Birthday Party ends with a Wag

Brandi getting the cupcakes ready

On Saturday, July 24th at 9 AM Bigwag Dog Bakery celebrated it's 4th year in business. We've done this every year as a "customer appreciation day", a "hey we are still here day", and a "here are our friends" day. The day starts off with 100 goody bags for the first 100 people who show up starting at 9 AM. The goody bags are generally gone in about 30 minutes.

Outside in our side parkinglot we have donuts (provided by Daylight Donuts of Lowell), coffee (provided by Mountain Bird Coffee), and juice, along with 18 vendors, rescues, shelters, groomers, pet sitters, boarders, photographers and dog parks. These are area pet businesses or groups that have come to talk about their business or rescue, give out more freebies, get your face painted, pet some dogs, or get your dog microchipped.

Starting at about 10:30 AM, we break out the burgers and hot dogs, and start the grilling. All food is free, and the grilling was provided this year by Arkansas Fireplace and Grill.

Maddie - our phto contest winner of a year of free treats

Throughout the day we hold giveaways - in "Lets Make A Deal" style, where we ask participants to sing a song, call the hogs, find items in their purse, or answer trivia to win a wide array of prizes. We gave away over 100 lbs of dog food, gift baskets, collars and leads from Lupine and Planet Dog, toys, gift certificates, and salsa from Shaggy's Salsa.

The event is capped off with the "Biggest Wag Contest", a tradition started in our second year of business, where dogs and their owners are encouraged to exhibit as much enthusiasm as possible, and where truly size does not matter..

To see all of our photos visit our Facebook page or our Facebook Photo Album.

Thank you to everyone who came out and partied with us, and to all of the pet businesses and groups that came out and set up a tent with us or donated prizes for the give aways and the goody bags. We feel truly blessed to be part of such a wonderful pet community in NWA.