Real Dog Studios
“Dogs are the bridge between nature and humanity.”
Ten years ago, we set out on a simple mission: to help dog owners feed real food. Since then, the landscape has shifted under our boots—the meat supply chain, buying habits, holistic-wellness boom, and now a tidal wave of new tech. We learned to pivot by rolling up our sleeves: turning a jewelry-store closet into an 8 × 8-foot air-dryer, knocking down walls to build a packing line, writing our own subscription software, hand-drawing memorial portraits, even inventing Real Dog Studios so every story stayed in-house.
That stubborn, blue-collar focus brings us to a new crossroads. We still chop frozen bison lung at 5 a.m., tweak website code at 11 p.m., and answer panicked “Can my dog eat this?” messages on the way home. That’s the job. Meanwhile, the internet demands fresh stories daily if we’re going to undo fifty years of processed-food hype. We could hire an army of editors and influencers—draining funds from research and ingredients—or let modern tools shoulder the grunt work and keep resources where they matter. We’re choosing the latter because nothing should distract us from making real food convenient, accessible, and affordable.
So what will you see? The same Real Dog Studios, now using every tool at our fingertips—including Artificial Intelligence—to speed the boring parts and spotlight the moments that matter.
- AI does the chores. Caption batches, rough cuts, color balance, thumbnail tests—if a script can do it, a script should do it.
- Humans do the heart and irreplaceable work. Capture a team member slicing fat off a beef trachea, dumping out the bloody mop water, consoling a crying owner on a consult call, or hosting their first local pack walk.
- Continued collaboration with artists. We promise that when we need original illustration or music, we hire real people and pay full freight. AI drafts expand budgets by cutting grunt work, not replacing craft.
We get it. AI feels like cheating. But prioritizing perfectly created social media posts over a dog’s lifespan is the real theft. Every day 10,000 dogs die younger than they should.
Come visit the facility, smell the freezer, watch us bleed on a cleaver, ruin a perfectly good apron, and then tell us our reels look too easy. We’re not hiding; we’re grinding (pun intended). And because this work is bigger than any algorithm, we invite you to stand with our mission. If you can swing a broom, code a prompt, or cry happy tears over a senior dog’s blood panel, there’s a place for you on our team. Our dogs deserve it.
Ruby & Turk
