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Kasia & Christian welcome Jo Ann Baguioro-Thompson from Tiburon Treats to the show.

Date: Tuesday March 9, 2010

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PORT HOPE -- Every dog has its day and it seems great days are ahead for a Port Hope entrepreneur.

Jo Ann Baguioro-Thompson, founder and CEO of Tiburon Treats Inc. in Port Hope, won the Bears' Lair competition at Showplace Peterborough on Tuesday, March 1. Bears' Lair is based on the CBC program 'Dragon's Den' where entrepreneurs pitch business ideas to a panel of judges. Ms. Baguioro-Thompson was judged by six 'Bears' including guest judge Robert Herjavec, acclaimed venture capitalist. To help prove that her healthy dog treats are delicious, Ms. Baguioro-Thompson convinced the judges to taste the biscuits.

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PETERBOROUGH -It took gumption to feed the judges dog treats.

But besides crunching the judges' hunger, Port Hope's Jo Ann Baguioro-Thompson wooed the panelists with her infiltration of the niche healthy pet food market to take home the $20,000 prize during the finale of the Bears' Lair competition at Showplace Tuesday night.

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The Bears' Lair finale pitted the Northumberland, Haliburton, Kawartha Lakes and Peterborough contestants against each other.

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The Bears' Lair Finale competition at Showplace Tuesday brought in more than 400 spectators to see who would walk away with $20,000 in start-up products and services. Judges for the final competition included Karissa Ward, Partner at Wards LLP; Don Popple, President of Curry Motors in Haliburton; Bill Patchett, Owner of Mr. Grocer; Alec Morley, Senior Vice President, Small Business Banking at TD Canada Trust; and Diane M. Richard, Director of Manufacturing at Quaker Oats Canada.

The Keynote speaker and guest judge was Robert Herjavec, who is one of the "Dragons" on the hit CBC show Dragons' Den. Robert has lived one of the "Rags to Riches" stories, leaving Croatia when he was eight with his family, arriving in Canada with only $20 to their name and then working his way through life creating The Herjavec Group and being listed on Profit Magazine's 100 Fastest Growing Companies list three years in a row.

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Congratulations to local entrepreneur and CFDC client, Jo Ann Baguioro-Thompson, Founder & Chief Executive Officer of Tiburon Treats – a "specialty bakery committed to making natural and gourmet treats for our canine companions." Yesterday evening, Ms. Baguioro-Thompson won the Bears' Lair competition, held at the Peterborough Showplace, with Judge and Guest Speaker, Robert Herjavec of CBC's Dragons' Den fame.

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These days we tend to pay more attention to the snacks and treats we are consuming on a daily basis, but what some of us seem to be neglecting is the importance of feeding our canine pals nutritious treats. You're responsible for the welfare of your family, both human and canine, so it's important that you pay close attention to what you're feeding them. If you want them to live a long and healthy life, then you need to provide them with good quality treats. Let's face it, the majority of us look at our dogs more as companions than anything else, so it should be high on our priority list to make sure they are well taken care of.

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