all sweetness & light

Enjoy our top-selling and beloved Sweet Potato & Ginger Snaps on sale this month. Shop and save in bulk or in 7 ounce packages. Sweet & delicious plus super-healthy and full of bright sweet potato goodness.

cheers, Ma Snax

please stand by: we are experiencing technical difficulties

Just a quick jot to let everyone know our website is having the hiccups. 
We've had a few issues the past few days but slowly they are getting resolved. 
Online shopping has been restored! With luck, everything will be back to normal very soon.
thank you, Ma Snax

Stormy Weekend Sale

Hunker down inside with the firkids and shop online! We're running a stormy weekend sale with discounts on Valentines   here are but a few to tempt...

Valentine Box of Cookies

Polka Dot Gift Box Cookies

Pretty Pink Hearts

and both January and February Treat of the Month Biscuits

Ma Snax Cheddar Crackers

Ma Snax PB & Carob Chip Biscuits

plus many more treats to delight you and your pooch. cheers and enjoy the weekend!

-Ma Snax

November news

Happy Halloween one and all...
todays the last day to save on Double Pumpkin Happiness Biscuits while our November treat special begins: Cranberry-Applesauce Spice Biscuits. Both on special!

Fab Fall treats for your 4 leggers. Stock up because company's coming!

Also check out our amazing lineup of Holiday Confections and our newest packaged delight:

Christmas Loot & Hanukkah Gelt. 

Gold & Silver foil wrapped coins of peppermint bark Biscuits. Perfect for gifts.

enjoy the long weekend and the shipping's on us

Have some fun with your dog this Labor Day weekend and enjoy free shipping with code LABORDAY15

cheers and woofs, Ma Snax

Train 'em right

more new products!
We've brought back our Cheddar Trainers by request. These bite-size beauties are perfect for small dogs, dogs in school, agility dogs, learning puppies, travel and any other dogged pursuit that requires a quick bit of goodness. Extra tasty with added organic parsley and heart-healthy turmeric. Joint support rounds it out and makes it great for sports nuts.
Additionally, calming & soothing organic chamomile makes it a great bedtime or wind-down treat as well.

Conveniently package in 4 oz size, nicely fits in your pocket or purse.

try some!

www.masnax.com

Easter basket bounty

Fill your pups Easter and Passover baskets with hand decorated sweet spring treats from Ma Snax...

all on sale now! 

Try some pretty eggs, chicks, bunny, flowers, bumblebees and more. Remember to buy baseballs and tennis balls for the retrievers!

bonus promo!
Please enjoy $10 off your next online purchase. *
Use code: DOGSLUVMASNAX 
offer expires March 30, so don't miss it!

* Min purchase $35. Some restrictions apply. Retail purchases only. Retailers please contact us for wholesale specials.

Every Flavor Packaged Biscuit Sale

Enjoy 15% off all of our packaged treats thru March 15. 

Enter code: MARCH15

Happy Snacking!

www.masnax.com

Black Fridy-Cyber Monday Weekend Sale...

we're going to pump you up!

With Halloween just a week away, don't miss out on Double Pumpkin Happiness Biscuits on sale at 15% off. In bulk by the pound and 7 oz. packages.

Happy Halloween Snackers!

Bonus: enter coupon Code: SAVE10 for another 10% off your purchase of $30 or more.

www.masnax.com

Summer lounging + Bon Bons

Aaah, July. So bright, sunny and warm. We're loving late sunsets, long morning hikes and splashy river romps. We pack plenty of energy-giving biscuits for the pups for all our outdoor adventures. Keeps them fueled and going all day.

Shop online at www.masnax.com and use the code SAVE10 at checkout for 10% off your purchases. Shop at your favorite indy retailer too and do ask for Ma Snax by name if they haven't discovered our fab line of treats.

Life is sweet!

New! Bon Bon Cookies

The LOVE Month

Happy February snackers!
Treat your furry loves to our Peanut Butter & Carob Chip Biscuits...on sale at 15% off thru the month.

Ma Snax PB & Carob Chip Biscuits

Handcrafted and baked in small batches, our ingredients are second to none. 

Pick up a sweet Valentine cookie as well. Remember who loves you the most!

Big Gingerbread hearts

Shop local or shop online. If your favorite pet supply shop doesn't carry our treats, let them know about it. Our world domination effort is in full swing.

As a February bonus...enter code WINTERFREESHIP for free freight on your orders $25 and up. 

Happy Valentine's Day, Ma Snax

retail therapy

so close...we're nearly there. Just a few more i's to dot and t's to cross.

For our loyal snackers who are in need, Only Natural Pet Store in Boulder, CO sells quite a few of our biscuit flavors and they happen to be an excellent online retailer.

We'll be blasting out an email soon for our Grand Re-opening so please look for it and so sign up if you haven't already. Expect plenty of groovy discounts and specials!

fat pumpkin cookies

New: Early Autumn Cookie Update

Updated Fall cookie selection:

While we continue to create and polish our shiny new online store, please shop for your snax with any of our excellent online and brick-n-mortar retailers across the land.

We love the good folks at puplife.com  

happy snacking!

New Cookies for Early Autumn

Here's our beautiful new cookies for early Fall...

Online shopping to come!

APB

Getting closer to publishing the new site...
We've got the domain pointed to the blog, so instead of a lame "under construction" notice with bizarre ads, at lease you'll get us!


need snax? 
call us at: 707.293.9676
fax us at: 707.293.9679
email us at: masnax@comcast.net


we're also tweeting: @pennysnax
+ we love making new friends on facebook [ link to FB on sidebar ]

Power UP!

BLUEBERRY POWER SNAPS: Our treat of the month for July.

Enjoy a 15% discount online all month long.

Blueberry Power snaps are one of our most popular biscuits. They're quite delicious, I admit ray and I confess Ray and I snack on them quite often.
Of course, we make most of them available for the dogs. Freshly baked, a bit exotic and aromatic with organic ground nutmeg and cardamom.

Our ingredients are stellar. 

Baked with a touch of raw wildflower honey. The organic whole dried blueberries are simply fantastic and sooo good for dogs. Chock full of health-maintaining and disease-preventing anti-oxidants, blueberries provide numerous health benefits.

Check this out:

Nutrients and phytochemicals

Blueberries [especially wild varieties] contain anthocyanins, other antioxidant pigments and various phytochemicals possibly having a role in reducing risks of some diseases, cancer among them.

Potential anti-disease effect

Researchers have shown that blueberry anthocyanins, proanthocyanidins, resveratrol,flavonols, and tannins inhibit mechanisms of cancer cell development and inflammation in vitro. Similar to red grape, some blueberry species contain in their skins significant levels of resveratrol, a phytochemical.

Although most studies below were conducted using the highbush cultivar of blueberries (V. corymbosum), content of polyphenol antioxidants and anthocyanins in lowbush (wild) blueberries (V. angustifolium) exceeds values found in highbush species.

At a 2007 symposium on berry health benefits were reports showing consumption of blueberries (and similar berry fruits including cranberries) may alleviate the cognitive decline occurring in Alzheimer's disease and other conditions of aging.

A chemical isolated from blueberry leaves can block replication of the hepatitis C virus and might help to delay disease spread in infected individuals.

Feeding blueberries to animals lowers brain damage in experimental stroke. Research at Rutgers has also shown that blueberries may help prevent urinary tract infections.

Other animal studies found that blueberry consumption lowered cholesterol and total bloodlipid levels, possibly affecting symptoms of heart disease. Additional research showed that blueberry consumption in rats altered glycosaminoglycans which are vascular cell components affecting control of blood pressure.

A study soon to be published in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry found that supplementation with wild blueberry juice enhanced memory and learning in older adults, while reducing blood sugar and symptoms of depression.

Blueberries

Nutritional value per 100 g (3.5 oz)
Energy	239 kJ (57 kcal)
Carbohydrates	14.5 g
Dietary fiber	2.4 g
Fat	0.3 g
Protein	0.7 g
Vitamin A	54 IU
- lutein and zeaxanthin	80 μg
Thiamine (Vit. B1)	0.04 mg (3%)
Riboflavin (Vit. B2)	0.04 mg (3%)
Niacin (Vit. B3)	0.42 mg (3%)
Pantothenic acid (B5)	0.1 mg (2%)
Vitamin B6	0.1 mg (8%)
Folate (Vit. B9)	6 μg (2%)
Vitamin C	10 mg (17%)
Vitamin E	0.6 mg (4%)
Calcium	6 mg (1%)
Iron	0.3 mg (2%)
Magnesium	6 mg (2%)
Phosphorus	12 mg (2%)
Potassium	77 mg (2%)
Zinc	0.2 mg (2%)
manganese 0.3 mg	20%
vitamin K 19 mcg	24%
Percentages are relative to US recommendations for adults. Source: USDA Nutrient database

Organic sunflower and pumpkin seeds will provide FiFi with all the energy she needs for summertime endeavors. Bring some to the beach or the lake so your swimming, hiking or dock-diving dog can stay fueled.

Power to the PUPS!

World's Ugliest Dog?

There's really there's no such thing as an Ugly Dog, but you gotta name the contest something, so let's just agree that it's yet another way to celebrate the canine-human relationship and call it a day.


This year's champ! 4 year old Chihuahua "Princess Abby"

The chihuahua suffers from severe back and leg problems and has a closed up eye, most likely a result of inbreeding, CBS News reported.

"She's a poster child to spay and neuter your pets," celebrity vet Karen "Doc" Halligan said.

We were lucky enough to be a small part of this fun annual event held annually at the Sonoma-Marin Fair [we did a little demo in the groovy stage kitchen]. We demonstrated healthy snax by decorating a cake using our Peanut-Double Carob Chip Cake Mix. There ain't nothin' wrong with cake! Ours is super healthy & delicious using only organic people quality ingredients. We alike to bam it up by adding something seasonal like fresh grated zucchini, carrots, apples, pumpkin, banana, etc. Sweetened with raw honey...yum.
Dogs love it and so did our bi-ped audience!

Our friends from Sonoma Humane and Rohnert Park Animal Shelter were on hand with adoptable critters. I do hope they were able to find some loving forever-people for the most adorable dogs they had in tow. I heard that adopting out cats were the big issue these days; just too many of them!


Along with Princess Abby, there were plenty of uniquely beautiful contestants. Here's a few...

Saturday Sizzler at Foppiano

Thanks to Ellen at Paws For Love and to Foppiano Vineyards for putting on a lovely event. It was a scorcher of a day, but the dogs were troopers and had a blast.

Everyone relaxed with fine wine and grilled sausages while the dogs created their unique works of art.

We set up our little booth at the end of a row among the vines.

We visited with friends like Laura Leah Johnson from Brinkley Books

The dogs munched on biscuits and cake [our Double Carob Chip-Peanut Cake Mix with applesauce & zucchini, garnished with coconut & carob chips]

the tasting room was air-conditioned, which was really nice

and all the dogs were happy.

Bay Area Dog magazine

Say hello to a new lifestyle publication serving Northern California's dogs and dog lovers.

Inside Bay Area Dog you will find product reviews, travel destinations, health and fitness advice, funny and heartwarming stories, and more, all having one thing in common: dogs.

Bay Area Dog will print two issues in 2010, and will be quarterly in 2011, expanding to six times per year in 2012. Bay Area Dog covers the entire Bay Area.

Here we are in the very first issue!

visit their site for subscriptions [I heard they may be giving some away for Free!]