"When a dog is fighting cancer the advantages of a truly customized and palatable diet can be significant. The custom formulations JustFoodForDogs have developed for my patients are made from highly bio-available, whole food with precise nutrient compounding. This process gives us the ability to not only minimize simple carbohydrates in the diet but also potentially address other related or unrelated health issues."
Our Story
The single most important element to a Pet’s life (after he has found the love of his human) is his daily diet.
The food you put in your pet’s body, more than anything else, will determine his future health, happiness, energy level and perhaps even his vet bills. We do three things here – we make healthy food for dogs and healthy food for cats daily, we make a line of prescription food for dogs with specific illnesses and we make custom formulations for sick dogs and cats. And we do it all using ingredients that are 100% certified for human consumption by the USDA. We cook our food minimally in order to maximize the nutritional value and we do it in one of our four kitchens: Newport Beach, West Hollywood, Sherman Oaks, and Manhattan Beach, California. Our food is also available in our Pantry locations: Capistrano Beach, Downtown Los Angeles, Anaheim Hills, and Long Beach, California. Our method is much more hands on, it takes longer and costs more but it retains the nutritional value of the ingredients and, in our view, makes it the best food in the world for your dog.
Vets & Sick Dogs
A whole food diet is never more important
for your dog than when his health is challenged.
We provide a variety of solutions, including supplements for dogs, to support
your dog’s health and well being.
JustLearning
At JustFoodForDogs we never stop learning.
We are constantly researching dog health and dog nutrition
and we teach pet parents about it in our dog kitchens and pantries.
We are constantly experimenting with new healthy food ideas,
studying the dog food industry and dog food brands.
JustCause
We opened JustFoodForDogs in January 2011 and thanks
to all of you it has been a massive success from day one.
Over the past three years we have made a genuine effort to help dogs in need.
On occasion we have organized fund raising for the benefit of rescues
but more often we have simply donated our own time, effort and cash.
Just From You
Dr. Courtney Zwahlen, DVM, DACVIM
Dr. Courtney Zwahlen, DVM, DACVIM
Shadow
I wanted to write a quick note to say thank you to your entire staff. Several months ago, my 10+ year old black lab Shadow was in rough shape. She was having back problems and had started to stumble a bit when she walked. In addition, she had basically stopped eating. I had heard of Just Food For Dogs from a friend and wanted to do anything that I could to get my puppy healthier. I stopped in and one of your staff members gave me a free sample to bring home. Shadow loved it and I went back the next day to order a bucket. Within a week, the results were simply incredible. Not only was Shadow eating again but her balance was better, she had much more energy and her skin and coat looked great. She was her old self again able to go on walks on the beach and even swim in the bay a little bit. Shadow passed away a few weeks ago when her health had deteriorated to the point where there wasn’t anything else we could do for her. However, your food provided a great, very-loved old girl with a high quality of life for a couple of months that she wouldn’t have had otherwise. It also gave my wife and I two more months to enjoy with our best friend before we had to say goodbye. We can’t thank you enough. We aren’t ready to adopt another dog just yet but we will be back when we do. After seeing the difference that your food made with Shadow, I wouldn’t buy another dog food.
Adam D
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