Dog Treat Business Name Ideas & Meanings

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.” Save

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

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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. Save

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. Save

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. Save

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.