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Doggone good (gluten-free) treats
“Buddy is going to eat
anything I give him,” Tena ac-
knowledged. “Buddy doesn’t
have a favorite fl avor. He likes
them all. I always try the treats
on friends’ pets as well.”
Tena started the business in
August and has three fl avors
so far: A Taste of Autumn in-
cludes peanut butter, molasses
and pumpkin; A Taste of Winter
has fresh chopped apples, honey
and fresh mint while Cheezy
Chicken has grated cheddar
cheese and chicken broth.
“People are really open to
it,” Tena said of early reaction.
“This doesn’t have any grains
in it. We can make them dairy-
free. We can make whatever the
customer needs. They are pack-
aged as six ounces. We want to
keep them affordable, not too
heavy on weight. We have got-
ten great feedback.”
Tena runs the business along
with daughter Amee – she
fi gured if she had a common
name with an unusual spelling,
she would pass that along – as
well as her four-legged friend.
“My daughter was eager to
come on board,” Tena said. “She
is my person who is good at
talking to people, customer ser-
vice, explaining what treats we
have.”
The mother-daughter com-
By CRAIG MURPHY
Of the Keizertimes
When Tena Northern got
her husband Dawayne a puppy
for Christmas 2013, she also got
herself a ticket to a new busi-
ness venture.
Buddy the weimaraner is the
fi rst pet the couple has had in
30 years. When Tena found her-
self unemployed for the second
time due to company down-
sizing, the Keizer resident was
pushed towards becoming self-
employed.
That led to her new busi-
ness: Buddy and Friends, which
makes gluten-free gourmet dog
treats.
“I found I had to go gluten-
free in April,” Tena said. “I feel
so much better. I did research
on how much wheat is in foods.
I wondered if any pets were go-
ing through this. I did some
research and was astounded by
how many pets have itching
or skin issues due to their diet.
That’s where this whole thing
came about. The employment
offi ce is giving me a chance and
I’m running with it.”
Buddy, who was far too ex-
cited to sit still for an interview,
didn’t just lend his name to the
company. He also has his own
Facebook (Dogbook?) page
and gets to try the treats.
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Buddy gets a treat from Tena Northern as her husband
Dawayne watches.
bo started selling the treats the
fi rst weekend in October at the
Salem Farmer’s Market. Things
have been somewhat up and
down, varying by the weekend.
“I hope at some point to get
a small space and a store, where
people can come in and get the
treats, pick and choose how
much they want,” Tena said.
“Before Christmas business was
going great. I knew it was go-
ing to be solw. It won’t be an
overnight success.”
Amee has found education
being important for potential
customers.
“They usually go ‘Oh’ with a
puzzled look or ‘I didn’t know
dogs need gluten-free,’” Amee
said. “We bake the treats and
work the markets together.”
Amee feels a difference will
be noticeable in dogs.
“Over time there can be
a major difference in their at-
titude and how they act,” she
said. “It’s just treats right now,
not the main part of the diet.
The dogs seem to really like it.”
The Keizer Heritage Mu-
seum is taking early orders
for Images of America: Keizer, a
book chronicling Keizer’s his-
tory through the early 1960s.
The book will be published
by Arcadia Publishing which
has printed hundreds of simi-
lar books for small towns and
downtowns across the country.
The Keizer book was
headed up Tammy Wild as a
project for the museum. Doz-
ens of photographs from the
museum’s collection as well as
photos submitted by the pub-
lic paint a picture of the histo-
ry of Keizer from the late 19th
century to the early 1960s.
Wild is an instructional assis-
tant at Forest Ridge Elemen-
tary She authored the book as
well as curated the photo sub-
missions.
Though the book will
not be available until April
Keizerites can order copies
early for $20. Only 90 pre-
sold books will be available.
Contact the Keizer Heritage
Museum at 503-393-9660 or
visit the museum 2 to 4 p.m.
Tuesday and Thursday or 10
a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday.
Keizer teen selected for
Extreme Mustang Makeover
Elisabeth Burleson, 13, has been selected to compete in the
Extreme Mustang Makeover taking place in Norco, Calif., in
May.
Burleson will be tasked with picking a young, wild mustang
from the Bureau of Land Management pens in Burns, in Febru-
ary and have about 100 days to gentle and ground train it.
She will have to tame the youngster to walk and trot calmly
on lead, approach and execute a number of obstacles with con-
fi dence, safely travel in a horse trailer and be ready to become a
lifelong partner for someone who wishes to adopt it.
grads & grades
• Alex Moxley and Hannah
Raschko, both of Keizer, were
recently named to the dean’s
list at Arizona State University.
Students with a GPA 3.50 of
and greater are eligible.
• Lydia Nichol, of Keiz-
er, was recently added to the
Harding University dean’s list.
Students earning a GPA of 3.65
and greater are eligible.
• At Oregon State Univer-
sity, the following Keizer stu-
dents were added to the fall
term Scholastic Honor Roll for
GPAs greater than 3.50: James
H. Bonar, Rachel E. Campbell,
Emily R. Dicksa, Evan L. Dish-
ion, Alexis R. Garcia, Kenneth
J. Hafdahl, Victoria M. Hittner,
Wyatt R. Hoag, Kevin J. Hud-
son, McKinzie F. Isaac, Junior,
Katherine E. Janssen, Nissa C.
Johnson, Taylor M. Keeker,
McKenna C. Kuhns, Jonathon
I. Lopez, Alamjit K. Nagra, Al-
exander A. Putnam, Andrew L.
Trowbridge, Aaron M. Wen-
ning, and Ivory A. Williams.
Keizer students who earned a
straight-A average were: Ben-
jamin J. Asay, Tara N. Bonar,
Taylor L. Norby, and Alexis M.
Prinslow.
• Keilah Uhre of Keizer
earned dean’s list recognition
at George Fox University for a
GPA greater than 3.50.
• The following students re-
cently received their degrees
from George Fox University:
Jessica Sokoloff, bachelor of arts
in music; Carolyn Wheaton, B.A.
in social and behavioral studies;
Nicole Milstead, B.A. in social
and behavioral studies; and Tere-
sa Jaramillo, bachelor of science
in elementary education.
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