Doggy Birthday Cakes & Pet Treats
Posted by Russell Gibbons on 26th Oct 2016
Check out how we make our famous
Huds and Toke Doggy Birthday Cakes.
We put heaps of pride into each one so you can "Create Awesome Memories" with your best friend.
Why not celebrate their special occasion like we do......with a party and cake!!!! A Puppy Party that is!
Made with our NO Melt Frosting so that you receive it looking fantastic.
Can dogs eat birthday cake?
Not the one you would make for a person. A normal birthday cake is built from things a dog should not have. Chocolate is genuinely toxic to dogs, and so is xylitol, the sweetener sometimes labelled birch sugar that turns up in low sugar icing and some peanut butters. Rich, fatty buttercream is a common trigger for pancreatitis, which is painful and can be serious. Grapes and sultanas, which show up in a lot of home baking, are also unsafe.
That is the reason dog birthday cakes exist as their own thing. A cake made for dogs uses ingredients chosen for dogs, so the day stays about the party rather than a trip to the after hours vet. If your dog ever does get into a human cake, particularly one with chocolate or xylitol in it, ring your vet straight away rather than waiting to see how they go. The RSPCA keeps plain English pet care guidance if you want to read further.
How much cake should a dog actually have?
Less than most people expect. The usual veterinary guidance is that treats of any kind should make up no more than about a tenth of what a dog eats in a day, with proper meals doing the rest. On a birthday that is easy to forget, because the cake arrives, the phone comes out, and everyone wants a photo of the dog with the whole thing in front of them.
A sensible way to run it is to treat the cake as the day's treats rather than as an extra. Cut a portion to size, put the rest away, and let the party be about the fuss rather than the volume. Small dogs need noticeably less than people think. If your dog has a health condition, is overweight, or is on a prescription diet, check with your vet before adding anything new.
Making the day good for the dog, not just the humans
A dog party is one of the few celebrations where the guest of honour has no idea why the house is suddenly full. A few things make it land better:
- Keep the guest list short. A handful of familiar people and one or two dogs your dog already likes beats a crowd.
- Give them somewhere to leave. A quiet room or a crate with the door open, so opting out is available. A dog that can leave usually chooses to stay.
- Go easy on the noise. Balloons and party poppers are startling. Plenty of dogs are fine with them, plenty are not, and a birthday is a poor time to find out.
- Watch the food table. Most birthday incidents are not the dog cake, they are the human platter left at nose height.
- Photos first, then let them eat. Trying to stage a photo after the cake is in front of them rarely ends well.
What we make for the day
Our carob dog birthday cake and the yoghurt version are both baked here in Australia and finished with our no melt frosting, so they arrive looking like the photo rather than a puddle. Carob is used instead of chocolate on purpose.
If you are doing a proper party there is a puppy birthday party pack for the treat side, and party supplies including hats, bandanas, banners and balloons. Horses have a birthday too, and there is a horse birthday cake cookie for that.
Cakes are baked to order, so give yourself a few days before the date rather than ordering the night before.
If you want the wider version of the portion question, we have written up how many treats a dog should really have.
From the team at Huds and Toke ™.
