Hooch for pooches
Don’t fret .. your pet won’t get well & truly canined
Forget begging for a walk or a biscuit … man’s best friend might prefer you to just crack open a bottle of beer or a bottle of rose.
With several ranges of doggy beers and wines on the market, lucky pups across the country can now share a cheeky wee pint with their human pals on a Saturday night.
While owners chill out with a beer and Netflix, their fourlegged friends can kick back with a bottle of Bottom Sniffer or a pint of Snuffles.
And for pooches with a more refined taste in drink, there’s Pawsecco – available in white or rose … pawfect for a night in with the girls.
These bizarre beverages, which are available from major pet shops across Scotland, including Pets At Home, give a whole new meaning to hair of the dog.
Before there’s an outcry about cruelty to animals, none of these doggy drinks contain alcohol and they are all made from natural ingredients approved by vets.
Bottom Sniffer by the Woof & Brew company contains f lax, dandelion, burdock and nettle – and is apparently designed to give your dog real “tail swagger”.
People tempted to have a cheeky swig might be put off by the brewer’s claim that the drink helps dogs produce an odour which will be the envy of their doggy peers when having their bottom sniffed.
Woof & Brew are also behind the Pawsecco range of wines – made from a yummy-sounding blend of elfderflower, nettle, ginseng and limeflower. Snuffle Dog Beer is made in a Belgian brewery and is a combination of beef, chicken and barley extracts.
With costs ranging between £1.99 and £2.99 a bottle, your furry pal isn’t exactly a cheap date but, in a culture where folk love to pamper their pooches, doggy wine and beer is going down a treat.
It’s not just alcohol that has been given a canine twist – popcorn, cheese, gravy, cookies and even cappuccino have been reinvented doggy style.
Peamutt Butter, Caramel Yappuccino, YakyCh arms Popcorn and Wagg’ mmms Dog Gravy are just some of the crazy treats available for hungry hounds.
From fancy clothes and flashy accessories to tasty snacks and dog hotels offering massages and spas, our four-legged friends have never had it so good.
These days, the expression “it’s a dog’s life” has a whole new meaning. In many ways, we all want what they are having.
As a wag to the Sunday Mail Pub Spy column, we invited three very special pups into the studio to try out some doggy drinks and nibbles.
Our Dug Spy recruits Eivissa the chihuahua and podencos Sabueso and Zorro lapped it up, while one sniff had me running for a bucket.