about chawpaw

chaw + paw. chaw comes from chapaunu, the nepali word for "to chew." paw, well, that part speaks for itself.

chawpaw started with a dog named dorje, and a problem most dog owners know too well. every toy we brought home, he destroyed within the hour. plastic, fabric, stuffing, all of it ended up either across the living room floor or, worse, in his stomach. we'd spend the next day watching him, hoping he'd be okay. there had to be something better.

i'm sukriti. i grew up in kathmandu, where churpi has been around for as long as anyone can remember. it's a hard cheese from the himalayas, made the same way for generations. slow, simple, and built to last. back home, we'd snack on it ourselves. it never occurred to me, until dorje, that it might be exactly what dogs needed too.

i grew up with a dog in nepal. she's not with us anymore, but she's part of why this matters to me. dogs deserve treats made with the same care we'd put into our own food. nothing strange, nothing synthetic, nothing you wouldn't want in your own kitchen.

so chawpaw is what happened next. traditionally made, naturally hardened, nothing pretending to be food. no fillers, no preservatives, no shortcuts. just a chew that lasts, made the way it's always been made.

dorje gets the first one from every batch. he's a tough critic, and so far, no complaints.

— sukriti