Lots of changes have been taking place at Bark Slope (a new baby lead to new ownership, which lead to a new site design, which lead to…well, you get the picture) but we’re back and at it again in the blog world! For some odd reason, we can’t get the blog link to work half the time, so we’re crossing the paws that this will stop soon so that we can consistently share what’s going on in the dog world as well as what’s new in the Bark Slope world–not to mention a bunch of laughs along the way. I think we can all agree that life is so very stressful and that humor is a necessity to make it through the day! What better way to relieve stress than to combine humor and dogs?!
First, however, introductions are in order. The person behind the computer right now is Kade, co-owner of Bark Slope /main mutt/janitor. (”Kade” is said like “Jade”, but with a “K”–and he would be a male. 
) Sharing in the daily fun of keeping Bark Slope operating is Brenda, the other co-owner of Bark Slope/product description writer-extraordinairre/pseudo-accountant. You’ll be hearing from both of us–along with guest authors, too. Some are other members of the Bark Slope team, while others are experts that have been recommended to us. Anyway, enough about us and back to what’s going on now…
Currently, we’re right in the midst of Howl-oween madness. This year’s costumes are flying out the door (for those interested, it’s the shiny clown costume that’s most popular for us this year), but we ourselves are still at a little bit of a loss as to what costumes to use for our own dogs. Kade has two dogs at his home in North Carolina–Matza Ball (a 4-year-old white/tan Maltichon) and Tobi Knish (a 9-month-old black Yorkipoo), while Brenda has Kade’s other dog, Duchess (a 10-year-old Lhasa Apso), living with her in Utah. (The move across the country was a no-go for Dutchie, so she keeps Brenda company.) Oh, and it’s a commonly asked question when people hear Matz and Tobi’s names, but no, Kade is not Jewish. It’s a story best saved for another time, but there was logic behind how it all came to be.
As it stands, it looks like Matza will be a pink hippo, while Tobi will be a pig. Though Matza’s personality doesn’t really resemble a hippo much, there could not be a more fitting costume for Tobi than that of a pig. The dog can put down food like no other! She’s six pounds, but if you were to go off of the volume she eats, you’d think you had a 50-lb. dog on your hands. It’s insane. Matza can be trusted to self-feed, but not Tobi. Bless her furry little heart.
Anyway, the days are filled with wrapping up the Halloween shopping season while we’re working in the background to get the coolest possible Christmas and Hannukah items ready to go! Shipments are arriving daily–and look to continue for the foreseeable future. Personal favorites thus far: The “Oy Vey Cow” toy (the internal slider makes a sound that is exactly like saying “oy vey” when the toy is turned back and forth…I often just play with it myself because it’s an absolute hoot and makes me laugh everytime…yes, I’m pathetic) and the Juicy Couture teddy bear rope toy is the other toy fave. For clothing, we are SO excited to be able to exclusively offer a high-quality, fun sweater line that was just uploaded to the site last night. The sweaters are not able to be offered by any other online retailer, so these are ones you won’t see all over the place! The argyle sweater and the toggle sweater are both at the top of my faves list too. Dosha Dog’s collars, along with London Dog’s, are just amazing, but we’re also currently evaluating a couple of other lines to bring into the mix.
So, in short, there’s a lot going on and for those who have been following the blog for years (even during the stretch no new posts were added), we’ll hopefully make this blog worth your while and help brighten your day! Having said that, if there is a topic you want discussed or even a new product you would suggest (among other things, our basic requirements are that it be high quality and unique), feel free to drop us a line. We’re all ears! (info@barkslope.com)
Until then, have a fantastic day!
~Kade
]]>
The movie that started the dog fashion craze now has its own Broadway show. Legally Blonde: The Musical offically opened on Broadway last night. Boy, does that make me miss living in NYC! Hopefully some of my East Coast readers can check out the show and let us know how it was. Seems like it woud be a fun musical, I wonder who gets the privilege of dressing Bruiser?
]]>
