Bonjour, I have just opened the first doggie bakery/boutique in France. It is here in Paris in the 15eme. Mon Bon Chien is the name and I make all the treats fresh daily at the boutique. They are all-natural with no added sugar/salt or preservatives. We are getting lots of great press being the first here in France, I am sure others will follow. So far, I do not know of any others in the belgium, holland or switzerland and we have gotten calls for deliveries to italy and sweden.
I hope you will stop by when you come to Paris, a bientot, Harriet & Sophie Marie (the grande diva golden retriever of the boutique)
Mon Bon Chien
12 Rue Mademoiselle
75015, Paris
Metro: Commerce (ligne8)
01 48 28 40 12

I don't understand this squeamishness about eating certain types of animals.. Surely you either eat meat or you don't? Why is it more acceptable to eat lamb than dog? Or cow than horse? I totally respect the vegetarian perspective but not the hypocrisy of most meat-eaters.

Anyway, that aside, has the world gone mad!?! A dog bakery!? I like dogs as much as the next person but....puh-lease!!!

Where I live you can get doggie reiki, doggie massage therapy, doggie daycares with full-service facilities including swimming pools, doggie bakeries, doggie boutiques, etc.

Will: So back to my point, has the world gone mad..?!?!

I've seen stuff like that in California, also.

I was just wondering how someone like chefhat who claims to be the owner of said place in Paris managed to hear some siren call from Fodors in order to come on here and personally post an ad, which is forbidden. I assume she is the owner as the post is an ad to gain business, but I just don't understand how these things work (it was her first post).

Tallulah--

This is no help to the OP (sorry), but there is an <b>excellent</b> book which explains the cultural reasons for the squeamishness you refer to: <b><u>Good to Eat</u></b>, by anthropologist Marvin Harris (Simon &amp; Schuster, 1985). In highly readable style, Harris lays out just why it is that horsemeat is anathema to some, appetizing to others, and why some look at insects as revolting and others see them as a perfectly reasonable food. Cultural and environmental factors are both important.

WillTravel, where are you located?

Here I was thinking how wonderful the internet is when a person can ask about dog bakeries and be answered by someone who actually owns such an establishment. Somehow this does not offend me as an advertisement; it is a person responding to a request for just such information, and to remove it would be to deny that information to the original poster.

Synada, in Vancouver. Until recently, I lived in a neighborhood which is full of highly-paid childfree professionals who thoroughly indulge their dogs.

Hi, sorry if I did a faux-pas, a client sent me an e-mail telling me about the question when she googled the boutique... didn't mean to &quot;post an ad&quot;, just give you the info to the question about dog bakeries in France.
Sorry for the interruption, Happy Holidays, Mon Bon Chien

Tout est bien qui finit bien alors!
I believe you because with google one can find even the tiniest posting on an unknow forum and as fodors is on top of the list!
bonne chance pour le magasin et bonne ann&eacute;e!
corinne

The French have about a gazillion dogs – mainly horrible little yappy mutts, and they pamper them terribly That’s why the pavements of Paris are so horrible!

Any pet shop or department store will have lots of dog toys and treats for pooches. President Bush is a favourite subject for dog-chew toys it may not surprise you to know.

On the horse thing: I thought that the reason that Anglo saxons don’t eat horses is a throw back to our pagan days when they were held up as sacred.

I’ve eaten horse – it’s OK, but nothing special, it’s like a less flavoursome beef. I’m in no hurry to do it again.

Someone asked: &lt;&lt; Why is it more acceptable to eat lamb than dog?&gt;&gt;

Maybe because we have a funny feeling that it doesn't feel right to eat friends and family.

I'm trying to help &quot;bury&quot; that thread with the long title lacking spaces, which is making the board so hard to read. The easist way is to post on some recent (but not top 50) threads that I've posted on previously. Sorry if this one doesn't merit topping, but if there's no interest, it'll sink soon.

Like this thread? Check out the Yorkshire pudding thread I just topped.

Congratulations Harriet! I saw you and Sophie Marie((&amp) on THE French morning program on TV (T&eacute;l&eacute;matin)
You'll be famous very soon!
Good luck!
coco