James Spratt sold the first commercial dog biscuits around 1860. These are dog treat business name ideas which I personally selected, each with its meaning.
List Of Dog Treat Business Name Ideas And Their Meanings:
Fennec Fare
Fennec comes from Arabic fanak, fox.
Wonton Woofs
Wonton, in Cantonese writing, is “swallowing clouds.”
Paw & Poue
Paw came from medieval French poue.
Doggo Dough
Doggo is internet slang for dog, with an -o suffix.
Poupée Pup Co.
Puppy is from French poupée, ‘doll’.
Plätzchen Pups
Plätzchen: little German Christmas cookies.
Collie Crust
Collie, a herding dog of Scotland and northern England.
Havana Hound
Havanese is national dog of Cuba.
Gelert Grill
Gelert is symbolizing loyalty in Welsh legend. Beddgelert is a village in Snowdonia, meaning ‘Gelert’s grave’.
Muttzarella
Mozzarella comes from mozzare, ‘to cut off’.
Funny dog walking business names:
| Name | Meaning | Pronunciation |
|---|---|---|
| Strut Your Mutt | dog’s catwalk | STRUT yor MUT |
| Leash Is More | ”less is more.” | LEESH iz MOR |
| Sniff Happens | stuff happens | SNIF HAP-unz |
| Sir Walks-a-Lot | knight of strolls | sur WAWKS-uh-lot |
| The Poop Troop | ”bag brigade” | thuh POOP troop |
| Pawsitively Walking | yes, on paws | PAW-zih-tiv-lee WAW-king |
| Bark Twain Walks | Mark Twain, woofing | BARK TWAYN wawks |
| Doggone Walkers | darned, or dang | dawg-GON or dog-GAWN WAW-kerz |
| Walkie Talkie Pups | ”chatty strolls” | WAW-kee TAW-kee pups |
| Fur Real Walkers | no joke | FUR reel WAW-kerz |
| The Walking Dog | undead, but fluffier | thuh WAW-king DAWG |
| Hounds Around Town | city rounds | HOWNDZ uh-ROWND TOWN |
| Waggin’ Trail | trail of wags | WAG-in TRAYL |
| Ruff Day Off | ”rough day, fixed” | RUF day AWF |
| Pooch Patrol | dogs on duty | POOCH puh-TROHL |
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Cynic’s Pantry
Cynic is from Greek kynikos, “doglike.” Diogenes is the most famous Cynic and slept in a clay jar in Athens.
Galleta Grill
Galleta, Spanish for cookie, French galette.
Mioritic Morsels
Mioritic sheepdogs are after Miorița, a Romanian ballad about a lamb who warns her shepherd of a plot against him.
Apis Apiary
Apiary is from Latin apis, “bee.”
Graham Grain Co.
Graham flour is after Sylvester Graham (1794-1851), an American preacher of meatless eating.
Earth Dog Treats
Terrier is from French chien terrier, earth dog, after Latin terra.
Culina Canine
Culina is Latin for kitchen, source of culinary and of kiln in Kiln & Kibble.
Koira Kakku
Koira, dog, kakku, cake: Finnish.
Pup Tent Pantry
Union soldiers in American Civil War called small shelter tents dog tents.
Melaço Molasses
From Portuguese melaço, and Latin mel, honey.
Tractare Treats
Treat has roots in Latin tractare, to handle.
Muttonhead Kitchen
Mutt started as a short for muttonhead, slang for a dim person.
Jofi’s Treats
Sigmund Freud’s chow chow Jofi stayed in his office during sessions.
Porridge Pup
Porridge began as pottage, a thick stew.
Dog training business name ideas:
| Name | Meaning | Pronunciation |
|---|---|---|
| Recall Ranch | come when called | REE-kawl ranch or rih-KAWL ranch |
| Docilis Dog School | teachable, in Latin | DOH-sih-lis DAWG skool |
| Clicker Club | ”click and reward.” | KLIK-er klub |
| Well-Heeled Hounds | wealthy, or obedient | wel-HEELD HOWNDZ |
| Sensei Paws | teacher, in Japanese | SEN-say PAWZ |
| Command Performance | ”royal request show” | kuh-MAND per-FOR-muns |
| Paideia Pups | ”upbringing” | py-DAY-uh pups |
| Polite Pooch Co. | courteous one | puh-LYTE POOCH koh |
| Cadence K9 | rhythm, or fall | KAY-duns KAY-nyne |
| Tutor Tails | ”guardian, originally” | TOO-ter TAYLZ or TYOO-ter TAYLZ |
| Maestro Mutt | master, in Italian | MY-stroh MUT |
| Off Leash Scholars | students of freedom | AWF leesh SKOL-erz |
| Hundeschule Harbor | dog school, German | HOON-duh-shoo-luh HAR-ber |
| Tricks of the Trade | insider know-how | TRIKS uv thuh TRAYD |
| Puppy Prep School | kindergarten for pups | PUP-ee PREP SKOOL |
| Manners Matter K9 | politeness first | MAN-erz MAT-er KAY-nyne |
The list continues.
Skylos Bakery
Skylos, a Greek word for dog.
Inu Oven
Inu is meaning dog in Japanese.
Dainty Hound
Dainty arrived via medieval French deintié, a delicacy, from Latin dignitas.
Schipperke Snacks
Flemish for “little skipper,” a barge dog.
Fidus Bakery
“Faithful,” in Latin. Abraham Lincoln had a yellow mutt called Fido.
Kiln & Kibble
Kiln has roots in Latin culina, kitchen.
Lion Dog Larder
Shih tzu is Chinese for lion.
Flour & Flower
Flour and flower were one word. Flour was the ‘flower’ of milled grain, its best part.
Pavlov’s Pantry
Ivan Pavlov won a Nobel Prize in nineteen-oh-four for digestion research done with dogs.
Floof & Flour
Floof, internet slang for a fluffy animal.
Pemmican Pantry
From Cree pimiy, “grease.” Pemmican was dried meat pounded with fat, and fur traders lived on it during long winters in Canada.
Foo Dog Foods
Foo dogs are Chinese guardian lions. Western visitors called them dogs.
Loaf Ward Bakery
Lord was initially an Anglo-Saxon hlafweard, “loaf guardian.”
Croquette Corner
French croquer, ‘to crunch’.
Picnic Pack
Picnic is from French pique-nique.
Crunch Hound
Crunch is an imitative word, made from its noise.
Canary Crumbs
Canary Islands come from Latin Canariae Insulae, ‘islands of dogs’. Pliny wrote of large dogs found there.
Molossus Meals
Molossian hounds are from Epirus, in ancient Greece.
Bouc & Butcher
Butcher came from French bouchier, a seller of goat meat, from bouc, “he-goat.”
Pierogi Pups
Pierogi, Polish filled dumplings.
Gourmet Groom
Gourmet has roots in French groume, a wine merchant’s servant.
Coyotl Crunch
Coyote is from Nahuatl coyotl.
Bernese Bakehouse
Bernese mountain dogs are from canton of Bern, where they actually pulled milk carts.
Rodeo Rations
Rodeo is Spanish for “roundup.”
Crane Berry Co.
Cranberry was “crane berry” to Dutch and German settlers.
Kofta Kennel
Kofta is from Persian kufta, pounded meat.
Gingerbread Hound
It started as medieval French gingembras, preserved ginger.
Cynosure Cookies
Cynosure is Greek kynosoura, “dog’s tail,” a Greek name for Ursa Minor.
Crate & Crumb
Crate has its etymology in Latin cratis, ‘wickerwork’.
Cane & Cannoli
Cane, ‘dog’, and cannoli, ‘little tubes’, Italian..
Cor Ci Kitchen
Welsh cor, dwarf, and ci, dog, make corgi.
Arancini Arf
Italian for ‘little oranges’.
Bark & Barque
Bark is also a sailing ship, spelled barque.
Granarium
Granary is from Latin granarium.
Pawsta Kitchen
Pasta is Italian for paste or dough.
Cățel Crumbs
Cățel, Romanian for “puppy.”
Ghee Whiz Treats
In Hindi ghee is clarified butter.
Bircher Bowl
I like it for an oat-heavy treat line.
Chien Gâté
Chien is French for dog, and gâté means spoiled.
Quinoa Kennel
Quinoa has origins in Quechua kinwa.
Kutya Kitchen
Kutya is Hungarian for dog.
Gnaw & Paw
From Anglo-Saxon gnagan.
Salsus Sausage Co.
Latin salsus, salted.
Kennel Club Crumbs
Britain’s Kennel Club started in eighteen seventy-three.
Wafel Woofs
Waffle comes from Dutch wafel.
Collar Crumbs
Collar is from Latin collum, neck.
Scent Hound Snacks
Dogs have up to about three hundred million scent receptors.
Marrow Market
Marrow, fatty core of a bone.
Affen Bakery
Affenpinscher is German for ‘monkey terrier’..
Bull’s-Eye Biscuits
Bull’s-eye is Bill Sikes’s dog in Oliver Twist.
Peritas Pantry
According to Plutarch, Alexander founded a city and called it after his dog Peritas.
Köpek Kurabiye
Turkish, “dog” and ‘cookie’.
Borzoi Bites
Russian for swift.
Sardinia Sardines
Sardine is after Sardinia.2
Cheddar Gorge Chews
Cheddar is a Somerset village. Caves in its gorge were used for aging cheese.
Espaigneul Eats
Spaniel came from medieval French espaigneul: ‘Spanish’.
Kelpie Kitchen
Kelpie is an Australian sheepdog and also a Scottish water spirit.
Wag & Whistle
Wag was slang for a joker.
Dim Sum Dogs
Cantonese for “touch the heart.”
Laika Larder
Laika is Russian for ‘barker’, first animal ever sent into orbit.
Churpi Chew Co.
Chhurpi is a hard cheese from yak and cow milk, made in Nepal.
Perro Panadería
Perro, dog, and panadería, bakery, in Spanish.
Munch Bunch Bakery
Munch, to chew with noise.
Jindo Jar
Jindo dogs are from Jindo Island, South Korea’s southwest coast.
Yoğurt Yard
Yogurt came into English from Turkish yoğurt.
Barkery
Bark and bakery into one word.
Gae Grill
Gae is dog in Korean.
Golden Paste Pups
Golden paste: turmeric cooked into a paste with oil.
Belka & Strelka Bakery
Belka means squirrel and Strelka little arrow. These dogs arrived home alive from orbit in nineteen sixty.
Brushwood Bites
Shiba Inu is Japanese for “brushwood dog.”
Xolotl Kitchen
Xoloitzcuintli combines Xolotl, an Aztec god, with itzcuintli, ‘dog’.
Barry’s Bakehouse
Barry was a St. Bernard at Great St Bernard Hospice who saved more than forty people between eighteen hundred and eighteen twelve. His body is in Bern’s Natural History Museum.
Sirius Snacks
Brightest star in night sky, in Canis Major, Great Dog.
Amuse-Bouche Bakery
French for “amuses the mouth.”
Basset Bakehouse
Basset is from French bas, ‘low’.
Earth Apple Treats
Chamomile is Greek khamaimelon, “earth apple”.
Schnauze Snacks
Schnauzer comes from German Schnauze, ‘snout’.
Biltong Barkery
Biltong is Afrikaans: bil (rump) and tong, tongue.
Samoyed Snack Bar
Samoyed is after Samoyedic peoples of Siberia, who used these dogs to herd reindeer.
Dingo Dough
Dingo is from Dharug, a language of Sydney area.
Leaven & Lab
Latin levare, ‘to raise’.
Konditorei Corgi
Konditorei, a German pastry café.
Bocadito Bakery
Spanish, “little mouthful”.
Mutt Hutch
Hutch, a box or coop, from French huche, a chest.
Snack Snap Treats
In Middle English, snack was a dog’s snap or bite.
Johnson’s Oats
Samuel Johnson’s dictionary called oats a grain for horses in England and for people in Scotland.
Stay & Snack
Stay, a command most puppies find hard.
Procyon Pantry
Procyon is Greek for “before the dog.”
Keks & Kennel
Keks, German for biscuit, from English cakes.
Kibble Kitchen
Kibble was a verb first: “to grind coarsely.”
Leonberger Loaf
Leonberge breeders wanted a dog that looked like a lion on their town crest.
Kailyard Kitchen
Kailyard is Scots for a cabbage patch.
Crescent Canine
French for crescent.
Petit Four Pups
French for ‘small oven’.
Venatio Venison
Venison is from Latin venatio, ‘hunting’.
Tapa Tails
‘Lid’ in Spanish.
Tidbit Tavern
Tidbit comes from dialect tid, ‘tender’, and bit.
Rock Celery Co.
Greek petroselinon, “rock celery.”
Cù Crumble
Cù, Scottish Gaelic for dog.
Gray Ghost Grub
Gray ghost is a nickname for a Weimaraner, after its silver coat.
Morsus Morsels
From Latin morsus, “a bite.”
Hapje Hound
Hapje is meaning a small bite in Dutch.
Umami Paws
Kikunae Ikeda (1864-1936) called this taste umami from umai, ‘delicious’.
Ros Marinus
Rosemary, ‘dew of sea’.
Bracchium Pretzels
Pretzel came through German Brezel from Latin bracchium, ‘arm’ (I first thought it was German all the way down).
Slobber & Sons
Slobber is drool. I’d save this one for a bakery with a sense of humor.
Poodle Puddle Bakery
From German pudeln, to splash in water.
Carpatin Kitchen
Romanian Carpathian Shepherds were bred to guard sheep from wolves and bears.
Honeycomb Hound
Honeycomb is symbolizing patient work: hexagons, all of them, in wax.
Beygl Bakery
Bagel is from Yiddish beygl.
Greyhound Grill
Greyhounds can reach about forty-five miles an hour.
Mops & Muffins
Mops is German for pug.
Antojito Barn
Mexican Spanish for “little craving.”
Tiffin Tails
Tiffin is Anglo-Indian for a light midday meal.
Komainu Kitchen
Komainu are lion-dog statues that guard Japanese shrines.
Meze Mutt
Meze is from Persian maze, ‘taste’.
Pies & Pies
Pies is Polish for dog, so this sign works in two languages.
Flush & Flour
Flush was Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s cocker spaniel.
Bis Coctus Bakehouse
Biscuit comes from medieval Latin bis coctus: ‘twice cooked’.
Mahlemiut Munch
Malamute is after Mahlemiut, an Inupiaq people of Alaska.
Sobaka Sweets
Sobaka is Russian for dog.
Kennel Crumb
Kennel came into English from Norman French kenil, from Latin canis.
Dachs & Dough
Dachshund: German for ‘badger dog’.
Friandise Fido
French for a sweet morsel.
Hound Dog Hearth
A hound dog, in American slang, is a chaser of girls.
Bow-Wow Bakehouse
Ariel sings “bow-wow” in Shakespeare’s The Tempest.
Charcuterie Chums
Chair cuite: “cooked flesh” in French.
Câine & Covrig
Câine is Romanian for dog, and covrig a ring of bread sold from street kiosks. I like this one for a stall near a market.
Forno Fido
Forno is Italian for oven.
Basenji Baroo
Ever heard a Basenji? It yodels and owners call that sound a baroo.
Minthe’s Garden
Persephone changed a nymph called Minthe into mint.
Anjing Treats
Anjing is meaning dog in Indonesian and Malay.
Rye & Rover
Rover means a wanderer.
Montmorency Bakery
Montmorency is a fox terrier in Jerome K. Jerome’s Three Men in a Boat.
Madra Bakehouse
Madra is Irish for dog.
Fetch & Fennel
In Irish folklore, a fetch is a ghostly double of a living person.
Canis Bakehouse
Canis, Latin for dog, and a genus that also covers wolves.
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