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Apr 5, 2025
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0:00
- Hey, y'all.
0:01
I'm at the neatest store in Downtown Savannah.
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I am in Oliver Bentley's,
0:09
doghouse?
0:10
- [Eric] Dog Deli-Human Hangout.
0:11
(Paula laughs)
0:12
- [Paula] And y'all, it's wonderful.
0:15
And I'm here with the owner
0:17
and the founder of this store, Eric.
0:20
And you see he's a dog dad, by his hat.
0:25
- Hey.
0:25
- And this is one of his babies.
0:28
- This is Ollie B.
0:29
- Ollie B-
0:30
- Oliver Bentley. - Is so beautiful.
0:32
Okay, so I didn't know if the name of your store
0:36
was after a dog that you maybe used to have, but, so.
0:42
- The original Oliver Bentley
0:43
actually is his grandfather.
0:45
This is Oliver Bentley II, We call him "OB2".
0:48
- "OB2."
0:49
Oh my gosh!
0:50
If y'all come to Savannah,
0:50
you got to come in here if you're a dog lover like us.
0:54
And Eddie and Theresa and I decided,
0:57
and Casey too, they all got together
0:59
and said, "You need to take the dogs downtown
1:03
and let them play."
1:05
So.
1:05
- [Eric] We're the country's first ever Dog Deli
1:07
and Human Hangout.
1:08
- [Paula] No. - [Eric] Yeah.
1:09
- [Paula] No.
1:10
- It's like it says on the awning.
1:11
- [Paula] Right here in Savannah.
1:11
And you were telling me-
1:12
- Yeah.
1:13
- Or telling Theresa earlier,
1:15
that you're in some magazine this month?
1:19
- Well, our dog tour.
1:20
- The dog tour?
1:21
- Yeah, we do a historic, cut.
1:23
(Eric chuckles)
1:27
We do a historic dog walk tour,
1:29
that it turns out, a few years ago,
1:32
Visit Savannah,
1:33
the Tourism Bureau said they wanted to promote
1:36
how Savannah's so dog friendly and walkable.
1:38
- [Paula] Yes, yes.
1:39
- So they asked me and my dog, Abby girl, to come out
1:43
and pretend like I'm giving one
1:45
of our historic dog walk tours.
1:46
(Paula chuckles)
1:47
- Do you do dog tours?
1:48
- Yeah, yeah, we had one this morning,
1:50
we'll have one tomorrow.
1:50
- No. - Yeah, yeah, yeah.
1:51
- Now, what is a dog tour like Eric?
1:54
- Well, so many properties are dog friendly,
1:56
so many people travel with their dogs now.
1:58
- Right.
1:59
- It is the history of Savannah,
2:00
but we cater to pet parents.
2:02
- Okay.
2:02
- So we're a smaller and more-
2:04
- [Paula] So it's a walking tour, for sure, for the dogs.
2:06
- [Eric] Yep. We cover all the history of Savannah.
2:08
- [Paula] Oh my gosh!
2:09
- All the dog friendly places.
2:10
This is all the restaurants in Savannah
2:12
that are dog friendly.
2:13
- Oh, okay.
2:14
- [Eric] So we've got our little dog friendly Savannah map.
2:16
- The Lady and Sons, our restaurant downtown,
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you know, we can't have dogs in, except for service dogs.
2:22
- [Eric] Outdoor tables.
2:24
- Yes, but my son started "The Chicken Box,"
2:28
which is right there attached to the restaurant,
2:30
so people can come up and eat with their dogs.
2:34
And I just love that. I just love that.
2:37
'Cause I'm definitely a dog mama.
2:39
- [Eric] Yep, pet parent. Pet parents are the best.
2:41
Yes, yes, yes.
2:42
- [Eric] So to answer your- - I had, oh, excuse me, Eric.
2:45
And we brought all three of our babies
2:48
in to meet Eric and Ollie B,
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and I don't know where they are.
2:55
- [Eric] They're roaming around.
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So here in the store, we're awfully-
2:57
- [Paula] There's Lulu, there's Gus,
2:59
and there's Max over there,
3:01
so we got all three of our babies.
3:04
And what did you start to say Eric?
3:07
- No, just that the store is off-leash,
3:09
let the dogs just roam.
3:11
Yep, we're dog-centric and human tolerant.
3:14
(Eric and Paula laugh)
3:15
- I love that.
3:16
- So, pets welcome, children must be on a leash.
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(Paula laughs)
3:23
- I know that's right.
3:24
B if you turned the kids when you say
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B out trying to eat all these treats.
3:27
- Oh yeah. Yep.
3:29
- This is his deli.
3:30
- Actually, Gus, Gus has,
3:32
had his nose up over here.
3:33
Oh, I love it. - [Paula] Oh, he did.
3:34
- [Eric] Yeah.
3:35
I love it. That's so good.
3:37
- [Paula] And now Eric over here.
3:40
- [Eric] So you have a company.
3:41
- [Paula] You make,
3:43
you make these desserts here, is that right?
3:45
- [Eric] Yeah. So-
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- I'm not treat, not desserts, but treats.
3:48
- The treats.
3:49
Yeah. The company started years ago
3:51
because I had a black Lab with stomach cancer.
3:54
So I started making my own treats, trying to find something
3:57
that he wouldn't throw up
3:58
and didn't give him diarrhea, quite frankly.
4:01
I came up with a recipe, eight ingredients,
4:03
and now we ship all over the country.
4:05
We're in Whole foods and yeah.
4:07
- No.
4:08
- So this is our original biscuits.
4:09
It's honey, ginger, apples, molasses.
4:13
But just like the secret Coke formula,
4:15
there's a certain way of mixing it that I can't tell you.
4:17
Yeah. That's how we get it. Yep.
4:19
- You'd have to kill me if you Coke.
4:21
(both Eric and Paula laugh)
4:22
- So that's what the company's been for over a decade.
4:25
- [Paula] Wow! - This space became available
4:26
about a year ago.
4:27
And I thought we could have our own product,
4:30
but we could also do something different for pets.
4:32
And that is what you just said.
4:34
We're the country's first ever dog deli.
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- [Paula] Yes. I want y'all to feed-
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- All freeze dried,
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sourced from all over the country.
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Wherever we find someone
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with a specialty like the bison liver.
4:47
We've got duck necks and duck feet. We've got-
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- [Paula] Is that a duck neck?
4:51
- That's a duck neck, yep. From Louisiana.
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Pig ears.
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And then we got some baked goods on top.
4:57
Peanut butter turnovers, bacon cheddar bagels,
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bacon cranberry bagels.
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And then you have to have some dog sausages,
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lamb sausage, and turkey sausage.
5:05
And you know what's really interesting?
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As long as it's unsweetened,
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don't ever give dogs banana chips that are sweetened,
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but unsweetened banana chips.
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- I did not know that. I did not know that.
5:15
- They're great.
5:15
- Now what kind of treat is that?
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- Those are duck feet.
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Those are actual duck feet. Yep.
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- Okay.
5:23
(both Eric and Paula laugh)
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Well, my dogs, you know, I just buy them the treats
5:28
from the grocery store.
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I have a feeling they're not real good for them.
5:33
But they have,
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I've gotten in a bad habit with them,
5:39
and I'm so afraid that the treats
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that I'm giving them are really not good for them.
5:44
- Yeah. And that's-
5:45
- So I want you to run me a tab.
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I want you to start me a tab, Eric, because I'm,
5:52
Gus.
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Gus, would you like a treat?
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- [Eric] There's so many good smells in here.
5:57
- Gus.
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I know it.
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Gus,
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Max, would you like a treat?
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- [Eric] Oh, there he goes. - [Paula] Okay.
6:04
- [Eric] He's gonna go over in the corner.
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- [Paula] So I'm gonna, I'm gonna be taking three of these.
6:08
- [Eric] Okay.
6:09
- [Paula] And this is the, that's liver.
6:12
- [Eric] That's beef heart
6:13
- Beef heart.
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- [Eric] Beef heart.
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Freeze dried beef heart.
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- [Paula] Okay. Sit.
6:21
- [Eric] Oh, yeah.
6:22
- Yes. He likes it.
6:23
- [Eric] Oh yeah. - Sit max.
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- [Eric] Their inner wolf is gonna come out.
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- Sit Max.
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(Eric chuckles)
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Oh no sit in front,
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Good Max.
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Lulu.
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- [Eric] Oh!
6:33
Lulu.
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Lulu's hmm.
6:35
That duck foot's bigger than me.
6:36
- Yeah.
6:40
- [Eric] Oh yeah. Okay.
6:41
- [Eric] There we go.
6:42
- I'm excited about this. - Yeah.
6:45
- This duck heart.
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- [Eric] Yep. That's the beef heart there.
6:51
- The beef heart. - [Eric] Yep. And the...
6:53
- Lulu, come get you a treat.
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- Here.
6:57
And for Lulu's little mouth, maybe a pork liver.
7:01
These nuggets, these nuggets are a little smaller.
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See if Lulu might take a little, little nugget of the pork.
7:07
Oh! Listen to Gus chew on that neck.
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- Yeah, that's the foot. Isn't that the foot?
7:13
- [Eric] Oh, I'm sorry. Yeah. He got the duck foot. Yeah.
7:15
- And he can digest that.
7:17
- [Eric] Yep.
7:18
- [Instructor] Hey, Lauren.
7:18
- [Eric] Hey, Lauren,
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- Max.
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Lulu, you want another treat?
7:26
- So what we do with locals, we turn the scale on.
7:30
Everything's by the ounce.
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- Okay, good. - Get a little deli box.
7:33
We just start filling it up.
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- Okay.
7:35
Good.
7:36
And see, would I be guilty
7:39
of giving them too much of this?
7:41
- No. Being freeze dried
7:43
and being organ meat, it's as healthy as it gets.
7:46
- Okay.
7:47
- High end protein, low end fat.
7:48
- Okay.
7:50
And now they liked that.
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- They liked the pork, pork liver.
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- Now you have to weigh things separately.
7:57
- Nope. Nope.
7:58
- Oh, okay.
7:59
- And we do the duck feet by unit,
8:01
so they don't have to weigh that.
8:03
- Yeah, I had three of those, but they didn't,
8:05
but one, they only took one.
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So.
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- [Eric] All right.
8:11
- I don't know if they took them anywhere else.
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So just get them up a variety please, Eric.
8:17
- [Eric] Yeah. Let's do that.
8:19
- So I'll just put a box together
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with some of our best stuff.
8:22
- [Paula] Yeah. Okay. That's great.
8:23
- That is there. Okay.
8:24
- That's great.
8:27
And these should probably be used sparingly, right?.
8:31
- Yeah. They're so decadent and amazing.
8:34
- So guilty about-
8:37
- Just animals?
8:39
- Yes.
8:40
So Eric.
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- [Eric] Yeah.
8:43
- [Paula] I have read that,
8:48
that dogs are descendants of wolves.
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- [Eric] Yeah. Original DNA. Yes.
8:55
- And they are best eating raw.
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- Yep. - Organs.
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- Mhm!
9:02
That's why. That's what, yep.
9:03
So freeze dry is a way to have something shelf stable,
9:07
and still have all the nutrients.
9:10
This either is a treat
9:12
or as a topper on a meal
9:14
that would be raw is just, ugh!
9:17
That's perfect.
9:18
- Okay.
9:19
- That's exactly.
9:20
- So if I went to the grocery store-
9:23
- Hmm.
9:24
- What would I,
9:26
what would I choose for my dogs?
9:28
- Hmm. Well, you could go with some nice lean turkey,
9:33
ground turkey meat.
9:35
- And raw. That's raw.
9:37
- I would lightly, lightly brown.
9:40
- Okay.
9:41
- We call it gently cooked.
9:42
- Okay. - Right?
9:43
- 'Cause Lulu loves raw hamburger meat.
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- That's perfectly fine.
9:47
- Oh, good. - I do a little gently cooked.
9:50
So you could go in the ground, you could do hamburger,
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Say 80%, 80/20, you know, the fat,
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the turkey definitely if you're gonna do a meat meat.
10:03
I just do boneless skinless chicken.
10:07
Maybe boil it a little bit.
10:08
- Yeah, I do.
10:09
I do cook their chicken for them.
10:12
- Yep.
10:13
I like to add in herb wise,
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do a little rosemary.
10:16
- Huh!
10:17
Oh, okay.
10:18
- Do a little parsley.
10:20
Grain wise, I'd go with something like a quinoa,
10:24
a nice old grain.
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Easy to digest and metabolize.
10:28
- Okay.
10:29
And just mix that with the...
10:30
- Hmm!
10:31
And now for a little bit of texture, the secret.
10:34
If I wasn't in the dog treat business, baby carrots.
10:38
Baby carrots are the best.
10:41
- Really?
10:42
- Oh yeah.
10:43
I do baby carrots all day long.
10:44
My dogs have baby carrots after dinner every night.
10:47
- Really?
10:47
- And I'm in the dog treat business.
10:49
- I don't know if mine would go for the carrots.
10:52
- Yeah, okay.
10:53
Yep.
10:53
- Is this the hot buffet?
10:56
- This is, yep.
10:57
This is brand new.
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By the time this comes out, we'll be ready.
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But we'll have five raw signature recipes,
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all for different types of metabolisms,
11:06
and different dog needs.
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- That is wonderful. - Some dogs need more energy.
11:10
Some dogs need lower calories
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because they're little, I don't wanna say lazy,
11:14
but, you know.
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- Yeah. Well, our dogs are now,
11:19
I think Lulu is 11, right Eddie?
11:23
- [Eddie] Let's see. - 11, 10, and nine.
11:26
- [Eddie] Max will be 11.
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He will be 12.
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And Lulu will be 13 this year.
11:31
- Really?
11:32
- Oh my goodness! That can't be Eddie.
11:35
- The time flies. - My babies are-
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- I know. - Caught up with me in age.
11:41
- I know times by seven. They're older.
11:43
- Yeah. Yeah.
11:44
- And here is your custom deli box.
11:47
- Oh, wonderful. Look at that.
11:48
Should I eat this or should I give it to them?
11:52
- Is that the, that's the,
11:54
that looks like the bacon cheddar bagel.
11:55
Yeah.
11:56
Yam yam.
11:58
- Smells good.
11:59
(both Eric and Paula laugh)
12:01
- It does.
12:01
- So tell everybody your address Eric.
12:04
- Oh, yeah. Yeah.
12:05
- So they can drop in if they've got
12:08
their fur babies with them.
12:10
- If you're in Savannah or coming to Savannah,
12:13
sniff us out at 409 East York Street.
12:16
We're just off Columbia Square in the historic district,
12:18
409 East York Street.
12:20
Or if you can't make it to Savannah,
12:21
sniff us out at oliverbentleys.com.
12:23
This, and the deli counter's kind of new to us,
12:26
so we're slowly getting the deli items onto our website,
12:29
but sniff us out.
12:31
- Listen, it's so great.
12:34
And, you know,
12:35
I would have a hard time trusting somebody
12:38
if they don't love dogs.
12:40
- I agree. - Is that-
12:42
- I agree.
12:43
- Is that bad? But-
12:44
- I think Mark Twain said something like that.
12:46
- Oh, he did. He did.
12:47
- Yep. Oh, yeah.
12:48
- Yeah. I mean, I don't know.
12:51
There's just-
12:52
- There's something about the unconditional love.
12:54
- Yes.
12:55
- That just gets you. - Absolutely.
12:57
- Not that your boys don't love you.
12:58
'Cause I know they do.
12:59
- Well, they don't love me like my dogs love me.
13:03
(both Eric and Paula laugh)
13:05
- I think that's a good place to end.
13:06
- Now, before, before I go, Eric,
13:08
I wanna go over here and pick in.
13:11
So if you live here in Savannah,
13:14
or if you're bringing your dog in your own vacation,
13:16
and you think, "Oh my gosh, this little puppy is stinking."
13:20
You can bring it right over here to Oliver Bentley,
13:23
and have him groomed.
13:25
- Ms. Gales been doing it for-
13:26
- Yes. So- - Almost 30 years.
13:28
We'll just do a little glimpse there.
13:29
- Yes. Can we pull back the drape a little bit?
13:32
- [Eric] Just a little bit.
13:33
Yeah. Here, go ahead.
13:34
- [Paula] So that-
13:35
(door squeaks)
13:36
- [Eric] Just go ahead and get that.
13:37
- [Paula] So Ms. Gales been grooming dogs for 30 years.
13:42
- Yes. Yep. She was down in Florida,
13:46
Naples, retired, moved up here.
13:48
- [Paula] Oh, good.
13:49
- Go and stir crazy in retirement.
13:51
Walks in one day and says,
13:52
"I don't wanna run a business anymore,
13:54
but I love dogs and I got all the equipment."
13:56
I said, "You're hired.
13:58
You just come in and do your dog."
13:59
- That dog reminds me so much of Lulu.
14:01
- Isn't she pretty?
14:02
- Only Lulu's,
14:05
Lulu is a have a knees.
14:06
- Such a good girl. - [Paula] Eric.
14:08
You are so pretty.
14:10
- Looking fresh. - You were so pretty.
14:12
- What that is.
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- [Paula] Ain't she pretty
14:15
- Getting a new look?
14:16
- She pretty.
14:18
- So overall, when this space became available,
14:21
I thought pet stores need to evolve, make it,
14:25
make it a destination and a community space.
14:28
I hosted the Christmas party for the Humane Society.
14:30
- Oh, that's wonderful. - Just donated the space.
14:32
- That's wonderful.
14:33
- And we do dog trivia once a month.
14:34
Dog trivia night.
14:35
All the questions are about dogs.
14:38
Last Tuesday every month,
14:39
third Thursday every month,
14:40
we have a vet speaker series.
14:42
Dr. Beth Martin here in Savannah.
14:44
Is a holistic vet.
14:45
She'll come in and does a little 30, 40 minute talk.
14:47
And we give out some, you know, some coffee and wine.
14:50
- That's so wonderful.
14:51
- [Eric] Yeah.
14:51
- You have just created an incredible business, Eric.
14:58
It's so personalized
15:00
and so you feel a lot of love when you walk in your door,
15:06
and that's great.
15:08
Oh, did I hurt you with my ring?
15:10
(Paula laughs)
15:10
- From your lips to God's ears, Paula,
15:12
from your lips to God's ears.
15:13
Thank you. Yeah. Yep. That's what we wanna do.
15:16
- Well, I have enjoyed being here so much,
15:19
and I wanna come back.
15:24
- I'm gonna hold you to that. - I wanna come back
15:27
- And the pack is getting along like they've known each
15:30
other for years. Look at it.
15:31
They're all just walking around.
15:32
- Yes.
15:33
- Just enjoying each other's company.
15:35
- Is I think Gus was a little,
15:39
had a little nervous stomach
15:41
when we came in 'cause he immediately.
15:43
- Yeah.
15:44
- Made his self at home with a big poo.
15:48
- We had specialist stuff for that.
15:50
- That's not the first time
15:51
you cleaned up poo in here though, is it?
15:53
- No. I think.
15:54
This was a carpentry machine shop for 50 years.
15:58
We're blessed with the concrete floor.
16:00
- These floors are fabulous.
16:02
- Isn't this amazing?
16:03
- Yes. They're perfect.
16:04
- A half a century of doing woodworking in here.
16:07
- Well, I have so appreciate. - All right, my friend.
16:09
- Being with you today.
16:11
And I said, I wanna be back.
16:13
And I wish you all the success in the world.
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- Thank you.
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- But you can see the love y'all when you walk
16:19
in this store.
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Loving best dishes for our four-legged trends.
16:26
- Woof.
16:28
- Woof, woof.
16:29
Oh! - [Eric] Awh!
16:30
- Him a baby.
16:31
- [Eric] He's giving her a hug.
16:32
- Him a baby.
16:34
- [Eric] Oh my God! That's so funny.
16:36
- Awh!
16:37
I could take you home.
16:38
- I've honestly never seen him do that before.
16:40
- I could take you home.
16:42
- [Eric] I've honestly never seen him do that before.
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That's too cool.
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- Well, they know.
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They know who.
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- [Eric] Yeah.
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- He likes him. - [Eric] Oh my God.
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- Are you doubting.
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Oh, Sam so jello.
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Sam, the biggest jello dog ever.
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(Eric laughs)
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- That is too sweet.
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