ICE cream for dogs has turned into a howling success at a Cheshire farm.
Ray Brown and his family established Bidlea Dairy to sell milk from their 300-strong herd direct to customers.
Now Orchard Farm's enterprise has expanded into making ice cream in 16 flavours and four-legged friends have not been left in the cold without a tasty treat.
The tail-waggers are queueing up with their owners to lap up ice cream specially made from a recipe of doggy gluten-free ingredients.
Footpaths in the area between Goostrey and Holmes Chapel are popular with dog walkers and many of them call at the farm with their pets for ice cream and milk.
Ray's son Adam, who is responsible for ice cream production, hit on the idea of providing dogs with ice cream during the hot weather.
Dogs are lapping up the ice cream
"I've been told ice cream is good for dogs when it is hot because it helps to cool them down," said Adam.
"But as far as I know it is not sold for dogs anywhere else in Cheshire and the nearest place is in Anglesey. We have been astonished how popular is our ice cream and we have barely been able to keep up with demand.
The dog ice cream is topped with the image of a bone
"Customers certainly love it and now their pets are lapping it up."
The dog ice cream treat is sold in £2.50 pots topped with an image of a bone.
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