashes of a kitchen full of chopped raw veggies and meat came The Honest Kitchen!

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March 20, 2008

Leader of the Pack

Mosi (blue bandanna), CoCo (the Schnauzer) and Willow relax on the “finance guy’s” red couch! It should be noted this couch no longer belongs to anyone with two-legs. The pups have officially seized control! It’s OK though, we still have our new couch downstairs (for now at least)!

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March 18, 2008

No Photographic Evidence…Until Now!

There’s been a lack of photos evidence of “The Honest Kitchen” family for some unknown reason, but today we had an impromptu foto shoot! It was the birthday of our lovely office manager and we decided to celebrate with some *yummy* cake and a trip to the dog park at Petco Field (The Padres baseball team has a very nice dog friendly park at the stadium).

Our design guru grabbed his camera and snapped “hundreds” of photos, chronicling the adventure from start to finish! (He’s taking pics around the office as I type-he’s become quite obsessed). There will be lots of picture posts tomorrow and you can finally meet the team!

Image Source: Flickr

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