Seder for dogs?

WHEN Robert Uri Heller, a psychologist and professor at the Adler School of Professional Psychology, leads a Passover Seder in Chicago on Saturday, some of the rituals symbolizing Jews’ exodus from Egypt may be lost on the yarmulke-wearing guests.

Those guests will, after all, be dogs.

The maker of natural pet food hosts the event as a way of promoting its line of kosher pet food. The evening revolves around a seder service, featuring a communal meal with complimentary kosher snacks for dogs.

In addition, there will be prizes for dogs who find the “Afikoman,” or hidden matzoh, and the singing of special holiday songs. Evanger’s makes a variety of pet food that’s endorsed by the Chicago Rabbinical Council, which helps Jewish pet owners keep a grain-free home during Passover.