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Last Updated: Wednesday January 04 2006 14:15 GMT

Pooches in Paris get own bakery

Dog bakery
The French are known for spoiling their dogs but have now gone to the extreme of giving them their own bakery!

The patisserie in Paris sells bacon biscuits in the shape of cats and bone-shaped cookies made of posh paté.

The bakery's owner is an award-winning American pastry chef who wanted to combine her two loves: dogs and pastry!

The boutique has so far been a huge success with the Parisian dogs and because the biscuits can be eaten by humans their owners are fans too!

Biscuits from the dog bakery
There are currently 200,000 dogs in Paris.

These pooches are already pampered and are welcomed in most department stores and allowed to eat at the table in some of the top restaurants.

The dog bakery's owner Harriet Sternstein said: " The Parisians come - and the first time they think it's very funny and they look at it, and buy the ones that they think are the cutest. Then the dogs come back and choose which flavours they like the best."



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