AG’s office investigating doggie daycare

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AG’s office investigating Shakopee doggie daycare after lost dog prompts other complaints

A Shakopee doggie daycare and boarding facility is under fire after one lost pet led to a series of other complaints.

Doggie Doo’s Spa and Retreat owner admits they messed up when 2-year-old George disappeared a month ago but says they’ve improved their protocols and they deny any of the other complaints. However, the Minnesota Attorney General’s Office is looking into Doggie Doo’s after the additional reported incidents. 

George’s owner Cory Geis said he was a perfect match for his roommate Bella. Geis dropped them both off at Doggie Doo’s Spa and Retreat for a two-hour trial visit in late February. When he came back, the employees couldn’t find George.

Doggie Doo’s owner Starla Tyree says one of her young employees put the two dogs outside to prepare for a meet-and-greet with some of the other dogs staying there. But she says nobody had eyes on George when the door opened.

George was a lean 45 pounds and springy, but Geis says the pit terrier never tried to jump a fence before. He’s even more upset the doggie daycare didn’t even know his dog was gone for 90 minutes.

Geis says he still has some hope that George will come home; that he’s just at someone’s house until they see a story like this one.

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Minnesota man’s sourdough mastery earns him trip to Super Bowl

For Barry Zelickson, baking is more of an art than a science. It’s also been an opportunity to rise to the occasion on one of the world’s largest stages. While others sculpt clay or metal, Barry Zelickson combines humble ingredients like flour, water, and salt.

He started making sourdough when he was in high school but put it on the back burner for decades as life got in the way. Then, just before it seemed like everyone in the world discovered the joys of making sourdough bread during the pandemic, Zelickson began going against the grain.

As word of mouth spread, he created a website where people could order his homemade baked goods each Wednesday and then pick them up at a storefront in Hopkins the following Saturday.

Zelickson likes to experiment with different flavor combinations, and eventually, he started entering and winning national baking competitions. “I have to be partial to chocolate Oreo. That was my first award-winning bread, it put me on the map and gave me a little credibility, which was fun. The jalapeno cheddar is a big favorite, and then my caraway rye.”

Earlier this year, his hobby took him all the way to the Super Bowl of cooking, the Taste of the NFL, a charity event the night before the big game in Phoenix. He had to bake 150 loaves of bread in less than 24 hours alongside well-known chefs, like Carla Hall, Andrew Zimmern, and Tim Love.

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