Research & Development

Here at Bogart Enterprises, we are continuing our research & development to try to make the best treats we can...

Meet our crack R&D Team - Jupie, Robin, Kermit, & MEEE...

Jupie has a nose for these things - she looks like she'd give it to ya straight, doesn't she? If the treats were lousy, she'd tell me...

Chicks with beards rule!

Much testing has to happen to be sure that things are working... we're trying to work out some kinks in our production process, and our team is on the case...

Ah, hard work. So tiring. We needed a little lunch - so off to the Good Microbrew we strolled...

Lots of good dog-watching today (even tho mom didn't get any pix of other doggies...). Two french bulldogs, a Rhodesian Ridgeback, a Mini-Pini, and those were just the ones near me...

Dad gave this nice man one of my business cards - had used to have Airedales, now he has Welsh Terriers (mini-me's!). So he was cool in my book.

Love,

Bogart

Chez Bogart

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Workin' for a Livin'

Bogart H. Devil... Quality Control Manager

I'm starting to hear back from some of my friends now who have received their jerky and so far EVERYONE LOVES IT!!!! I cannot begin to tell you all how happy that makes me, because it's my favorite stuff and to know that so many of you like it too warms my fuzzy heart.

Here I am checking out the latest batch of Bogart's Hearty Chew (the beef heart). Gotta taste-test and make sure that it meets my exacting specifications...

All of the jerky going out to my friends in the USA is now in the mail, and the jerky going abroad is going out tomorrow. So watch for the postman if you haven't received yours yet! And thanks again to all of my friends for volunteering to taste-test along with me, it means a LOT :)

Love,

Bogart

Chez Bogart

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Worky on Your Jerky

Working hard at quality control and supervision of the greatest machine that ever lived...

Our industrial dehydrator. The bringer of jerky, the maker of happiness, the large stinky box of my dreams...

And meet the VPM - the industrial vacuum packing machine. This is truly what takes the jerky-making hobby into potential future business-land...

But as you know, nothing beats the canine touch - so I put on my quality-control hat and taste-test every single batch. Nothing but the best for my buddies!

Since I couldn't decide on which ones to send, I decided that every DWBer will get a sample of each! So Bogart's Hearty Chew (that's the beef heart) and Bogart's Chicken Chips (that's the chicken breast) will be on their way...

Hope you all LOVE 'em!!!

Love,

Bogart

Chez Bogart

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I Have a Dream...

That one day soon, all dogs everywhere will have yummy jerky treats fresh out of the cooker just like I do.

I'm sure that I've mentioned that my dad has been making me fresh jerky every day - well, the time has come for all of my dog buddies to have some too. The dehydrator is running non-stop, we bought an industrial vacuum-sealing machine, and I even see some sausage-making equipment still in boxes. This can only mean one thing. Well, to me at least.

I mentioned to dad that while of course I love his jerky, that we might want to get some independent thinkers to be our taste-testing-team. And who better than dogs who blog, eh? So I had mom spend her entire Sunday visiting a zillion of my buddy's blogs (ok, maybe it was less than a zillion but from the looks of her bony fingers it was awfully close) and dropping the hint that a free sample of yummy jerky could be yours if you ask.

We're making two kinds, and each doggie will get a little packet of each: Bogart's Hearty Chew (which is beef heart), and Bogart's Chicken Chips (which is chicken breast). No junk here, this is human-quality meat freshly sliced and jerk-i-fied.

The first batch, ready to go!

I can't get enough of this stuff - even my kitties love it! We just break it up into tiny pieces for the felines and they go to town.

I hope someday soon to convince the humans that this should be more than just a tasty hobby and maybe become our "big idea" or they could fulfill their "special purpose" (mom is chuckling as she writes that). But for now, we just want to give some special treat-lovin' back to the lovely group of doggies that we've become friends with over the last few years and of course we hope you LOVE them!

We will ship them anywhere, but as one of our good doggie friends Noah told us, some countries have issues accepting packages with meat in them. These are sealed and packed in vacuum baggies, but we can't guarantee they'll get past those meat-sniffing Beagles (no offense to adorable Beagles everywhere).

I check all packages before they go out... mmm, quality control.

So if you want a packet just drop me an email with your address. My direct email address is bogarthandsomedevildog@yahoo.com. I answer all emails personally (with help from my opposable-thumb-equipped mama).

Love,

Bogart

Chez Bogart

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It's a Habit

Yeah! I got to spend part of today with my Dale buddies!!! But first mom, dad, Mareike and me went to The Habit for some tasty burgers. It's always great to eat with Mareike, she really understands my take on what makes a good burger - nothin' on it but meat and bun. And large pieces always seem to fall my way when she has a burger...

Then it was time to see my Dale buddies and try out some more of dad's homemade jerky. No camera could catch how fast they all gobbled up all of the heart, yam and chicken jerky that he brought for them. They loved it!

It's always fun to see them - and to see how much they like my jerky. Fun to run in the garden (with a new palm tree that now is where the giant hole used to be - if mom's batteries weren't crappy there would be photos of that too) and to groom my buddy Kermit. Sundays are fun...

Love,

Bogart

To Aire is Divine

Jerky on the Road

Remember Fritz and DeeDee? Those crazy Boxer babies are growing fast... and dad brought over some of our latest jerky - beef heart jerky - for them to sample. I wasn't there as I was out with mom for a little walk, but luckily there were at least a few pictures taken of their cuteness...

DeeDee got jerky for jerky! Check out those ears... she is the tan-colored Boxer, Fritz is the brindle-y brown one.

Aren't they adorable???? Eating lots of jerky exhausts the little ones.

The jerky was a HIT, and Fritz even stole the bag out of dad's pocket to get more. I wish I could have been there, but I got some jerky from mom when I got home so no complaints...

Love,

Bogart

To Aire is Divine

Jerky!

Today a large box arrived with dad's name on it. I was a little concerned as the box was almost my size. It turns out that, well, basically it's for me - it's a DEHYDRATOR. So the humans can make jerky for me at home!

Wasting absolutely no time, dad sliced up some beef heart and fired up the machine. And in a few hours, I had this:

I think I'm gonna like this.

Love,

Bogart

To Aire is Divine