Dog Valentine Outfit: Bandanas and Bows Ella Wears
Our freeze-dried treats do not care what the dog is wearing, but the pouch still comes along whenever a bandana or a bow gets added for the day. This year the dog valentine outfit lineup pairs a bandana or bow with the same treats we hand out every other week, just dressed up a little for February and photographed against the Camaro.
A bandana is not a costume
A bandana or a bow tie is about as far as things go around here for February. It ties on in a minute, comes off just as fast, and does not ask a dog to sit through anything longer than a photo by the Camaro before the walk continues as normal. The Sniff and Shift Circle-Logo Dog Bandana is ours, made under our own name, and it works for this the same way it works the rest of the year, no special version required.
Part of the reason we keep the outfit side simple is that Ella has her own opinion about how long a bandana stays on straight, and that opinion rarely lines up with how long a photo takes to get right. A bow tie clipped to the collar tends to survive longer than one tied loosely, and either way the goal is a quick picture by the Camaro rather than an outfit that has to hold up for the rest of the afternoon.
What goes in the pouch
Our treats go in first, outfit or not. Freeze-Dried Beef Heart Dog Treats and Freeze-Dried Cheddar Cheese Dog Treats are both single ingredient and freeze-dried in small batches in Malvern, Pennsylvania, and either one holds up fine in a pouch while a bandana gets tied and re-tied for a photo that takes longer than the treat itself lasts. The full lineup we are sending out for the day lives in the valentines dog treats collection, updated as items move on and off the shelf.
Matching without trying too hard
The dog valentine outfit around here rarely means more than a bandana and a bow, and pairing them with the red of the Camaro is mostly luck rather than careful planning on our part. A bow tie or a Babe Bow reads well next to gravel and chrome, and it comes off the second the drive is over so the rest of the day goes back to normal without any fuss involved.
If you are looking for where the Camaro and the bandana crowd show up once the weather turns, our dog-friendly car events board keeps that list current, rather than us trying to keep it in our own memory from one season to the next.
What to bring for the photo
A short list covers most of it: the bandana or bow of choice, the usual treat pouch, and a few extra minutes before the drive in case the first knot does not sit right. Nothing here needs to be planned days in advance, and most of it is already sitting in a drawer from the last time a bandana came out for a photo.
The order tends to go treat first, bandana second, since a treat in hand makes the whole process shorter and Ella considerably more willing to hold still for the few seconds a photo actually takes by the wheel or the hood. It is a small routine, repeated for most photos we take of her by the Camaro regardless of the month, and February just happens to add a bandana to the usual steps.
From the shop
Our treats first, the outfit after:
- Freeze-Dried Beef Liver Dog Treats, single ingredient, freeze-dried in small batches.
- Freeze-Dried Beef Heart Dog Treats, another single ingredient option from our own kitchen.
- Sniff and Shift Circle-Logo Dog Bandana, made under our own name.
- Dog Bandanas, Bow Ties and Babe Bows, shipped by Pink Papyrus Co. directly, not made or packed by us.
Questions
Is the circle-logo bandana made by Sniff and Shift?
Yes. It is ours from design to bag, the same bandana we use the rest of the year, just tied on for a February photo this time around rather than anything new.
Where do the bandanas and bows in the wider collection come from?
They are shipped by Pink Papyrus Co. directly, with their own tracking, and are not made or packed by us at all. We link them here because they fit the day well, not because we produce them ourselves.
Do the treats change for a dog wearing an outfit?
No. The same single ingredient, freeze-dried treats go in the pouch whether there is a bandana involved or not, and the pouch does not know the difference either way.
How long does a bandana usually stay tied for a photo?
Long enough for a few frames, most of the time. Ella is not especially patient about it, so the routine is to get the knot right the first time and take the picture quickly rather than fuss with it repeatedly by the Camaro before she shakes it loose on her own.
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