Jake and Blue’s Raw Dog Food supports a Prey Model Raw diet being the only biologically appropriate diet for your carnivore. There are many benefits of a raw diet for dogs as the more natural and biologically appropriate diet for not just your dogs, but also your cats. Dogs are carnivores - they have evolved and thrived on raw food for a millennium, it is what their digestive systems are designed for. Raw dog food feeding is commonly mistaken for a new way to feed your dogs however raw feeding existed long before the invention of kibble which was invented in the 1800s as an imperishable food during lengthy sea journeys. Dogs have evolved for a millennium on a raw diet. Many argue that the domestication of the wolf, which in turn led to all the different breeds we have today, has caused dogs to be far removed from their raw meat eating ancestors. While looking at a dog externally there are many different shapes and sizes, but internally all dogs have the same anatomy. Starting with your dogs skull shape and dentition through to their shorter foregut and hindgut, a dog's internal anatomy is consistent with carnivorous animals. All raw diets are not created equal, it is important to start with quality ingredients for your pet's raw food to ensure your pet receives the full benefits of a raw diet for dogs. Most importantly, it is not too much to ask, to know every single ingredient that is in your pet's food!

All of our products are made in small 250Lb batches to ensure quality control. We start by weighing all of our different sources to guarantee a perfectly measured 80/10/10 diet every time. Once our products are weighed, they are sent through our grinder, mixed, pattied and then packaged before heading out to delivery.

Our food is sourced from human-grade meats from small farms local to us here in the Texas. The animals are grass-fed and pastured-raised with the exception of winter months when some supplemental feeding may be required. Our meat is antibiotic-free, steroid-free and hormone-free. Our meat contains no artificial ingredients, no preservatives, no fillers, no supplements, no by-products and no added sodium. It is 100% natural, pure raw meat.

Yes, all of our products are raised free of administering antibiotics, steroids and hormones.

Our animals are grass-fed and pastured-raised with the exception of winter months when some supplemental feeding may be required.

No, we do not HPP. Our food is not cooked or pasteurized.

Pucks are pressed at 6-7 ounces as they come through our puck machine. Please keep in mind that as the pucks thaw during transit or are thawed at home and then weighed this will affect the weight as raw foods tend to be 60% or more moisture. Our products are binded in the mixer with the blood of the animal we sourced, any loss of moisture due to thawing will reduce overall weight slightly. Example: When thawing hamburger from the freezer and thawed in the fridge tends to leak, this is actually myoglobin and mostly water that is released. This is the same with your raw dog food.

For an overall healthy pet, no. A balanced 80/10/10, nutrient rich diet, made with quality ingredients has everything your dog requires. Pet's with certain diseases or health concerns may require additional supplements. We believe in Omega 3 fatty acids, glucosamine and probiotics on an as needed basis.

Jake and Blue’s Raw Dog Food is a Prey Model Raw diet and does not believe in feeding fruits, vegetables or grains. Your dogs pancreas only produces a small amount of amylase. Feeding fruit and vegetables will put a strain on the pancreas as it attempts to break these things down as they are not designed to digest these. Not only that but carbs, and especially fruit can cause yeast issues due to the sugar. Allergies can be blamed on the inclusion of veg in the diet as well. Another important consideration is Omega 3. Omega 3 is very important for healthy brain function, eyesight, skin and coat condition etc. Balancing Omega 3 and Omega 6 is important as Omega 6 is inflammatory and 3 is anti-inflammatory. Dogs require Omega 3s EPA and DHA whereas plants contain ALA. When a herbivore eats plants it can convert ALA to EPA and DHA and therefore when your carnivore eats the herbivore it gets the correct fatty acids it needs. Your dog cannot convert ALA to EPA and DHA.

Yes! All of our raw dog food blends are fully balanced 80/10/10 Prey Model Raw diet for all stages of life. By keeping our food in its natural state and avoiding cooking or pasteurization, we preserve the nutrients and enzymes found in the food.

Our Tr-Blend (beef, goat and lamb) and Beef-Blend Raw Dog Food is made of grass-fed beef and contains lean high-quality protein that provides several nutrients such as vitamin B12, B3, B6, iron, selenium, and zinc, and higher levels of vitamin A, which supports optimal canine health, and vitamin E, which is a powerful antioxidant.

Live animals are obtained from selected producers for Jake and Blue’s Raw Dog Food products. This is the first step towards providing quality food for your dog. Animals are humanely slaughtered at regulated abattoirs, prepared and processed in the same manner as human-grade meat products. Jake and Blue’s Raw Dog Food products are processed at a human-quality facility that follows human food handling protocols. Every step of processing through to final packaging is carried out in a controlled environment to maintain food integrity and eliminate bacterial contagion. Our whole animal blends are deep frozen for a minimum of 7 days to eliminate harmful bacteria from the food. We use this process on all our raw products, regardless of the protein. We then send all batches to be tested for pathogenic bacteria – nothing leaves our facility without negative test results in hand. We are highly committed to creating the most nutritious, safe, and delicious product on the market.

We never use any artificial preservatives in our food. The only preservative we use is the freezer.