Chrystal Wagner and her 11-year-old daughter Addison Wagner, who started her own line of Dog Treats all to save up enough money for a Bluetick Coonhound.

By Veronica Beltran

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Aug 29, 2019 | 3:11 PM

PRINCE GEORGE–There is an 11-year-old entrepreneur in our midsts, one with her very own line of dog treats.

Addison Wagner began her own line of treats earlier this week. Bluetick Biscuits, was created by Wagner with the goal to save up enough money to buy her very own Bluetick Coonhound–in a year. The idea behind the small business was kickstarted by her father who said she could have her very own dog if she could save up $1,500-$2,000 for the purchase of the pet, first year vet bills and the first year of food.

“She really wanted to do a dog walking business but I wasn’t comfortable with that, she’s not quite big enough to hold the dogs back if they want to go catch a cat,” said Wagner’s mom Chrystal. A bit more thinking and they landed on the idea to make dog treats.

According to the 11-year-old perfecting the recipe’s took a bit of trial and error before finding out just which ones would make a dog go crazy. Currently she has made a peanut butter-pumpkin flavour, fruit, and vegetable one as well.

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Wagner’s mom is extremely proud to see her daughters determination, “It’s pretty awesome to see her drive. I thought that she would really lose interest because she cuts out the treats for hours.”

Addison Wagner hopes to continue to make dog treats even after she has her very own dog.

“She’s put in a couple of really long days,” says Chrystal Wagner, telling us that prepping the ingredients, and actually making the biscuits takes two full days.

The original plan was to keep the treats to family and friends only, selling each bag for $10, however the future had other plans. One post, by a friend, to the Hell Yeah PG page and she received around 250 orders, “It’s been very overwhelming to try and figure out how we are going to get her to do it because…it is a two day process to make the bags of cookies,” said Wagner’s mom.

Currently the family isn’t taking orders, saying that they have yet to figure out how they will cater to the demand.

Wagner says she plans on continuing to make the treats even after she has her dog. Wagner would like to be a dog trainer when she grows up.