Our story

Starts with a very fussy puppy named Whiskey who only wanted to eat cooked food and my concerns over feeding a highly-processed diet to her .

Processed food is easy, they have balanced the nutrients for you but there is no variety which can lead to allergies and sensitivities which cause skin irritation and/or upset tummies and, well, it's a bit like eating fast food everyday with a multivitamin.  We all know it's better to eat a varied diet with lots of wholefoods, minimal processing and eat fresh fruit and veg for our vitamins and it's the same for dogs.

So, why cooked food...

I didn't start out to feed almost exclusively cooked food, my last dog was fed a mixture of cooked, raw, kibble, cans and anything she found in the park, she ate everything (Cocker Spaniel!) and lived to almost 17.  I ended up researching cooked food and enrolling on a Canine Nutrition course because we got a puppy who had stayed with her Mum long after her litter mates left because she was just too small.  She was still tiny and didn't really eat much, or show any interest in food when she came to live with us.  But she did show interest in food when I was cooking and she would eat freshly cooked food (let's be honest what would you choose, a hot, fresh meal or something dried that smells bad from a packet?).  Maybe this made her fussy or maybe she instinctively knows what her body needs to thrive, but, as this was all she was eating I wanted to learn how to feed her a balanced diet. So, the most important reason - she loves it and it’s good for her!

How Wholefood Hounds came about…

Cooking fresh meals is time consuming, so, Wholefood Hounds came about as a way of making fresh dog food easily available for people who would like to feed their dog this way but need all of the chopping, cooking and packaging taken care of.

And lastly the cakes…

Customers started asking for Birthday and Gotcha cakes for their dogs and I enjoy the creative side of turning meat and veggies into cakes that actually look like cakes, and, at the same time are healthy and tasty enough to feed as a meal replacement or a special treat.