Owen Sound Market, Saturday mornings!

Location! Location! Location! 2 different map-apps.

We interviewed and tried out different markets. This one has the best variety, ALL YEAR LONG. Come for the dog biscuits and stay for the (excellent) human food & crafts.


Do you like granite countertops? Visit this Hanover vendor.


Huh… I didn’t know that about these dog cookies!

As we are settling into our temporary home here in Lion’s Head, your Black Dog Biscuit creator shared the following bits of trivia about the product with me (as I finagle with my chores’ list).

  • Sweet potato flour. It’s not purchased ready-made. It takes 2270 grams of raw sweet potato will make 446 grams of dried sweet potato flour. This is after peeling, (razor-sharp) mandolining, dehydrating for 15-24 hours, and milling the sweet potato flakes! And yes, I insist TS use a butcher’s chainmail glove (especially after witnessing a recent mishap [cringe]).
  • Preparing fresh Black Dog Bisuits for packaging. To make the dog cookies shelf-stable, TS further dehydrates them for 10-12 hours. This gives the Black Dog Biscuits that characteristic crunchy texture (that dog’s adore). By the way, I like calling the food dehydrator and jerky maker the “SnackMaster Y2K”! Oh yeah! ๐Ÿ™‚
  • The peanuts are raw, not roasted. While the legumes are blanched (to deskin them), the peanuts are only baked only once (to preserve their nutritional value).

Biscuits are BACK

Tonight (and December 14 & 21, 2023), Black Dog Biscuits will be at the Guelph Farmersโ€™ HOLIDAY Market. 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. EST.

December 7, 14, 21, 2023. Directions to the market (link).

I would howl at the Moon, then Iโ€™m good to go!

How much would you pay to go to the moon?

So no. No manned lunar liaisons for me.

Come and Buy Dog Biscuits Instead!


BDB donated 3 items to the eventโ€™s raffle.

Sit-ups, crunches, abdominal cardio-floor-work: nope!

What have you been putting off doing? Why?

Yes, I know about all the benefits of such strengthening activities. Yes, I know it reduces back pain. Itโ€™s the nausea and hurling sensation.

Day 2 โ€ฆ At Fieldstone Barn (Elora, ON)

Try on a cat hat, while your dog enjoys a Black Dog Biscuit! 7450 Middlebrook Road (link).
Here is an interesting stall at the venue (link).
13:40 EST and thank you for visiting our booth.
Our venue was a renovated drying barn. Airflow! Brrrr.

When I look at todayโ€™s date, I chuckle and snarf!

Tell us about the last thing you got excited about.

For more information about Molly, visit her Instagram account, @doctormollydoodle

14:35 ESTโ€ฆ ๐Ÿธ๐Ÿธ๐Ÿธ ๐Ÿฆ†๐Ÿฆ†๐Ÿฆ†๐ŸŒฆ๏ธ๐ŸŒฆ๏ธ๐ŸŒฆ๏ธ Dog biscuits need to be kept dry. Catch Black Dog Biscuits at the next event (or contact us online).

Firewood, dog biscuits, peace andโ€ฆ

If you were going to open up a shop, what would you sell?

โ€ฆand quiet! TS and PN want to offer a 21st century off-grid B&B (bed and breakfast) along the Bruce Trail. It takes time and resources. Oh, and a formal business profile! When we are ready, there will be formal (bordering on obnoxious) media releases.

Eventually, as we settle into our future home, I want to explore hardwood pelletization. We have a lifetime supply of fuel in this lot. I want to practice what I preach about sustainable forestry. Not the nonsense practiced by Canada. Permaculture! Using โ€˜donut economicsโ€™ (as TS would muse).

In the short term, I will support TSโ€™s biscuit effort.

Black Dog Biscuits — we are ready to ship!

Revised August 12, 2023. Tobey Schwartz has figured out the boxing requirements with Canada Post.

Please contact TS at info@blackdogbiscuits.ca for order details.

All emails sent to the above email address go directly to Ms. Schwartzโ€™s inbox (tested OK [thank you for giving us biscuit feedback, Pirate Festival patrons]).