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In England, Spratt's Dog Biscuits not only obtained a patent but seems to have claimed to have invented the food: By most accounts, the history of the industry begins with a man named James Spratt.
But it wasn’t until 1907 that the American inventor Carleton Ellis came up with the idea of making dog biscuits in the now-iconic shape of a bone. Ellis was also the inventor of modern-day...
Spratt, an American electrician, came up with the idea for a dog biscuit after he witnessed sailors dropping hardtack—an unleavened bread—for the local dogs. He decided he could do the same—and...
Spratt's was the world's first large-scale manufacturer of dog biscuits. The company successfully promoted their array of products for dogs and other domestic animals through the astute use of snob appeal. The company was the first to erect a billboard in London.
James Spratt, a British entrepreneur, is widely credited as the inventor of commercial dog food. In the 1860s, Spratt created the first commercially available dog biscuit made from wheat, meat, and vegetables.
Milk-Bone is a brand of dog biscuit. It was created in 1908 by the F.H. Bennett Biscuit Company, which operated a bakery on the Lower East Side of New York City. Originally named "Maltoid", the biscuit was a bone-shaped treat made from minerals, meat products, and milk.
Dry biscuits for dogs were first sold around 1860 in the UK and were the creation of James Pratt, a businessman who lived in Ohio but spent lots of time traveling. He came up with the idea...
In 1907, organic chemist Carlton Ellis came up with the recipe for what became the “Milk-Bone,” a dog biscuit that was designed to use waste milk from cows sent to slaughter. Waters reports that at first the biscuits were square, and Ellis’ own dog rejected them.
The origin story of dog biscuits goes that in 1860, James Spratt, lightning rod salesman, saw some dogs fighting over hardtack (clack clack) at the Liverpool docks. He had a brainwave and developed his Meat Fibrine Vegetable Dog Cakes, marketing heavily to the well-to-do.
Dog biscuits were invented accidentally in a London butcher shop during the late 1800s. According to the story, the shop's owner was trying to expand his business by creating a new biscuit recipe for his customers.