Would you buy dog food from this person?

February 26, 2010 7:44 AM

Help me name my new business: Home-made dog food.

I currently make homemade food for our elderly, allergy-sensitive dog. Ginger suffered from skin allergies due to food, and she's made a remarkable recovery after we switched from commercial to homemade about two years ago. I am planning to sell my concoction at farmers markets this spring/summer, and I'm looking for a short, easy-to-remember name that encompasses the following keywords:

All natural - Healthy - Human-grade ingredients - chemical-free - no preservatives - Freshly made in my kitchen

Incorporating our dog's name would be good, but not necessary. You guys are GREAT at this. Thanks!

posted by raisingsand to Pets & Animals (29 answers total)

Best answer: Your product has a great backstory- use it. Call it Ginger's. People will ask why, and you'll have a story to tell.
posted by mkultra at 7:50 AM on February 26, 2010

Best answer: I was just thinking something like "Ginger's Home Kitchen" would really convey all of those ideas quite well. Just be prepared to be called "Ginger" a few times.
posted by Saydur at 7:54 AM on February 26, 2010

Best answer: Ginger's Mix
Organic Woof
posted by camworld at 7:58 AM on February 26, 2010

I love the idea of calling it Ginger's or Ginger's Kitchen. I'm seeing an adorable logo with a cartoon image of Ginger and some words underneath it like "Fresh, Healthy, Natural"
posted by amethysts at 8:02 AM on February 26, 2010

Ginger's Canine Kitchen
posted by amyms at 8:04 AM on February 26, 2010

My dog's name is Ginger, so prepare for a protracted legal battle to rename your dog. (just kidding.)

Ginger's Good Food for Good Dogs
Woof-da!
Cool Food for Hot dogs
Ginger's People Food (for Dogs) (Not People)
Better Than Scraps
Get your pets spayed and food-ered.
Doof God for Dyslexic Dogs.
I Can't Believe It's Not Unhealthy!
Healthy Dogs are Happy Dogs
Ginger's Dog Food (Contains less than 1% Dog)
posted by unixrat at 8:20 AM on February 26, 2010 [2 favorites]

I like the "Ginger's" suggestion because it's not only the dog's name, but also a reference to its main selling point - being easy on the constitution.
posted by cashman at 8:22 AM on February 26, 2010

Ginger's Dog Food (contains less than 1% Dog) made me laugh.
Though I like Ginger's Canine Kitchen.
posted by sandraregina at 8:29 AM on February 26, 2010

Le Canine Bleu
posted by Think_Long at 8:40 AM on February 26, 2010

Ginger's Hi-Test Dog Fuel
posted by workerant at 8:43 AM on February 26, 2010

Ginger's Dogalicious Dogfood
posted by HeyAllie at 8:44 AM on February 26, 2010

Ginger's Healthy
BRAND DOG FOOD
posted by General Tonic at 9:04 AM on February 26, 2010

Ginger's Famous Gourmutt Kibble
posted by The Winsome Parker Lewis at 9:44 AM on February 26, 2010

I can't believe I'm the first to suggest Ginger Snaps. Too goofy?
posted by thebrokedown at 9:45 AM on February 26, 2010 [1 favorite]

Ginger's Own, Ginger's Choice, etc., or Ginger's Own (Dog Food or Puppy Chow or etc.).
posted by hoople at 10:13 AM on February 26, 2010

Tagline should be....

Yummy enough for a Human, but pH balanced for a dog.
posted by ian1977 at 10:18 AM on February 26, 2010 [2 favorites]

Ginger's Dinners
Ginger's Doggie Dinners
posted by Good Brain at 10:21 AM on February 26, 2010

I can't believe I'm the first to suggest Ginger Snaps. Too goofy?


Ginger snaps? Oh no! Watch your fingers!

Ginger Snacks?
posted by ian1977 at 10:28 AM on February 26, 2010 [1 favorite]

Ginger blah blah blah blah Ginger is what comes to mind for me when I see "Ginger" in a dog situation -- and that's a good thing.
posted by The corpse in the library at 11:00 AM on February 26, 2010 [3 favorites]

"Petibles!
posted by lungtaworld at 11:19 AM on February 26, 2010

Sorry, met "Petibles" !
posted by lungtaworld at 11:20 AM on February 26, 2010

WoofItDown
Ginger's Mix
posted by faineant at 12:27 PM on February 26, 2010

Homedog.
posted by anniecat at 12:35 PM on February 26, 2010

Ginger's Favorite
posted by rhizome at 1:06 PM on February 26, 2010 [1 favorite]

Is it a kibble-like product? Ginger's Granola.
Otherwise... Ginger's Good Dog Food.
posted by dywypi at 3:58 PM on February 26, 2010

I would just call it Home-Made Dog Food. Plain brown can. Black stencil letters. Maybe a stencil-looking bone logo.

That's it.

(you can pay me my million now)
posted by Afroblanco at 1:52 AM on February 27, 2010

Good on you for doing this; there's a ton of information (and quite a few conflicting sources too) that needs to be filtered in order to get anything that's a) beneficial, b) economical and c) palatable. It must have been a long process.

Pack Lunch
Home Run Healthy Mix (put two words on each line)
My Dog's Choice (byline: The Anti-Kibble)
posted by Hardcore Poser at 8:56 PM on February 28, 2010

The Dog's Dinner
- Ginger approved

OR

The Dog's Breakfast
- Ginger approved.
posted by jvilter at 10:19 AM on March 3, 2010

Response by poster: I've settled on Ginger's Fresh Mix, mainly because the domain name was available. Thanks so much for all your help.
posted by raisingsand at 4:21 PM on April 7, 2010