Hungry hounds, rejoice: Ice cream truck for dogs to debut at London pet party
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The world’s first ice cream van for dogs will open for business at a ‘pet party’ in London’s Regent’s Park on Saturday.
The van will serve canine-friendly flavors such as ‘Dog Eat Hog World’ -- a chicken and gammon sorbet -- and ‘Canine Cookie Crunch,’ a more traditional vanilla ice cream, albeit sprinkled with dog biscuits.
‘The weather has been so hot, we thought dogs deserved a cooling treat as much as anyone else,’ said Sally Bezant of event organizer Boomerang Pets Party.
She said a team of pet nutritionists had been through a complicated scientific process to determine the tastiest and safest flavors for the dogs’ dessert.
And although the unusual flavors were tested on a panel of dogs, they can be eaten by humans.
‘It’s safe for humans ... I’ve tried it myself,’ she told Reuters, adding, perhaps diplomatically, that doggie ice-cream tasted ‘different.’
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-- Alessandra Prentice, Reuters