Lucky Dog Cuisine

Janice Elenbaas founded Lucky Dog Cuisine so that more people could easily give their pets high quality whole food diets. She had been feeding her own dogs fresh vegetables, fruit, whole grains and high quality protein for years. “What lucky dogs,” her friends would say, upon hearing what great food she provided them. After a long career in health care for people and animals, Janice decided to make her recipes into a product for dogs everywhere.

The meals underwent rigorous testing with the Department of Agriculture and she obtained input from professionals in companion animal nutrition to make sure the formulations met the nutritional levels established by the Association of American Feed Control Officials (AAFCO). Janice’s recipes are complete and balanced for any stage of life and made with ingredients like humanely raised grass-fed beef and pork, hormone-free turkey, whole grains, real cheese and yogurt, and certified GMO-free fruits and vegetables. They use only people-quality ingredients and no preservatives or fillers.

Lucky Dog food is prepared by hand, gently cooked to preserve nutrients, frozen and shipped in one-pound packages that you can simply thaw and serve. Janice educates pet owners that, while convenient, dry kibble can often sit in a bag for a long time collecting bacteria and fungus, losing nutrients and turning rancid. Many commercial pet food processors use meat by-products and cook the kibble at high temperatures, breaking down enzymes and proteins and removing moisture. Artificial colors, synthetic nutrients and preservatives are added back.

A diet of whole foods retains moisture and essential nutrients that can be absorbed and digested without stress on your dog’s system. In order to transition from dry kibble to a wet food without creating digestive problems for your dog takes about a week. Janice recommends making the change gradually, replacing dry food with wet a little at a time. Once you’ve made the switch, varying the food by rotating flavors of wet meals is fine and your dog is bound to enjoy the different textures and flavors. They will also benefit from an assortment of vitamins, minerals, amino acids and phytonutrients.

Lucky Dog Cuisine supports a number of nonprofits such as Guiding Eyes for the Blind, The Humane Society of the United States and ASPCA. They also partner with Food Animal Concerns Trust to provide Livestock Guardian Dogs and training to independent family farmers that allow these farmers to humanely raise poultry in open pasture on their farms.

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