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we are in the daytime kitchen with Eric
Lynn he's the owner of whistle Creek pet
treats is that right is the name ray
that's it whistle Creek pet trees Petrus
and you're in Lexington right thanks Tim
Virginia right okay so tell me about
whistle Creek so I make and create
all-natural cat dog treats and pet food
using local farm-to-table ingredients
okay that's awesome
all right so let's talk a little bit
about your your name cuz you said you're
gonna be changing your name I'll be
changing that soon - whistle Creek pet
nutrition because I'm advancing into not
only supplemental treats but a food line
as well yeah very cool all right so
let's talk about what makes your
creation so unique what would you say I
would say that I'm using not only small
batches and intimate getting becoming
intimate with the ingredients but I'm
sourcing locally okay as much as
possible yeah so I'm baking them low and
slow and I'm using local and organic
ingredients as much as possible it's
really what those all natural locally
sourced that's definitely a big trend
definitely where they can become an
intimate with not only their own food
but their pets food as well the source
of them right in the creation process
rights
yeah and Cortney mentioned you know the
whole concern with China and everything
else
everybody's like alright what is in not
only our food but the food that we're
feeding our pets this is so how did you
get involved why did you want to do this
well I started becoming in tune with my
own nutrition and I had transferred into
me becoming in tune with my pitch
nutrition I started reading the labels
and I couldn't pronounce the ingredients
the chemicals preservatives and I wasn't
comfortable feeding that for my pets
yeah I figured I would take matters into
my own hands start making bacon flipping
and creating in my own kitchen two years
ago and I came up with a product that I
felt comfortable feeding my own pet in
doing so I could chair my love for food
and animals with the public in the form
of whistle Creek treats right cool and
look at these pictures I mean these are
like really beautiful treats I mean I
want to eat do you try your own
creations I do I try everything I make
if I can't need it or my dog doesn't
need
don't put it out there really I'm always
giving out samples to folks and getting
feedback and doing education so I'm very
involved in the process and the outreach
I love that okay so when we come back
with you we're going to talk a little
bit about the variety that you offer
customers and also we're gonna make a
recipe I pumpkin delight what is it
called
that's right pumpkin peanut butter carob
delight is delicious
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okay we're back in the daytime kitchen
with Eric and we were just chatting
while we were waiting to come back on
about you know following these standards
I kind of was given grain-free a bad rep
earlier so I wanted to make sure you
know Eric and I had a conversation about
you're talking about going and doing
your own food lines yeah what have you
what are you doing to prepare for that
so it's so much too in-depth research to
this it's really scientific formulations
to get the protein fat fiber moisture to
levels calcium trace minerals and all
that to the levels that they're coming
up with to meet the nutritional needs of
the cat and dogs which is very vital and
important I love it yeah yeah you're
ahead of the game you know what you're
doing you did your research that's
really good so let's talk about the
different varieties of treats that you
offer absolutely do I do
I started with the peanut butter banana
so I used local peanuts that I blend
into homemade peanut butter it's one
ingredient and then I mixed that with
coconut oil and that creates the that's
one ingredient and coconut oil well the
one ingredient peanut butter and then I
mixed that with local eggs from my own
chickens okay see and an organic fill
pays to make it sort of a treat and then
I have a WOD Alaskan salmon treat it is
captain dog friendly phenomenal I use
local eggs for my chickens at a bit of
sharp cheddar cheese and then I have a
beef liver jerky which is rich in
Torreon right then this for the cat it's
an amino acid that the cats can't
maintain on their own so that's
excellent for the cats and the dogs and
it's literally one ingredient a lot of
times you'll find jerky in stores that
are various ingredients and it's it's
really not needed so that's literally
straight-up grass-fed beef local that's
local goodness yeah yeah and yeah you
just kind of like play with the
ingredients and see what works a lot of
you're not a practice in the kitchen and
then a lot of samples given out those to
folks to see what they like yeah so
you're giving our viewers a sneak peek
at your new line right that's right what
is that
so we're happy to introduce our new pet
food pet food line and it's right here
and we've teamed up and collaborating
with Polyface farms and Swope Virginia
we're using their local pasture chickens
we're using local raw goat's milk from
better waveforms in Waynesboro Virginia
and we're using organic I
landok seek help organic coconut oil
psyllium husk for fiber pumpkin we're
also using organic cold-pressed Hempel
for trace minerals and vitamins so it's
an amazing formulation it's
up-and-coming that will be on the market
soon that's all right okay so I was
talking to Courtney earlier and she says
that she tries some foods every once in
a while yes is this something that we
could try everything you can eat
everything I make is human great it's
not only that but it's it's probably
healthier than what we're seeing on the
shelves first he'll let me try it we're
gonna come back with you and we're gonna
make a treat here with pumpkin and
peanut butter is that right and carob
thank you that's right okay so stay
tuned for that and then we're gonna try
it and sample it ourselves
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we were back in the daytime kitchen with
Eric land he's founder and owner of
whistle Creek pet treats and you were
just looking at the what we're gonna
make and Cortney mentioned she hasn't
used this many ingredients for her
family let alone some Goods friend so
what are we making
so we're making a pumpkin peanut butter
care of delight it's a cookie that's
amazing in flavor taste it's high
protein
number one glycemic okay and this is
pumpkin this is pumpkin all right we're
gonna do let's say 15 ounce is 1km
mm-hmm and it's just hundred percent
puree all right not the spiced which is
sugar some ingredients that are not
necessary hmm tablespoon of carob powder
what is carob it's a healthy alternative
to chocolate which the dogs cannot have
a row okay make sure you're using that
carob not chocolate and not chocolate
okay
teaspoon of cinnamon mm-hmm 1/4 teaspoon
of ginger you don't need much it's
pretty strong oxidants in them too and
organic coconut oil a tablespoon mm-hmm
and then we're gonna go with two eggs
from my personal chicken flock non-gmo
fed they're happy chickens they run
around and have a good time okay and I
gather the eggs every morning hmm no
okay 1/4 cup of coconut flour organic
mm-hmm it's gonna give it a light
sweetness naturally okay how about some
homemade peanut butter Oh 1/2 oh yes I
made this last night that's what I do
before each batch I make my own flour
and what else and let's add in a little
garnish here that's gonna mix in them
what had it as a garnish later but
that's unsweetened coconut okay with a
little bit of Ganic flaxseed Wow
and we're gonna mix idiom mm-hmm okay
you just get it all stirred up it all
stirred up and then you say consistency
is big and we really we have about a
minute left so I just want to mention
that the consistencies big between the
cat food and the dog treats is great
it's true yeah
shapes and hmm cats are very particular
about the shapes and textures somewhere
very print it's true can y'all smell
that good yes okay and then you just put
bacon on a cookie sheet we back those on
a cookie sheet you can use a cookie
scoop you can use a spoon if you want to
roll those out on there on your counter
here you can use a little bit more flour
but that's what you'll have is you can
bake your cook cookie I'm trying one and
then you said you added a little bit of
honey little bit of honey on top mm-hmm
and it's local raw honey it's actually
it's good for allergies and small dosage
it exposes them to a good whistle Creek
treats dot-com if you want more
information Eric thank you so much
thanks so much for having another bite