Dog-nominated donuts got local tails wagging
Oh Donuts owner Amanda Kinden caused a stir last month when, like an April Fool, she unveiled her latest “brainstorm,” this one aimed at the purring feline in your life.
On the morning of April 1, Kinden posted photos on her social media of a pair of cats heading to town on buster-style donuts with a kibble-filled midsection and — the “resistance paws,” she put it. called – a garnish of glazed sardines and anchovies. Before realizing the joke was on them, Oh Donuts customers left messages for Kinden and his staff like, “Can this be ordered through Skip?” “Are they still available? and “Oh, Buddy would love that!”
The first thing Kim Frobisher did after spotting the Kinden parody was laugh a lot. Then she typed a comment of her own offering a thumbs up for the gag, but added that if anyone was actually interested in donuts for their fur babies, dogs in particular, she and her boyfriend/business partner Kerner Pieterse would be happy to install them.
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Woof Donuts owners Kerner Pieterse and Kim Frobisher treat their dogs Nubi, 3, left, and Coco, 5, to ‘The Canuck’ donut.
“/> JOHN WOODS / FREE WINNIPEG PRESS Woof Donuts owners Kerner Pieterse and Kim Frobisher treat their dogs Nubi, 3, left, and Coco, 5, to ‘The Canuck’ donut.
Frobisher, 35, and Pieterse, 29, are the owners of Woof Donuts, a home-based business that has been barking up the right tree for 18 months. Three weekends ago they were peddling their dog-centric donuts at a big craft sale held near Assiniboia Downs when a man she assumes to be in his thirties passed by and, without reading a sign explaining what their business is all about, commented, “Hmm, you sure have some unique flavors here.”
“He was particularly interested in what we call our Canuck, with bacon and maple syrup,” says Frobisher, seated next to Pieterse at a St. Vital cafe not far from their respective homes. “He seemed so disappointed when we announced they were for dogs. For a second I really thought he was going to say, ‘Who cares? and walk away with a dozen under your arm, whatever.”
Frobisher and Pieterse met at work about six years ago, just when each had just brought home a new dog. It wasn’t long before they were spending their coffee breaks sharing photos of their pooches; Frobisher’s is a Pomeranian-Chihuahua mix named Coco, and Pieterse has a corgi that answers Nubi.
Tired of feeding Coco store-bought cookies containing ingredients she couldn’t pronounce, Frobisher started baking her own preservative-free and sugar-free treats in August 2020. She always made more for Pieterse, who turned around and gave them to Nubi. His dog couldn’t devour them fast enough, he said, which lit a light bulb in his head.

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