Young Labrador entrepreneur crafts unusual homemade treats

One youngentrepreneur in Labrador is catering to the four-legged dessert crowd.

Pamela Duffett, of Happy Valley-Goose Bay, was dog sitting for a friend this last March when sherealized there were no moretreats left in the house.

So she decided to try her hand at baking him some.

I was selling them onceand a guy asked me if he could eat it, and I said, "I don't see why not."- Pamela Duffett

"It's not a whole lot different then baking regular cupcakes,"Duffett, 19, told CBC's Labrador Morning.

She's now turned herculinary experiment into a successful small business.

"I just went for it.When I got the idea, I thought it was a pretty good one, so even if it didn't take offI could just use it as my own hobby and make myown dog his treats," said Duffett.

She presented her idea to Ondreya Beals, the youth ventures co-ordinator in Happy Valley-Goose Bay, who helped Duffett turn her quirky idea into Pam's Pupcakes.

Thesmall business ventureoffers fresh-bakedhomemadedonuts, cupcakes, birthday cakesand other sundry treatsfor your pups.

"It's been going pretty well," said Duffett."People are always interested in something new."

All-natural ingredients

Duffett makes a variety ofdog treats, containingall-natural ingredients likeshredded carrots, pumpkin puree, peanut butter, whole wheat flour, and vegetable oil, which shesays are typically the safest food choices for dogs.

The all-natural ingredients list means these treats are safefor humans toeat, too if you don't mind eating a bone-shaped pupcake, that is.

"I was selling them onceand a guy asked me if he could eat it, and I said, 'I don't see why not,'" said Duffett.

"I don't know if he did or not but he bought one."