Our story
Good Boy started with one picky dog and a simple belief: our dogs deserve food made with the same care we expect for ourselves.
What began in our own kitchen grew into the only local brand offering fresh, vet-reviewed recipes that are designed to be used for either full-time feeding or as a topper.
Oscar knew better
Oscar was not impressed. She ignored her bowl until hunger finally won, no matter which brand or flavor we tried.
So we started researching canine nutrition and cooking for ourselves. Suddenly, she was no longer “picky.” She looked forward to every meal—and started waking us up for breakfast.
Good Boy grew from that experience. We make honest, wholesome recipes in small batches on O‘ahu, using human-grade ingredients from our community whenever we can. It is the food we wanted for Oscar, made for all dogs.
Kenyon + Forest
Designed to fit your dog & lifestyle
Tell us about your pup and we’ll give you an estimate of how much Good Boy to feed based on how you intend to use it.
Further reading
Canine nutrition can be confusing. These are some of the resources that informed how we think about ingredients, preparation, and feeding.
Kibble and the dog food industry
- Big Kibble: The Hidden Dangers of the Pet Food Industry and How to Do Better by Our Dogs by Shawn Buckley and Dr. Oscar Chavez — Amazon
- The World’s Top 10 Pet Food Companies — Pet Food Industry
- The Chemistry of Kibble — Popular Science
Quality and nutrition
- Understanding Pet Food — AAFCO
- What Are ‘Meat’ Meal Ingredients? — Truth About Pet Food
- How to Recognize Dog Food Made with Lower Quality Meat — Dog Food Advisor
- Essential Rendering: All About the Animal By-Products Industry by David L. Meeker — Academia
Ingredients and diet types
- FDA Investigation into Potential Link Between Certain Diets and Canine Dilated Cardiomyopathy — FDA
- Questions and Answers: FDA’s Work on Potential Causes of Non-Hereditary DCM in Dogs — FDA
- Dogs Fed Some Popular Diets Could Be at Risk of Heart Disease — UC Davis
- Evaluation of Raw Food Diets by Lisa M. Freeman and Kathryn E. Michel — AVMA Publications
- Public Health Concerns Associated with Feeding Raw Meat Diets by Jeffrey T. LeJeune and Dale D. Hancock — AVMA Publications
This is not medical advice. What you feed your dog is ultimately a personal decision that should be made in consultation with your veterinarian. All Good Boy recipes are reviewed by a veterinarian to verify they meet or exceed AAFCO standards and are complete and balanced.