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Juniper Leaves

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As I mentioned last week, relationships help small businesses grow. Well, our good friends from Seattle (originally from the true Best Coast – the East Coast), run a small business out of their home. It’s always been close to our heart because it involves dogs. It’s called Juniper Leaves. It’s a Dog Mom + Me accessories site but as a dog Dad I feel I can enjoy pampering my dog too!

Don’t tell my wife but my favorite son is our dog, not the silly cat she’s had since we first met. The cat’s a jerk – the dog’s great. So, to help pamper my buddy we try to get him new toys when he goes to the groomers and new bandannas when the mood strikes. That’s where Juniper Leaves comes in. Stout, our pup, is a big fan of her stuff. He seems to love wearing her materials and cuts and they always seem to fit perfect. We have 2 beer bandannas and a Penn State bandanna from here.

Juniper Leaves and I are working on a collaboration beer and some Warzy Brewing gear. Keep your eyes open so you can shower your pet in gear and help small businesses along the way.

If you have any ideas of doggo, mom, or dad accessories you’d like to see in the Warzy Brewing swag catalog please let us know and we’ll work to develop something for you and your fur babies!

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Growing Hops Dangerous for Dogs?!

Apparently, the cones are the threat when a dog eats enough of them. Hop cones can cause a potentially fatal condition in dogs called “malignant hyperthermia.”

The symptoms are restlessness, panting, and vomiting. In some reported cases, symptoms progress into seizures and life-threatening high body temperature.

Greyhounds appear to be the most susceptible breed – of nine documented dog-related deaths to eating hops cones, eight of them were the greyhound breed.

Hop vines can grow 20 feet tall or more. The primary concern for pet owners should be when the mature, yellow-brown cones fall to the ground. If a pet owner monitors the harvest season and makes sure their dog can’t reach any low-hanging cones, they should be in the clear. Personally, my wife and I built a fence around our hop garden so everything is contained and away from our dogs and other wandering neighborhood pets.

A bigger worry for me is my pup getting into bags of stored hops, hop pellets that fall on the ground during brewing, or trub/hop sediment that I dump into the compost pile after brewing and fermenting. I do my best to store all hops in the closed freezer and turn the hop trub into the compost pile after dumping.

What are some things that worry you about hops and your animals?