Oct. 23, 2024

THIS Could Solve Your Dogs' Eating Issues: Mine Pet Platter | IG Live

I've been using the Mine Pet Platter for over 2 years now and I LOVE it! I especially love the research behind the development (I'm such a nerd!) Carol Smeja and her late husband dug in to learning everything they could about how wolves and wild cats eat in the wild to bring a feeding experience to your pets that mimics their wild counterparts as closely as possible. Not only do we discuss the platter, but some other things you can do around meal time to make it more enticing to your ...

I've been using the Mine Pet Platter for over 2 years now and I LOVE it! I especially love the research behind the development (I'm such a nerd!)

Carol Smeja and her late husband dug in to learning everything they could about how wolves and wild cats eat in the wild to bring a feeding experience to your pets that mimics their wild counterparts as closely as possible.

Not only do we discuss the platter, but some other things you can do around meal time to make it more enticing to your pets!

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Well, hello, hello, hello.
How are we doing today?

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Instagram trying to I thought I
was going to use my microphone

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and Nope, if I use my
microphone, then I can't hear

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anything.
And since Carol is joining us

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today from my pet flatter Hello,
hello.

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OK, I'm going to invite you.
It works.

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Instagram was working great
yesterday so I have all my

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fingers and toes crossed.
Hello.

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Hello.
How are you?

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Can you hear me?
I can.

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Yes, ma'am.
My finger coming across or no?

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Yeah, I can see you.
OK, we did it.

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We did.
I know.

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I'm so excited.
I last week Instagram was giving

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me so many problems, but so far
this week I'm doing good.

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So I'm going to like knock on
all the wood and cross all the

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fingers.
So I guess I should press share

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video, right?
Should press.

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I don't think you have to do
anything.

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It just says share this live
video with others so they can

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watch too.
Oh, I mean you can if you I

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don't think that will kick you
out or anything.

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So excited to have you guys join
us today.

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This is going to be so fun.
I first of all, Carol, you are

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the creator of the mine pet
platter and I happen to own five

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of them.
So I have one right here, fuel

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color.
I, I want, I want you to tell

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people a little bit.
Thank you so much for letting us

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know Paleo pet goods.
Oh, you're in Texas too.

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I'm in Texas.
So the mine pet platter is it

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was a long time in making the
research that you and your

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husband, your your late husband
did on this, which is so

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incredibly fascinating to me.
I was literally just thinking

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before I hit live, I was like,
this is totally something that I

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would expect to hear and learn
about on like the Joe Rogan

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podcast.
I'd love to go with my daughters

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in Austin, so maybe I'll get
that set up.

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So how did you What?
What the research you were doing

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kind of led you down this path.
So tell me a little bit about.

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That well, the inspiration, like
most ideas come from from

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personal experience and we had a
little Havanese named Pip, who

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was 14 lbs.
But packed a punch.

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He had really good attitude and
so she used to eat from and and

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she would eat her meals so fast
in probably under a minute,

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maybe a minute and 15 seconds.
And then she would let most

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horrendous belt, belt.
But think of 500 LB football

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player.
I couldn't have people over for

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dinner because they would have
tears string down there.

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That is just it was just so
extreme.

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So one day I was making her
chicken breasts and there were

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scraps and juices left on the
cutting board.

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And my daughter said, Mom, why
don't you get those tip?

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So I put it down.
I put it down for and for the

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next 15 minutes, my daughter and
I sat there going, this isn't

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our little Pip.
What happened to her?

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She was moving around, she was
sniffing and it took her about

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1520 minutes and she looked up
at me like, mom, this is the

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best thing that you could have
done for me.

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So, So when my husband came
home, I had the most amazing

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thing happened.
He said Eureka.

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So my background was in
psychology and I for a very in

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the food industry, understanding
why people made the food

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selection they did and what
their actual feeding habits were

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eating habits.
And so I started down a journey

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of saying, you know what?
The closest living relative to

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our dogs is the Gray wolf.
Let's get into these instinctive

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feeding behaviors.
Let's see what's operating

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there.
So a whole new world emerged for

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us.
We were talking to wildlife

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specialists.
I volunteer at zoo.

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I have observed so many videos
of wolves killing, prepping,

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deconstructing it.
And what I realized is we're

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really not appreciating the wolf
within our dog.

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And even though we'd like to
think of them as family members,

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they are still very instinctive
creatures and they just took an

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evolution from the wolf in the
wild feeding off carcasses

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through domestication where they
came closer to settlements and

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were scatter fed to the point
where we've domesticated them.

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So we're the ones that change
their feeding.

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In college, we took them from a
carcass all the way to a bowl,

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and through the work that we did
and studying how animals

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actually feed, we sort of put
them in a difficult position

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because eating from a bowl is
one of the most challenging

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things.
Yeah.

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Oh goodness.
Oh.

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There you.
Are so I just find this

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absolutely fascinating from the
idea of, you know, a wolf eating

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off of a carcass and you know, a
wolf, a coyote.

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I felt like there are so many
animals that eat this way.

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Obviously wolves being the
closest relatives to our dogs,

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but even for our cats, like
thinking about how lions and

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tigers.
So I think tigers are the

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closest to to our domestic cat
or what we consider our domestic

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cats.
And even some animals, I don't

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remember exactly which ones.
I don't remember if it's a tiger

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or a Jaguar.
Or state at the North African

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and Wildcat about 30,000 years
ago.

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That's the closest ancestor.
So and some of them will

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actually take their food, their
prey like up into trees.

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When we think of on the feline
side, which kind of gives us a

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little bit of insight as to why
so many of our cats like to eat

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up.
Hi, I think, but so before I

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learned about the mind Pet
platter, which was 2:00-ish a

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little over two years ago, I
think when I met you at Super

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Zoo for the first time, I, I did
feed out of bowls sometimes, but

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I had just recently transitioned
to feeding off of like wooden

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cutting boards.
So that's what I had been doing

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for like a little while when I
met you and you were telling me

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because I did have you on the
podcast, but it was like forever

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ago.
Little things like this, like

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licky mats and different like
this is actually harmful to

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their noses.
Can you tell me a little bit

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about like why that is?
Because the whole point of the

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pet platter was to look at
feeding from a dog's

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perspective, because everything
that's sort of available in the

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market these days is designed
from a human perspective.

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So what you just showed is one
of those type man.

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And what happens with those is
it's designed to blow your pets

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feeding by making sure the food
gets caught in corners and

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ridges and everything else.
Well, here's the problem.

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Dogs as well as cats see the
world through their noses.

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They have over 100 million cent
sites.

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So when you're feeding from a
lick type man, they're smelling

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the food, but they can't get it
up because it's not designed for

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them to get to the food, which
is why everything pep platter is

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designed to go downward.
So is designed to go downward.

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I, I apologize, is designed
downward, so there's no

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frustration with that at all.
So you have to take into

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consideration if they're
smelling the food and then they

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can't get to it, the tongues
aren't designed to get to it.

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This highly repetitive licking
which leads to obsessive

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compulsive behavior and then can
even lead to aggressive

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behavior.
So I've heard from a lot of pet

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parents who have reported back
that they've actually they had

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to take the leg mat away because
the animal is trying to tear it

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apart because they can't get to
the food.

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So what are they actually do to
deconstruct it to get to that

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food, which is very instinctive
behavior.

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The same thing with the the slow
feeders that have projectiles

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coming out.
The problem with that is it hits

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into their noses.
This is for both cats and dogs.

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And when you hit into the
animal's nose, they have mucous

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membrane on the inside of their
nasal cavity, and that begins to

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swell.
And if food actually gets caught

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up there trying to work around
to get the food, it actually

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dries the nasal cavity out.
And then they can't smell.

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And if they can't smell, they
can't eat because they don't

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know what's in front of them.
So it's another case in point.

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Somebody came up with the idea.
Well, let's just put a

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projectile there.
You know, it's like us sitting

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at our dinner table and lo and
behold, if somebody was sitting

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there with a spoon hitting us in
the face, I don't think we'd be

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very happy about that either.
Very true, very true.

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I did want to go through a
couple of these comments.

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So Paleo Pet Goods is saying
they need to order some more

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platters.
Wendy 7051 loves your platters

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and was also asking about so and
I wanted to get to this, but

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we'll just go ahead and talk
about it.

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The the materials that you're
using to create these platters

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is very different.
Because I know for those of us

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like myself who try to be very
aware of the products we're

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bringing into our home, I try to
minimize plastics for various

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reasons.
One of which that Wendy brought

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up is that it can, you know,
it's porous.

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So it's like absorbing all of
the toxins, the chemicals from

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any cleaning products that we're
using on it.

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So I know you, you, you don't,
this is not plastic.

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So do you want to explain that a
little bit?

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It's a cellulose fiber composite
which is actually non porous.

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So especially if you feed raw,
you don't have to worry about

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that going in at all.
And the cellulose fiber is

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sustainable.
So we use trees and when pine

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trees are cut down, we replant 5
pint, 5 feet apart.

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So get into sustainable forestry
as well.

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But another thing we do is third
party independent to ensure that

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it is absolutely non-toxic and
there are no chemicals.

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One of the things that we
learned a lot about and here's

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another benefit of our product,
why our product is more

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expensive, is it's 100% USA, all
materials, all manufacturing or

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manufacturing is in Northwest
Johnson.

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Everybody who manufacturers the
product actually uses it.

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They're my second family.
But the reason for that is so

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many different countries and
manufacturers are coming in

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right now and they're saying,
well, for example, a lot of

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balls are now being manufactured
in India.

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I don't think people realize
that currently about 65 to 70%

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of their stainless steel comes
from China.

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And that stain, that steel can
be from toxic places, nuclear

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processing, all those sorts of
things.

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So while you may think oh India
and it's not China, the sourcing

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of materials is so so critical
and many.

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I have a chemist friend who does
analysis and was working on a

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project at a bunch of different
stainless steel bowls in from

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China.
Over 60% of them were

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radioactive.
So it's not to panic people, but

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it's just to say sourcing of
material be a product day that's

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more expensive.
It's really probably because the

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sourcing of the material is in
the is in the US and it it just

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a lot more and manufacturing.
I could manufacture for 1/4 of

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the cost if I did this in China.
So my husband and I always

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believe we've asked for our pads
and people are spending so much

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money on food.
You want to make sure that the

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way you're serving is as well.
So that's just a little

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background.
Oh, yeah, I know.

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I mean, I think that's a lot of
that is so important.

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And I see Doctor Kosher joined
us.

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Do you use the Mind Pat platter,
Dr. Kosher?

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I'd love to know.
And there were so many things

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that you brought up there.
I get so many e-mail

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solicitations for, you know,
promote our product, promote our

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product, promote our product.
And I have never, ever, ever

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said yes to any stainless steel
product because nine times out

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of 10, it is a company in China.
But I know that like there is so

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much I don't know about
stainless steel.

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I tend to not even use it with
my pets.

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I use not that it you know, if
you have a good quality

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stainless steel food grade it
made in the USA, you know that

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that's wonderful and you know,
hygienic and all the things.

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But I tend to do even like, you
know, porcelain and stuff for my

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water dishes just because
there's so much I don't know

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about steel.
And it's just one of those

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things that I haven't gone down
that rabbit hole.

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And I don't feel comfortable
promoting products like that

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because I haven't gone down that
rabbit hole.

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But yeah, China and India I
think are like the two most

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polluted countries on Earth, if
I, if I have that correct.

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I I think that's the case.
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noticed on, on a lot of labels,
they say where it's manufactured

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there, there's not an obligation
for manufacturers to do that.

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But I think a sure sign of that
if a product is really, really,

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you know, that in all likelihood
it's, it's not being

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manufactured in the US at all.
So I, I just the pep platter to

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us is sort of the foundation of
health eating.

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If you're allowing your dog to
eat the way that they're too,

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then with all of these wonderful
fruit food products that are

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becoming available for pets
today, it's how you feed and

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what you feed coming together
basically.

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And that's a good match.
That's a really good match.

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It is.
Hi, Diane, by the way, thank you

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so much for jumping in and
saying hi.

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So.
There's one other thing I'd like

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to talk about and this this has
become more and more apparent

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because fast eating is such a
huge problem today.

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One of the most Oh, somebody's
around.

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She's like, yes, fast eating is
a problem.

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What is the most common problems
and I I saw some statistic like

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over half of pet parents talk to
their vets about their pet

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eating too fast and how to slow
them down.

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And the one good thing about the
pet platter is that this

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territory it's their own
personal feeding territory,

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which is why we call it the mine
pet platter.

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It's their personal territory.
But by spreading the food around

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into the rib pure and into the
scoops, which resemble the ends

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of bones, you're actually
naturally slowing down the

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feeding process, which actually
improves digestion.

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But you also get to a point of
allowing better nutrient

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absorption.
Because when the pet is eating

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so fast and either choking or
developing food bloat or

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whatever other problems emerge,
you want to make sure that the

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digestive process is a smooth
flowing one.

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And a lot of pets today are
getting food bloat, not GDV, but

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just building up all that air in
their stomach and and causing a

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real problem.
So I think that's why there's so

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many variations of slow feeders
today that are poking jabbing

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balls in the middle of the bowl,
you know, all these other

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things.
Whereas if we give them that

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territory resembling more of a
carcass, then you're letting

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it's naturally slowing them down
without any of those artificial

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things taking place because we
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It's it's one of my mantras now,
I said.

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Honor thy nose.
Honor thy nose.

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I love that.
So how I, you've kind of talked

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a little bit about this already,
but like, how is this?

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Because it to me does not look
like a carcass, right?

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But you've talked about the
crevices and the, the Ridge

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here, which I love to catch all
the liquids because I am huge on

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moisture.
Like I don't care what it is

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you're feeding.
I always want more moisture.

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And even if you're feeding like
the best, you know, raw food

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diet, I'm always adding moisture
to it, whether that's like a

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bone broth or a goat's milk or
whatever.

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So I love the the Ridge for that
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And my dog really loves going in
there and like looking all the

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way around.
So how how is can you be a

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little bit more specific on how
this is designed to be a little

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bit more like carcass feeding?
Number one is this is sort of

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the what would be considered a
stomach area, a prime area where

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they deconstruct the carcasses.
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that the pet parents can become
involved in putting organ meat

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and various aspects of what
would be opened up in a carcass,

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muscle meat and all the other
things and pushing it in to

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resemble the actual carcass.
And we have some pet parents who

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have sent great pictures of the
creativity is absolutely

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unbelievable.
Then the Ridge is here.

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This is to resemble sort of the
area of the rib cage of the

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where where they would go in and
sort of lick or pull meat from.

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And then the if it's here do
resemble the ends of bones.

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And part of why we have these
multiple ones in is because we

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wanted more licking in which
releases the positive endorphins

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and causes more relaxation and
more rewarding behavior.

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So this actually.
But notice the size of the

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divots on large and small are
different.

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They were actually designed to
fit the size of the tongue of

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the animal.
OK.

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So, so everything on the pet
platter, even within the bridge,

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there's no area where they
cannot get to the food.

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And that's why it never leaves a
passive compulsive licking be

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able to get to the aptitude.
And believe me, most, most pet

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parents say I can't believe they
lick every single speck of food.

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And it was designed especially
that my late husband and I, when

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we started this journey, because
he was product design, we went

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through about 13 different
variations of this.

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And I know it looks simple now,
but where we started was quite

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contorted to get to where you
need to be.

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But simplicity is the best way a
good product comes about because

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it's easy for the dog to
maneuver.

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The other thing that's
important, and I'm sure some

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people who have been here have
heard me say this before, the

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worst place you can feed your
pet is in the corner of the

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kitchen.
And the reason for that is when

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they kill their prey in the
wild, they will stop and

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actually circle the animal to
make sure no other animal can

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come and get it.
And I've observed so many videos

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and even at the zoo where
sometimes we'll give the wolves

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like a rabbit inside a paper bag
or some sort of bag and they'll

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play with it, roll in it.
And because it's a prized

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possession, but another wolf can
come in and in under a second

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that rabbit will be gone just
so, so they, their core sensory

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elements are designed to protect
their prey.

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And so by giving them control,
the pep platter, they circle,

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you never want to push them in a
corner because their eyes are at

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a 20° angle.
They're hearing, they hear at

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much higher frequency than we do
and at much further distances.

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So if they can't see periphery
vision and they're hearing all

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of these noises behind them, it
becomes a highly anxious feeding

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situation, which is why they'll
dump food out of their bowl,

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relocate it to another area.
Something of that effect.

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Did I?
Oh, no, you're good.

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You're good.
It's so interesting because even

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with my dog, who she is an only
dog and she doesn't like, we

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don't push her up against a
wall.

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But yes, Diane, it is for cats
as well.

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And I'm glad to hear that you're
your cat is I'm sorry.

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Diego's blood test came back
better today.

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So but like there is a wall kind
of next to the area where she

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eats and some of the items that
we will put on her platter to

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eat, she will grab them and take
them somewhere else.

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Like some of the more like she I
mean loves chicken hearts.

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So like that's her at one of her
absolute favorite things.

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She will grab it and take it
somewhere else to eat at and I'm

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wondering if it is because of
that Wall is like right there.

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Like she's not facing it, but
it's right.

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There it could be because they
typically position themselves in

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a way that if a threatening
situation comes about, they can

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leap out and above the pup
platter.

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So the way they position the
platter is most comfortable to

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them to protect their people,
but also if somebody comes in

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threatening to them, they can
get away.

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So with a bowl, they don't have
any decision to make.

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They're stuck with what that
position is.

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So you're literally opening up
their world where they have more

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control.
And in the wild, it is about

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control.
With animals, it's all about

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control.
Yeah, for sure.

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One of the things, since we're
talking about like an eating

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experience, which I think this
is definitely for our animals,

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one of the things I like to do
when it's like really nice

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outside is I will literally take
my dog into like the middle of

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the backyard.
So there's like nothing that was

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just trees and grass and put her
platter down and just let her

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walk around and do her thing and
eat and just enjoy being out in

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nature.
And like, that's one of my

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favorite things to do with her.
Great.

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Well, another thing that's fun
to do is especially with cat is

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we've had different pet parents
send in videos where they'll put

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a pet platter in a different
room and the cat will be up on

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the bookcase and then you see
him and he'll come down, pounce

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near the pet platter and then
dash off.

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And they play with it, you know,
for hours.

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And it's almost like it's their
prey in the wild.

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And, and we know how they love
to play with their actual prey

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when they kill it.
It's, it's that same variation.

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It's it's their feeding
territory.

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And the other thing I should
mention is the reason we have

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different colors, I don't know
if we've covered this before, is

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that both cats and dogs have a
different color spectrum than we

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do.
They have more rods than cones.

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So they can actually see and
differentiate between yellow,

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blue and Reds come off more as a
tan or a brown.

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So if you have more than one
pet, a cat and a dog, 2 cats or

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whatever your your case may be,
the platter the color you first

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serve your pet on is the color
they adopt on their own and

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they'll respect the color of the
other pet.

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And it eliminates food stealing
and food aggression as well.

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So that was part of the reason
we call it the pine pet platter.

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It really is their personal
feeding territory.

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And we even have pictures with
dogs sleeping by it, visiting

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it, all sorts of things.
So they they do bond with it and

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we help a lot of rescues as they
transition and they take their

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pet platter with them.
So coming into a new home, it

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reduces anxiety and gives them
that familiarity.

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So we try to work with a lot of
rescues to allow them to to have

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something to take with them into
the new homes as well.

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I love that because, yeah, it,
it is definitely something that

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as humans, like we especially in
the US, so many of us, most of

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us, we don't have that like food
scarcity issue.

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So we don't think about that
with our pets, even though we

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know that we know that their
next meal and the meal after

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that and the meal after that is
coming.

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They don't like this just part
of being an animal that you

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don't ever know when your next
meal is coming.

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Well, and.
And that's one of the things

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when, when people, you know,
sometimes we have people say,

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well, you know, dogs are
domesticated, Cats are cats are,

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are a unique breed because they
will go into a feral existence

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and survive just fine.
And they're predatory hunters

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and they do fine.
But even with dogs, people often

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say, well, my dog is really
domesticated.

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And I love bringing up the
example of a case where a one

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year old German Shepherd Husky
mix fell off of a fishing boat

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in Southern California and the
owner didn't realize it.

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And they did.
They searched for 8 hours, could

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not find the animal.
Coast Guard was looking for it

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and they really thought that the
dog had perished.

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And then lo and behold, on some
island that was not inhabited

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more for cell sites or whatever,
there was a maintenance crew out

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there and all of a sudden this
dog came charging at them and

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jumped into the truck.
Like I'm ready to go home now.

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That dog survived 5 weeks and
went through one of the worst

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storms ever recorded in that
area and was absolutely fine and

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survived on rodents and on fish.
So here is a domesticated dog.

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Never existed wild at all and
did just fine on his own.

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So we we always have to remember
to bring that in, that there's

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that little bit of wild in them
and I forgot where I was going

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to go.
What was I talking about?

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No, it's, it's totally, I mean,
we're just kind of going all

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around anyway.
So, well, Diane is asking.

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I don't know.
Do you ship outside of the US?

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We we will be in the UK.
We are planning next year to do

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that.
But if you can't site, we'll be

441
00:32:43,880 --> 00:32:47,680
able to direct you to somebody
who can get it sent to you.

442
00:32:48,520 --> 00:32:50,960
OK, because I know there are
like other retailers I don't

443
00:32:50,960 --> 00:32:53,440
know like Doctor Judy because I
think I actually bought all of

444
00:32:53,440 --> 00:32:55,800
mine from Doctor Judy's website
originally.

445
00:32:57,520 --> 00:33:02,120
So I, I kind of want to just
reiterate one thing that you

446
00:33:02,120 --> 00:33:08,480
said, because we talked about it
in two different areas, that

447
00:33:09,240 --> 00:33:19,440
licking is a very calming
behavior for animals, but you

448
00:33:19,440 --> 00:33:22,200
don't want them licking to
frustration.

449
00:33:22,200 --> 00:33:25,840
Right.
So there's that differentiation

450
00:33:25,840 --> 00:33:28,440
there between.
There is.

451
00:33:28,880 --> 00:33:33,040
Calm plus licking I just.
Want I, I'm, I'm sure

452
00:33:33,040 --> 00:33:37,280
everybody's experienced with
some pet or or heard about this

453
00:33:37,280 --> 00:33:42,800
where a dog or a cat will lick a
part of their body to the point

454
00:33:42,800 --> 00:33:48,360
where the fur is gone and it
starts to irritate the flesh

455
00:33:48,400 --> 00:33:52,320
actually.
And also licking parts of

456
00:33:52,320 --> 00:33:55,200
furniture.
That is the sort of thing that

457
00:33:55,200 --> 00:34:00,240
you get operation or there's a
problem with the dog, that sort

458
00:34:00,240 --> 00:34:03,960
of thing.
But relaxed, evenly paced

459
00:34:04,000 --> 00:34:09,159
licking does release positive
endorphins and can have a very

460
00:34:09,159 --> 00:34:13,719
calming act.
One veterinarian that I with in

461
00:34:13,760 --> 00:34:20,360
Chicago got a rescue dog who had
such severe separation anxiety

462
00:34:20,639 --> 00:34:24,480
that when she left, the dog
would tear down the curtains,

463
00:34:24,480 --> 00:34:30,239
the blinds, the screen, I mean
just the would lose all control.

464
00:34:30,679 --> 00:34:36,560
So she got AI told her get a
nut, but spread it all across

465
00:34:36,639 --> 00:34:41,239
the surface of the pet platter,
put it in the middle room that

466
00:34:41,239 --> 00:34:46,840
he usually, you know, tear us
apart and I promise you when you

467
00:34:46,840 --> 00:34:50,199
get everything will be OK.
So she said you're going to have

468
00:34:50,199 --> 00:34:53,199
to pay for new curtains if it
doesn't work.

469
00:34:53,199 --> 00:34:55,520
And I said that's a deal, you
got it.

470
00:34:56,199 --> 00:35:00,240
So she came back three hours
later as as she was leaving, the

471
00:35:00,240 --> 00:35:03,120
dog was looking at her.
A little panic was setting.

472
00:35:03,680 --> 00:35:09,040
Came back, the nut butter was
off the pet platter and the dog

473
00:35:09,040 --> 00:35:15,400
was asleep by the.
And so again, it's bonding with

474
00:35:15,400 --> 00:35:19,720
her feeding territory.
It's the act of licking.

475
00:35:20,360 --> 00:35:23,800
So you know, there's, there's
positive and negative to

476
00:35:23,880 --> 00:35:27,160
everything in life.
All behaviors have positive and

477
00:35:27,160 --> 00:35:31,880
negative in psychology and
principles you know basically

478
00:35:31,880 --> 00:35:36,880
apply to pets as well.
So just a couple of other

479
00:35:36,880 --> 00:35:39,600
things.
One, I did want to bring up the

480
00:35:39,600 --> 00:35:43,760
fact that, you know, we both
have kind of talked a little bit

481
00:35:43,760 --> 00:35:49,000
about the, you know, wonderful
raw food diets, but this is good

482
00:35:49,000 --> 00:35:50,720
for it doesn't matter what
you're feeding.

483
00:35:50,880 --> 00:35:55,720
Exactly.
You can actually feed on this.

484
00:35:55,720 --> 00:35:59,840
There's no problem with that.
On our website.

485
00:35:59,840 --> 00:36:04,720
We try to help people who have
all different feeding types and

486
00:36:04,720 --> 00:36:08,600
try to help direct them to
places to learn more and more

487
00:36:08,600 --> 00:36:11,920
about the types of diets that
will benefit our pets most.

488
00:36:12,320 --> 00:36:15,520
It's great for canned, it's
great for raw.

489
00:36:16,040 --> 00:36:22,000
And the thing that I love too is
we're big proponents of goat's

490
00:36:22,000 --> 00:36:28,280
milk and bone broth.
And so you can easily use it and

491
00:36:28,280 --> 00:36:33,760
some pet parents will actually
put little, they'll make little

492
00:36:33,880 --> 00:36:38,680
pools where you can pour a
little goat's milk or bone broth

493
00:36:38,680 --> 00:36:43,200
in there, or you can even pour
it on and fit.

494
00:36:43,840 --> 00:36:47,840
And it's great during the summer
or if you live in warmer

495
00:36:47,840 --> 00:36:54,600
climates, it just acts like one
big popsicle and dogs and cats

496
00:36:54,600 --> 00:36:57,880
just love licking it.
So you can put it in the

497
00:36:57,880 --> 00:37:00,360
freezer.
There's no problem with that at

498
00:37:00,360 --> 00:37:03,000
all.
It's good for for virtually

499
00:37:03,000 --> 00:37:06,800
anything.
And because it's non porous it

500
00:37:06,960 --> 00:37:09,000
you can put it in the
dishwasher.

501
00:37:09,000 --> 00:37:14,520
There's no problem with that and
hand cleaning, whatever you want

502
00:37:14,520 --> 00:37:18,960
to do.
But I think one of the other

503
00:37:18,960 --> 00:37:22,400
things that we enjoy hearing
about from our pet parents is

504
00:37:22,400 --> 00:37:27,640
that they tell us that it helps
them to be more creative and

505
00:37:28,120 --> 00:37:32,560
kind of create more.
So what we're trying to do with

506
00:37:32,560 --> 00:37:36,200
a lot of the food companies
today is for them to help

507
00:37:36,240 --> 00:37:39,560
generate different ideas.
And we're also asking

508
00:37:39,560 --> 00:37:42,880
veterinarians to put your
favorite menu together.

509
00:37:43,200 --> 00:37:46,800
And we're sharing more and more
of that with people because my

510
00:37:47,640 --> 00:37:52,000
idea it's, it's a great way that
you can start trying that at

511
00:37:52,000 --> 00:37:56,520
home as well.
I love that and I I love that it

512
00:37:56,520 --> 00:37:59,880
doesn't matter what you feel
that this can be beneficial.

513
00:38:00,600 --> 00:38:06,320
So kind of selfishly, I would
love to just hear a story or two

514
00:38:06,320 --> 00:38:10,200
about animals that you have
observed in the wild.

515
00:38:10,200 --> 00:38:13,600
I want to hear like how they
actually go about eating a

516
00:38:13,600 --> 00:38:23,520
carcass is that you described.
No, Well, it's how do I, I will

517
00:38:23,760 --> 00:38:26,240
try to say this in a positive
way.

518
00:38:26,560 --> 00:38:31,800
One of the things that all
wolves will do it it it sort of

519
00:38:31,800 --> 00:38:35,680
depends on the size of the
animal that they go after as

520
00:38:35,680 --> 00:38:39,560
well.
If they go after smaller animal

521
00:38:39,800 --> 00:38:45,080
animals, that is not usually
done in a pact, it'll be done on

522
00:38:45,080 --> 00:38:50,080
their own and when they go into
the carcass.

523
00:38:50,120 --> 00:38:56,640
And by the way, you can go to
zoos and they have days where

524
00:38:56,640 --> 00:39:02,640
they show carcass feeding and
and they will actually put a

525
00:39:02,640 --> 00:39:07,800
whole animal out there, again
depending on what's available

526
00:39:08,360 --> 00:39:13,720
and you can watch the animal
deconstruct.

527
00:39:13,720 --> 00:39:19,560
It's usually more of a herd pack
mentality and you can see them

528
00:39:19,960 --> 00:39:25,960
ripping various parts of the
animal down and if it's a very

529
00:39:25,960 --> 00:39:31,480
large animal the they do go for
the limbs but they know

530
00:39:31,480 --> 00:39:34,600
instinctively they go at organ
meat.

531
00:39:35,400 --> 00:39:39,960
That is the prized possession.
And I've even observed some

532
00:39:40,000 --> 00:39:47,600
animals who will pull out the
key organ parts and line it up

533
00:39:48,040 --> 00:39:55,640
in the snow and you know,
selectively eat or the other

534
00:39:55,640 --> 00:40:00,320
members of the pack will eat.
It's fascinating.

535
00:40:00,360 --> 00:40:06,760
Just like there's no single way
of eating but the the organ meat

536
00:40:07,040 --> 00:40:12,600
is nutrient dense so they
instinctively know to go after

537
00:40:12,600 --> 00:40:17,800
that first.
And they do pull the muscle meat

538
00:40:17,800 --> 00:40:25,600
from the bones, and they even
eat the fur for fiber, which is

539
00:40:25,640 --> 00:40:32,680
a big component of that.
So really it is the skeleton is

540
00:40:32,680 --> 00:40:36,320
literally left.
They they use pretty much

541
00:40:36,360 --> 00:40:42,040
everything that that's there.
And depending on the animals, a

542
00:40:42,040 --> 00:40:48,000
lot of times when they go after
like Buffalo, those animals, it

543
00:40:48,000 --> 00:40:51,600
takes five to six to seven hours
to kill.

544
00:40:52,000 --> 00:40:57,880
They they're not capable of
killing a large animal just

545
00:40:57,880 --> 00:41:02,640
simply by attacking, usually by
wearing them out, getting them

546
00:41:02,640 --> 00:41:10,720
to go into areas where they'll
sink in the mud or walk.

547
00:41:11,320 --> 00:41:17,880
And so they will circle, keep
the animal off to the side away

548
00:41:17,880 --> 00:41:23,560
from the rest of their herd and
basically wear it down to a

549
00:41:23,560 --> 00:41:29,240
point of exhaustion.
And the way they usually do is

550
00:41:29,320 --> 00:41:35,960
to go for the neck to break and
suffocate.

551
00:41:36,160 --> 00:41:41,960
But for larger animals, the wolf
will also sometimes put their

552
00:41:41,960 --> 00:41:47,080
mouth over the nose of the
animal to basically facilitate

553
00:41:47,080 --> 00:41:51,840
it passing.
So it depends on, you know,

554
00:41:52,520 --> 00:41:57,880
Africa versus in really cold
weather out in Wyoming.

555
00:41:58,240 --> 00:42:03,800
It it's different all the time,
but Oregon meat goes first than

556
00:42:03,800 --> 00:42:06,480
the meat.
It's sort of like a hierarchy of

557
00:42:06,560 --> 00:42:12,760
what is most, most prized.
But also they know instinctively

558
00:42:12,760 --> 00:42:16,680
what nutrients their body needs.
And that's why you see them

559
00:42:16,680 --> 00:42:19,560
going after different elements,
1st and 2nd.

560
00:42:19,600 --> 00:42:25,680
And what's really large animals,
if they can't eat it all, they

561
00:42:25,680 --> 00:42:32,960
will go and bury the meat.
And if they become hungry during

562
00:42:32,960 --> 00:42:35,520
the winter months, they will go
back to that.

563
00:42:35,880 --> 00:42:41,360
Most likely the IT will be, you
know, with maggots and things of

564
00:42:41,360 --> 00:42:47,720
that sort, but they'll eat it. 5
So I'm sorry, did I?

565
00:42:48,520 --> 00:42:53,040
No, I think it's fascinating.
I like to go into too much

566
00:42:53,040 --> 00:42:56,400
detail because I know we'll get
a little.

567
00:42:56,880 --> 00:43:00,960
You know, for a number of
reasons because, you know, if we

568
00:43:01,240 --> 00:43:05,800
really do pay attention, if that
is part of the education of

569
00:43:05,800 --> 00:43:09,560
feeding our animals, then I
think it, you know, it just

570
00:43:09,560 --> 00:43:14,600
makes so much more sense to play
with them, take them on a walk,

571
00:43:14,600 --> 00:43:18,120
do the thing, you know, a hike,
whatever it is that you're doing

572
00:43:18,120 --> 00:43:20,800
that activity with your dog for
that day.

573
00:43:21,360 --> 00:43:26,280
And then them because we are
again, not just using a special

574
00:43:26,280 --> 00:43:29,640
platter that's going to mimic a
carcass, but we're also giving

575
00:43:29,640 --> 00:43:33,120
them the full experience or as
much as we can with, you know,

576
00:43:33,120 --> 00:43:38,240
how we Live Today with getting
them kind of worn out with that

577
00:43:38,240 --> 00:43:41,760
and where they would normally be
hunting their prey and then

578
00:43:42,240 --> 00:43:46,640
eating.
You brought up a real important

579
00:43:46,640 --> 00:43:50,720
point.
Basically they spent 95% of

580
00:43:50,720 --> 00:43:56,440
their time in the wild hunting,
tracking, killing,

581
00:43:57,480 --> 00:44:02,920
deconstructing.
Their whole life revolved around

582
00:44:02,920 --> 00:44:05,800
that single event.
And that's why the one thing I

583
00:44:05,800 --> 00:44:10,000
tried to tell appearances
feeding from a bowl.

584
00:44:10,480 --> 00:44:16,120
We have taken a lifetime, the
majority of the a day involved

585
00:44:16,120 --> 00:44:19,760
in the meal time and reduced it
to a couple of minutes.

586
00:44:20,480 --> 00:44:24,200
And that's that's the tragedy
when you feed from a bowl.

587
00:44:24,560 --> 00:44:29,760
And the best analogy I can give
is when you feed your your pet

588
00:44:29,760 --> 00:44:34,320
from a bowl, it's like you're
feeding yourself from a fast

589
00:44:34,320 --> 00:44:39,240
food container.
When you do that, you eat very

590
00:44:39,240 --> 00:44:42,640
fast.
You don't really appreciate what

591
00:44:42,640 --> 00:44:46,280
you're eating and you're
probably hungry 5 to 10 minutes

592
00:44:46,280 --> 00:44:52,440
later, which is why most dogs
will inhale their food, lay down

593
00:44:53,080 --> 00:44:56,400
right by the bowl.
It's over and we've taken the

594
00:44:56,400 --> 00:45:01,080
excitement away.
So I I think you're absolutely

595
00:45:01,080 --> 00:45:02,920
right.
Make sure they get enough

596
00:45:02,920 --> 00:45:06,680
exercise.
Make sure we make up for that

597
00:45:06,680 --> 00:45:11,840
time where they would spend 10
to 12 hours a day, you know,

598
00:45:12,160 --> 00:45:17,840
hunting a Buffalo and running
and run up to 50 miles an hour.

599
00:45:18,280 --> 00:45:20,720
I mean, they, they were
incredible creatures.

600
00:45:20,720 --> 00:45:25,120
And our dogs, even though
they're smaller, they retain

601
00:45:25,120 --> 00:45:28,360
those same things.
They don't have a survival

602
00:45:28,360 --> 00:45:31,480
instinct.
If the dog feels threatened,

603
00:45:31,520 --> 00:45:35,360
he's going to turn no matter how
much you've domesticated them.

604
00:45:35,920 --> 00:45:41,360
There's feast and famine.
Some people will say my dog got

605
00:45:41,360 --> 00:45:45,400
into a bag of dog food, a large
one ate the whole thing.

606
00:45:45,480 --> 00:45:49,480
How could they do that?
Easter famine, Nature has

607
00:45:49,480 --> 00:45:52,920
programmed them you better eat
everything you can because you

608
00:45:52,920 --> 00:45:55,360
don't know when your next meal
is going to be.

609
00:45:55,880 --> 00:45:58,840
And then the whole hunt, prey
instinct.

610
00:45:59,240 --> 00:46:03,840
I even though my little Havanese
was only £14.00, if she saw a

611
00:46:03,840 --> 00:46:07,840
rabbit she was off and running,
you know, and nothing was going

612
00:46:07,840 --> 00:46:11,520
to stop her, not even me.
So there are three core

613
00:46:11,520 --> 00:46:15,480
instincts that we can
immediately identify with within

614
00:46:15,480 --> 00:46:20,400
our own dogs that is associated
with their ancestors.

615
00:46:20,640 --> 00:46:26,160
Their jaws are smaller, their
teeth are not exactly the same

616
00:46:26,160 --> 00:46:30,440
as the Gray wolf, but they're
still designed for meat eating

617
00:46:30,680 --> 00:46:36,360
to tear things apart and, and to
go after fairly large animals.

618
00:46:36,720 --> 00:46:42,440
So when you look at the overall
Physiology, the resemblance

619
00:46:42,440 --> 00:46:46,520
between the Gray wolf and the
dog is the same.

620
00:46:46,840 --> 00:46:51,000
And for cats, cats are even more
homogeneous.

621
00:46:51,440 --> 00:46:54,360
Their genome is almost
identical.

622
00:46:54,680 --> 00:46:59,960
The major trait that is
different is what is on their

623
00:46:59,960 --> 00:47:04,760
coats.
If it's striped, they came from

624
00:47:05,640 --> 00:47:11,000
more grassland, if it's a solid
color, it was more open terrain

625
00:47:11,320 --> 00:47:15,240
and if it's spotted it, they
were in the forest.

626
00:47:15,960 --> 00:47:20,000
But their coats are the main
difference for cats.

627
00:47:20,160 --> 00:47:23,320
That's about it.
And that's why they can go into

628
00:47:23,320 --> 00:47:27,520
a feral existence almost
instantaneously.

629
00:47:28,240 --> 00:47:35,320
So, so, so cats in particular,
think about them being predatory

630
00:47:35,320 --> 00:47:38,040
animals.
They haunted alone.

631
00:47:38,480 --> 00:47:45,400
They're designed to be able,
well, they're whiskers in

632
00:47:45,400 --> 00:47:47,840
particular.
And that's another benefit.

633
00:47:47,840 --> 00:47:52,840
With the pet platter, you don't
have whisker fatigue, and

634
00:47:52,920 --> 00:47:58,120
whiskers are embedded three
times deeper into their skin.

635
00:47:58,680 --> 00:48:03,880
And so when things are pushing
on to those whiskers, they feel

636
00:48:03,880 --> 00:48:08,480
that deep down inside.
And I've even talked to some pet

637
00:48:08,480 --> 00:48:12,520
parents who say that when their
pets were eating, they'd

638
00:48:12,520 --> 00:48:18,320
actually see like, tears coming
down because the overstimulation

639
00:48:18,320 --> 00:48:22,080
was so severe it became painful
to that cat.

640
00:48:22,720 --> 00:48:26,320
All cats don't experience the
same whisper fatigue.

641
00:48:26,320 --> 00:48:28,880
It can be different across the
board.

642
00:48:29,400 --> 00:48:33,880
So.
So by allowing them to let their

643
00:48:33,880 --> 00:48:39,160
whiskers, you know, operate and
they have proprioceptors at the

644
00:48:39,160 --> 00:48:45,360
tips of their whispers that is
always looking, gauging for prey

645
00:48:45,360 --> 00:48:47,960
and threats.
They're very sensitive.

646
00:48:47,960 --> 00:48:52,440
It can look at air temperature,
air current directions of wind,

647
00:48:52,760 --> 00:48:56,760
all those certain things.
So even for cats, you got to

648
00:48:56,760 --> 00:49:02,280
look at your cat and say nature
design do your sensory circuit

649
00:49:02,280 --> 00:49:06,120
is designed for survival and to
kill prey.

650
00:49:07,040 --> 00:49:11,080
Yeah, and they do, they hunt
like all day long.

651
00:49:11,080 --> 00:49:15,400
They they will hunt mice or
rabbit or birds or whatever.

652
00:49:15,400 --> 00:49:18,480
Like literally they're in
anytime they're awake.

653
00:49:19,480 --> 00:49:23,480
They're.
Hunting Well, cats.

654
00:49:23,640 --> 00:49:31,480
Domestic cats basically kill 20%
more prey than any other animal

655
00:49:32,000 --> 00:49:36,720
if they are to be outdoors, 20%
more.

656
00:49:37,080 --> 00:49:43,920
Which and there was a really
fascinating study, I forgot what

657
00:49:43,920 --> 00:49:50,760
scientific journal it was in,
but they allowed, they tested a

658
00:49:51,200 --> 00:49:55,120
number of different foods with
cats and they found out what

659
00:49:55,200 --> 00:50:00,600
food or it was chicken or salmon
or or whatever the case was.

660
00:50:01,120 --> 00:50:08,200
So they had the cat at in this
maze like situation with a bowl

661
00:50:08,200 --> 00:50:12,000
of that food.
Then they would put a live mouse

662
00:50:12,400 --> 00:50:19,480
at another part of the maze and
the cat, they stop eating the

663
00:50:19,480 --> 00:50:25,600
food, go and kill the mouse,
bring the mouse back, put the

664
00:50:25,600 --> 00:50:30,120
mouse next to the bowl and would
continue eating its food then

665
00:50:31,080 --> 00:50:34,160
and again.
It's that predatory nature.

666
00:50:34,840 --> 00:50:38,480
It's opportunistic hunting.
If it's available, they're going

667
00:50:38,480 --> 00:50:41,880
to go and kill it.
But by golly, they brought it

668
00:50:41,880 --> 00:50:44,360
back and continued on with their
meal.

669
00:50:44,400 --> 00:50:48,920
Fascinating creatures.
It really they are my cats.

670
00:50:48,920 --> 00:50:54,600
Will I?
I I try to just let nature be

671
00:50:54,600 --> 00:50:57,880
nature and not intervene as much
as possible.

672
00:50:57,880 --> 00:51:02,600
When I lived in Escondido, CA, I
had never experienced scorpions

673
00:51:02,600 --> 00:51:05,760
before, but my cats killed a ton
of them.

674
00:51:06,600 --> 00:51:11,440
And here I'm in north of Austin
right now.

675
00:51:12,400 --> 00:51:15,120
We get, I, I swear we have
cricket season.

676
00:51:15,480 --> 00:51:18,440
We, there are just so many
crickets around and they will

677
00:51:18,440 --> 00:51:23,480
get into my cat room and I will
just see my cats like jumping up

678
00:51:23,520 --> 00:51:26,880
to like these crickets are
jumping and my cats are jumping

679
00:51:26,880 --> 00:51:30,480
up and I'm like, you go right
ahead.

680
00:51:31,120 --> 00:51:38,200
Like, I am sorry Mr. Cricket.
But apparently this was the This

681
00:51:38,200 --> 00:51:41,760
is your destiny.
That's fabulous.

682
00:51:41,800 --> 00:51:45,320
That's fabulous.
They're such interesting

683
00:51:45,320 --> 00:51:47,600
creatures.
They are, and I encourage

684
00:51:47,640 --> 00:51:52,360
everybody to go to the zoo and
observe them.

685
00:51:52,440 --> 00:51:58,040
And you know, zookeepers love it
when people are really

686
00:51:58,040 --> 00:52:01,760
interested in learning more
about these animals.

687
00:52:01,800 --> 00:52:05,920
And you know, they'll let you
know when feeding times are

688
00:52:05,920 --> 00:52:10,480
going to be, when they're going
to do special events with them,

689
00:52:10,480 --> 00:52:13,720
whatever.
But go to your local zoos.

690
00:52:13,720 --> 00:52:19,200
It's a wealth of information and
I strongly recommend everybody

691
00:52:19,600 --> 00:52:22,560
observing at least one carcass
feeding.

692
00:52:23,000 --> 00:52:28,640
It will give you a whole new
appreciation on how they're

693
00:52:28,920 --> 00:52:33,880
really programmed to survive in
the wild.

694
00:52:34,080 --> 00:52:40,120
And if we just take more time to
observe our dogs eating, I mean,

695
00:52:40,480 --> 00:52:44,400
I think everybody first thing
should observe how your dog or

696
00:52:44,400 --> 00:52:48,720
cat eats for the next few meals.
Just take some time.

697
00:52:48,720 --> 00:52:51,480
Look at what they're doing.
Are they moving around?

698
00:52:51,880 --> 00:52:56,240
Do they seem anxious?
Are they enjoying their meal?

699
00:52:56,480 --> 00:52:59,240
Because the one thing we can
give back to them is that

700
00:52:59,240 --> 00:53:03,480
enjoying that factor and
allowing them to experience

701
00:53:03,480 --> 00:53:06,680
things.
And another factor I should

702
00:53:06,680 --> 00:53:12,920
bring up, which a lot of people
don't know is that dogs and cats

703
00:53:13,000 --> 00:53:21,840
have very few taste buds.
Cats have I think 473, dogs have

704
00:53:21,840 --> 00:53:29,400
1700, we have 9000.
We're driven by our taste buds.

705
00:53:31,160 --> 00:53:36,200
So the problem is when you're
putting food down, if you're

706
00:53:36,200 --> 00:53:42,240
putting it in a bowl that is
hiding all the different smells

707
00:53:42,240 --> 00:53:45,040
that could be coming out,
especially if you're doing raw

708
00:53:45,040 --> 00:53:47,800
feeding and pudding, organ meat
and everything else.

709
00:53:48,240 --> 00:53:53,120
Because the dog is the food is
is held hostage in the bowl.

710
00:53:53,360 --> 00:53:58,920
They can't really get to it by
allowing them to sniff out the

711
00:53:58,920 --> 00:54:04,640
food on the pep platter.
That's the way our dogs taste

712
00:54:05,040 --> 00:54:11,240
their food is through the sense
of smell, and with cats in

713
00:54:11,240 --> 00:54:15,760
particular, cats have a more
sensitive nose than dogs do.

714
00:54:15,760 --> 00:54:22,480
They have V1R receptors which
help differentiate between

715
00:54:22,480 --> 00:54:26,240
smells.
They have 30, dogs have around

716
00:54:26,240 --> 00:54:28,760
9, we have 3.
Something like that.

717
00:54:29,360 --> 00:54:36,000
It explains why cats like really
aromatic foods because they're

718
00:54:36,000 --> 00:54:39,800
able to taste the food
basically.

719
00:54:41,080 --> 00:54:46,160
And going back to honor thy
nose, this is another reason.

720
00:54:46,160 --> 00:54:51,720
If you want your dog and cat to
enjoy their meal, make sure you

721
00:54:51,720 --> 00:54:56,480
spread out the food and the
different elements so they can

722
00:54:56,560 --> 00:54:59,200
actually smell what's in front
of them.

723
00:54:59,680 --> 00:55:03,200
And importantly, they'll tell
you what they like.

724
00:55:03,200 --> 00:55:08,080
First, second and third.
Yeah, food.

725
00:55:09,400 --> 00:55:12,600
Selection.
Yeah, I was a couple of years

726
00:55:12,600 --> 00:55:15,880
ago, I think for Kim's birthday,
my dog's birthday.

727
00:55:16,200 --> 00:55:19,920
I did like a little like, like a
charcuterie board almost, where

728
00:55:19,920 --> 00:55:21,600
I put all these different things
on.

729
00:55:21,600 --> 00:55:24,800
It was very interesting to see
what she went for and what she

730
00:55:24,800 --> 00:55:29,160
didn't and like the order she
went in it.

731
00:55:29,200 --> 00:55:33,440
It was absolutely fascinating.
I already knew, like she's not

732
00:55:33,440 --> 00:55:36,080
big into vegetables or fruits or
anything like that.

733
00:55:36,360 --> 00:55:41,920
She wouldn't blueberries at all.
She's like, no, yeah, I which,

734
00:55:42,240 --> 00:55:45,600
you know, I try so many
different things because I, the

735
00:55:45,600 --> 00:55:50,680
dogs I had before her would eat
blueberries, but only if I cut

736
00:55:50,680 --> 00:55:54,480
them open.
Like if I had to hand them one

737
00:55:54,480 --> 00:55:55,560
hole.
No, thank you.

738
00:55:55,560 --> 00:55:57,600
But if I cut it open then OK,
they were good.

739
00:56:00,040 --> 00:56:04,120
Oh my.
Goodness, it is.

740
00:56:04,720 --> 00:56:07,120
It's really interesting, I
think.

741
00:56:07,720 --> 00:56:12,760
I mean, it's just something fun
for you as a human to do, but

742
00:56:12,760 --> 00:56:17,240
you gain so much insight into
what your animal likes that you

743
00:56:17,240 --> 00:56:22,200
can make their food choices
moving forward like that much

744
00:56:22,200 --> 00:56:24,440
more enjoyable for them.
Right.

745
00:56:25,960 --> 00:56:28,680
So where?
Where can people find you?

746
00:56:28,680 --> 00:56:31,480
Where can people get their hands
on their own pet platters?

747
00:56:31,600 --> 00:56:37,880
OK, we're we sell them online.
Doctor Judy sells them.

748
00:56:38,440 --> 00:56:46,040
We have a list of retailers also
on website and you could also

749
00:56:46,040 --> 00:56:51,400
get it directly from us.
You can go to mine MINE pet

750
00:56:51,720 --> 00:56:58,480
platter.com and order directly
and we will have some exciting

751
00:56:58,480 --> 00:57:01,120
news.
We will be coming out with some

752
00:57:01,440 --> 00:57:06,200
additional products and just to
go we're you're going to be one

753
00:57:06,200 --> 00:57:12,120
of the 1st that we're going to
notify about those products and

754
00:57:13,360 --> 00:57:21,680
it pertains to a water device as
well as some other things.

755
00:57:22,120 --> 00:57:25,240
So I'll just leave it there.
We want it to be a big surprise.

756
00:57:25,800 --> 00:57:30,480
I love that and I love surprises
and I will post the link in my

757
00:57:30,520 --> 00:57:34,480
stories.
We can just click and go over

758
00:57:35,320 --> 00:57:38,720
and I think you told me that
people can get a little extra

759
00:57:38,720 --> 00:57:40,920
discount.
Yes.

760
00:57:42,000 --> 00:57:45,600
Yes.
So is the coupon Jessica

761
00:57:45,600 --> 00:57:50,360
something right?
Jessica Penn and we know how

762
00:57:50,360 --> 00:57:53,320
much information you bring to
the pet world.

763
00:57:53,640 --> 00:57:57,440
We so appreciate everything you
do and all the time you invest

764
00:57:57,440 --> 00:58:01,360
in that.
So because Jessica is so special

765
00:58:01,360 --> 00:58:08,360
to us, if you put in Jessica 10
at our checkout online, you'll

766
00:58:08,360 --> 00:58:11,000
get 10% off.
You're so sweet.

767
00:58:11,280 --> 00:58:13,680
Thank you so much.
I'll put that in my stories as

768
00:58:13,680 --> 00:58:18,840
well, so people can just click
and go over there and check it

769
00:58:18,840 --> 00:58:21,400
out.
I, I think it's, it's great.

770
00:58:21,400 --> 00:58:23,640
I think it's great for dogs.
I think it's great for cats.

771
00:58:23,680 --> 00:58:28,160
I love like you gave us so much,
so many tips, so much great

772
00:58:28,160 --> 00:58:31,720
information.
Especially like every animal

773
00:58:31,720 --> 00:58:35,280
having their own feeding
territory.

774
00:58:36,320 --> 00:58:40,400
That is so crucial, especially
if you have you know, if you

775
00:58:40,400 --> 00:58:43,920
have a multi pet household, you
want all of your pets to know

776
00:58:43,920 --> 00:58:48,000
that like they don't have to be
fighting each other for food,

777
00:58:48,000 --> 00:58:53,480
like that's a thing and.
Remember, honor thy nose, right?

778
00:58:53,920 --> 00:58:55,760
Honor thy nose.
I love that.

779
00:58:55,760 --> 00:58:57,800
That needs to be like on AT
shirt or something.

780
00:58:57,800 --> 00:59:00,440
Honor thy nose.
All right, Carol.

781
00:59:01,280 --> 00:59:06,880
To do that.
I appreciate everything that you

782
00:59:06,880 --> 00:59:10,200
do, everything that you have
done, all of the incredible

783
00:59:10,200 --> 00:59:12,160
research that went into this
product.

784
00:59:12,920 --> 00:59:17,000
I love all the behind the scenes
of like the why of everything

785
00:59:17,080 --> 00:59:18,720
so.
Well, thank you.

786
00:59:19,160 --> 00:59:22,960
I so appreciate being on your
show and look forward to seeing

787
00:59:22,960 --> 00:59:25,720
you soon.
I'll be coming to Texas to visit

788
00:59:25,720 --> 00:59:27,760
my daughter, so we'll
definitely.

789
00:59:28,320 --> 00:59:31,520
I love that.
All right guys, please check out

790
00:59:31,520 --> 00:59:34,600
mine pet platter.com.
I will put it in my stories.

791
00:59:34,600 --> 00:59:38,720
Go follow Carol as well.
And until next time.

792
00:59:41,000 --> 00:59:42,040
Thanks everybody.
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Carol Smeja earned a PhD focusing in the areas psychology and sociology which she applied to understanding the eating dynamics of people. She worked with U.S. and global food companies in both research and marketing programs and assisted U.S. government agencies with efforts to improve health and diet. More recently, she has applied her extensive research and diagnostic training in understanding the eating behavior of our dogs & cats by studying the natural and instinctive behaviors of their ancestral roots. She has conducted comprehensive reviews and integrated information from wildlife specialists, professional research and observational programs. She and her late husband dedicated themselves to developing the first ever feeder, The Original mine Pet Platter, which allows dogs & cats to eat the way they are meant to--naturally. This not only improves their health and wellbeing but also solves all of the common feeding problems caused by bowl feeding. Carol volunteers at zoos to gain further knowledge on dietary needs and feeding habits in addition to improving conservation. She enjoys sharing her knowledge at professional events to help our pets live their best lives.