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Emma Lou's Kitchen

Fresh, completely balanced,human-grade quality, all natural food for your dog. Emma Lou's Kitchen is truly a labor of love. She began feeding Emma with it.
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Shortly after Kristen Zang adopted her puppy Emma, she received jarring news. Emma was diagnosed with Distemper, a condition that leaves most dogs affected by it having to be put to sleep. Determined to save Emma, Kristen set out to learn everything she could about dog nutrition and the pet food industry. This was around the same time that many of the pet food companies were issuing recalls. Zang

consulted veterinarians, nutritionists and other specialists while simultaneously studying the diets of most dogs. She learned that most of what was being sold at pet stores was not healthy for them. Through her research, Kristen developed homemade dog food (which is actually people food) that was compliant with the AAFCO’s recommended dietary balance among proteins, vitamins, fats and micronutrients. Thanks to the health benefits of Kristen’s creation, all signs of Distemper quickly disappeared. Emma is now getting ready to party down at her Sweet 16! After experiencing the joy of Emma’s restoration to excellent health, Kristen wanted to share these benefits with other dog owners. What began as a small operation out of her home is now a rapidly growing company serving many satisfied and steadily returning customers. She now works in a commercial kitchen to accommodate the volume of food she’s producing, and yet maintains her personal touch by cooking everything from scratch. Kristen hopes to continue to grow Emmalou’s Kitchen exponentially and be able to share the love with as many dogs as possible.

07/26/2024

Studies show that a nutritionally complete diet made from high quality ingredients will supply ample protein, lipids, vitamins, and minerals to maintain healthy skin and fur. 🐶 🐶

If your dogs coat is not noticeably shiny, contact us today and let’s get them on our fresh food formulas 👩‍🍳 👨‍🍳 🧑‍🍳
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07/17/2024

Delivery day for this most handsome boy! 📦

📷:Thank you for the sweet picture 🐶 ❤️

06/27/2024

Moon sitting pretty for her lunch 🥕 🥦 🥩

06/12/2024

Raise a paw if it’s delivery day for you 🐾 It is for this cutie thank you .bea.masonbears_mommy for the 📸 🐶

05/24/2024

Did you know? With our formulas, you don’t have to pick just one. They all contain the same ingredients except for the actual protein. We made it this way so that our customers could give their dog a variety of proteins without causing any GI problems. 🐶 🐶

Studies have shows one of the best things you can do for your dog is to give them a variety of protein. 🥩 🍗 🍖

05/04/2024

This super cutie is growing up strong and healthy on his Emma Lou’s! 🐶 🩵

Thank you

04/16/2024

Doesn’t get much cuter than these muppets waiting for their Emma Lou’s breakfast ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️

03/27/2024

I adopted Emma Lou from the West Los Angeles shelter in 1997 when I was 23 years old. We grew up together. She protected me and loved me unconditionally and I did the same for her. She ultimately was the reason why in 2007 I started Emma Lou’s Kitchen (see our story on our pinned post)

Since then we have made A TON of fresh food for a lot of dogs all across the US and I love what we get to do. But my heart has always been in rescue. Someday I would love to fulfill a life long dream and have my own senior/disabled dog sanctuary, but in the meantime, to show our support to the rescue community, we donate food and give monetarily to shelters and dog rescues.

There’s ALWAYS ways you can help rescue dogs in need. Whether it be your time, money or educating people on the importance of spay/neutering.

And to the rescue community, thank you! You are all heroes 🐶

03/17/2024

Green beans are a superfood for dogs and are packed with nutrients. They’re in every single formula that we offer. In fact-we use 40 lbs of green beans per micro batch. 🐶 🐶

03/05/2024

Get it, Charlie girl! 🩵

02/27/2024

Did you know that there are 24 fresh apples in each batch of Emma Lou’s? 🍎 🍎

The benefits are absolutely incredible (see our post for just a few benefits)

You can also give them as treats! 😋 Peel and core the apples, sweet red apples are preferred as dogs generally don’t love tart fruit and slice them up for a healthy treat! 🐶

Have you ever tried giving apple to your dogs?

02/08/2024

Theres a very good reason why we add Collard Greens to all of our formulas 💚 💚

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These Dark leafy greens are considered a superfood. 💪 They have a dense nutritional profile and provide a variety of great benefits to your dog. They are rich in glucosinolates which are thought to inhibit the growth of certain cancers. They have lots of magnesium which is great for your dog’s brain 🧠 and heart health. They also contain iron which helps deliver oxygen to the blood which promotes energy and wellness 🐕 Finally, collard greens are loaded with soluble fiber which can help your dog if they have sensitive digestion.

How to prepare: before giving them to your pup, be sure to remove the spine of the collard greens and steam them, mix them with some chicken or beef liver and add a little to their bowl every day.
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01/31/2024

The reason we do what we do 🙌 This beautiful girl was used by a breeder, then dumped. This is what her new mom wrote us after having her on our formulas.

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“When I first got her her coat was in rough shape, she had dry patches of thin hair. Now that shes on your food, she has filled out to a healthy weight and her coat is so shiny.

Everyone who knew her when I first got her are always in shock of how great she looks now and I always say that it’s the food I feed her. Oh and she Lovvvveeeesss her Emma Lou’s food”

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We believe this beautiful baby girl deserves the best life ever! 👩‍🍳 👨‍🍳 🧑‍🍳

01/24/2024

over 16 years of business, we have never had a more challenging time than what the last couple of weeks have brought us. Two back to back ice storms hit our region of Oregon and shut everything down. That meant employees not being able to make it in due to hazardous road conditions. It also meant no shipments could be made as UPS and FedEx (both ground and express) weren’t operating the entire week.

Having to email our customers to tell them that wouldn’t be getting food last week was not easy to do. We did give them a DIY simplified version of Emma Lou’s that they could use in the interim. We would love to hear how that worked for y’all!

It definitely was a nice little reality check on how fast life can change and how little control sometimes you have.

A big shoutout to our vendors who helped make sure we were taken care of and went the extra mile. Another big shoutout to our amazing employees who also went above and beyond to keep things moving. And the biggest shout out of all goes to our INCREDIBLE customers who were so quick to understand and have been so patient with this entire situation.

If you are expecting an order this week, it may be delayed by a day or two as UPS and FedEx are playing catch up as well. We also added extra dry ice just in case.

Please reach out with any questions, thank you 🐶

01/11/2024

01/06/2024

Lunch time happiness ☺️ 🐶

12/19/2023

Our chicken jerky is a 1 ingredient delight (just chicken breast) that is made fresh every week in our kitchen. 🍗 🍗

12/12/2023

Georgie helps her momma put her Emma Lou’s away, such a helpful girl 🥰 🥰

12/05/2023

This handsome dude loves our Turkey&Quinoa formula 🥰 🥰

11/10/2023

“I want this one, mom!”

Good choice, cutie pie 🐶

Our Pork&Quinoa formula is made with hand-cut lean pork sirloin, fresh vegetables 🥕 🥦 and nutrient rich organic quinoa. Great for dogs with allergies!

11/01/2023

Food + Delivery = Perfection in every package 🐕

10/10/2023

Time to unbox! 🐕

📸 Thank you to Casper’s dad for the sweetest photo

10/03/2023

📣 Listen up! Did you know that our pets noses are up to 100,000x better than our ours? This makes them highly sensitive to smells and human detergents can have irritating or non-safe scents that could potentially cause lethargy, vomiting, or difficulty breathing in our furbabies.

Laundry detergent can also trigger your pets allergies . Your dog can develop recurrent skin and ear infections as a result of allergies to the chemicals in your laundry detergent. This can make their skin itchy and inflamed. Pets can develop skin allergies which can manifest as a rash.

Symptoms of laundry detergent irritation include:
* frequent sneezing
* skin rashes
* skin ulcerations
* profuse licking
* ear and/or eye infections
* paw inflammation

Use this simple DIY laundry detergent
Instead! Not only does it work and is inexpensive but it’s non toxic 🐾

Here’s to happy&healthy dogs! 🐶

Thank you to petparentsbrand for the above information

09/26/2023

Thank you to our customer for the rave review ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️

"Best dog food. So nutritious and my little man eats it all up. He was diagnosed with cancer recently and the Happy Cells formulas are really doing the trick and keeping him healthy so he can fight the cancer!“

09/19/2023

When it comes to feeding fresh food to your dog, some is better than none! We have customers who add our formulas to their dogs kibble and say that they’ve noticed a big difference in their dogs health. Here are a few foods with tremendous benefits that you can start adding to your dogs food today! 🍎 🥦

09/13/2023

It’s delivery day for this beautiful girl! 🩵 📦

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08/30/2023

Delivery Day for Alfie! 🐶 ❤️
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08/08/2023

Grab a tissue! This testimonial is so sweet and inspiring 🐶 ❤️ thank you to our wonderful, long-time customer for sharing!

“We adopted a lovely little 10-13 yr poodle/bichon Maltese mix from our local rescue who had just taken her to the vet where it was discovered on X-ray that she has a very enlarged heart , heart failure and 2 bladder stones.

When we got her home her skin was beat red with sores. We switched her immediately 100% to Emma Lou’s. No problems at all! She took right to the food and loves it. Everyday she became a bit stronger, her eyes cleared, she had more energy. Then finally, after a month her coat and skin began improving. She is pure white now. I have seen such a dramatic difference in just 2 months. I really feel that with this food, good heart drugs and her cardio doctor-she has a chance

Her behaviors have shown me the trauma in her life but she has remained a very sweet loving dog who has fit right in to my home and I will keep the freezer full of Emma Lou’s. Thank you!”
-Judy S

Swipe to the right for her amazing before and after!

07/18/2023

Delivery day has never been so cute! 🥰 🥰

07/12/2023

When you’re THIS cute, you get all the chicken jerky treats you want! 🍗 🐶

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Fall Creek, OR
97438

Telephone

+18442284211

Website

http://www.emmalouskitchen.com/

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“My pup Miso is very picky, even with the high-end fresh food. I had tried so many brands but she would get sick of it eventually. So when I was introduced to Emmalou’s (through my second rescue pup, Ritz’s, foster mom) and it was the first food that both my dogs run and jump for when they smell it, I was like, “FINALLY!!!!” It actually smelled good to me, too, and with the shredded chicken, pork, and beef options vs. only ground meats that a lot of other brands use, it looked like real food I would eat…if I was a dog” #lifestyleblog #dogmomlife #yummy #foodstagram #doglife #foodie #instagram #dogmom #doglovers #foodblogger #bloggerlifestyle #dogsofinstagram #doglover #dogstagram #dogs #foodlover #explorepage #lifestyle #puppy #petsofinstagram #dogoftheday #instadog #instagood #homecooking #dogfood #motivation #healthylifestyle

We are honored once again to make this most prestigious list. You can’t pay to be on this list and you have to go through a very thorough and detailed process of proving with documentation your sourcing, the facility that you make your food in, the testing done on your food and much more. Thank you, Susan Thixton for your undying dedication to helping keep the world of dog food accountable .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ #dogfood #dogfoodporn #doglovers #dognutrition #dognutritiontips #dogoftheday #dogtreat #dogtreats #feedrealfood #freshfood #healthydog #healthydogs #healthydogtreats #holisticvet #naturaldogtreats #petfood #petnutrition #puppiesofinstagram #puppylove #whatsinmybowl #endofyearreview #2024 #happynewyear2024

How precious is this handsome picky eater??! 🐶 He knows what’s good, and so do our loyal customers ❤️ ❤️ Our formulas are made from scratch with attention to every detail. We trim and prepare our meat and veggies ourselves, our flax is ground in house, our apples are peeled and cored by hand. No one can top our quality, that’s why even the pickiest of eaters love Emma Lou’s! 👩‍🍳 👨‍🍳 🧑‍🍳

Fun fact: we started making our fresh food formulas in 2007 and we’re currently feeding seniors that started out with us as puppies way back when ❤️ 🐶So we just had to share this video, of yet another precious senior we’ve been feeding for years and years. Here’s to health, longevity and our precious seniors dogs ❤️ thank you for trusting us to keep your precious babies healthy 🐕

Delivery Day for Alfie! 🐶 ❤️ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ #dogfood #doggo #doglovers #dogoftheday #dogtreats #eatlocal #farmer #farmers #farmfresh #farmtotable #healthydogtreats #homemadedogtreats #localfarmers #naturaldogtreats #onlineshopping #organic #puppiesofinstagram #puppylove #shop #shoplocal #shoplocalbusiness #shoponline #shopsmallbusiness #smallbusinessowner #supportlocal #supportlocalbusiness #supportsmallbusiness #treats

📣 📣 Put those kitchen scissors away ✂️ because our new packaging is here! These easy-to-open, resealable pouches will make meal time easier than ever. Of course the real magic is inside, but who doesn’t love added convenience?!! Who here has received the new packaging, we would love to hear your thoughts! 🙌.⁣.⁣.⁣.⁣.⁣#dogfood #doggo #doglovers #dogoftheday #dogtreats #eatlocal #farmer #farmers #farmfresh #farmtotable #healthydogtreats #homemadedogtreats #localfarmers #naturaldogtreats #onlineshopping #organic #puppiesofinstagram #puppylove #shop #shoplocal #shoplocalbusiness #shoponline #shopsmallbusiness #smallbusinessowner #supportlocal #supportlocalbusiness #supportsmallbusiness #treats

This cutie loves our Pork&Quinoa formula the best! 💛 💛

Show of hands, who got their Emma Lou’s delivery this week?? 🐶 🐶⁣.⁣.⁣.⁣.⁣.⁣#cutedog #cutedogs #doggo #doglovers #dogoftheday #happydog #happydogface #happydoggo #happydoggy #happydoghappylife #happydoglife #happydogs #happypuppy #healthydog #instagramdogs #instapuppy #itsadogslife #lovedogs #mansbestfriend #mydogiscutest #pets #petsofinstagram #pup #puppies #puppiesofinstagram #puppygram #puppylife #puppylove #puppyoftheday #tongueouttuesday

Attention all parents of picky pups 📣 📣 Did you know that we offer a sample box for first time customers? Choose 4- any variety of our formulas plus get free shipping for $59.95 🐕 It’a a great way to try our fresh food formulas without the commitments. Choose between our 🐶 Beef Formula🐶 Turkey Formula 🐶 Pork Formula 🐶 Chicken Formula 🐶 Happy Cells Formula #goldendoodlecentral #dog #doghealth #puppies #dogstagram #dogtherapy #dogtreat #pet #happydog

This cutie with Emma Lou’s Kitchen lips 😆🥰 thank you @justtnic for the 📸

We feel so lucky to have so many dogs that started out as young pups that are thriving seniors now 🐶 🐶 Meet our senior of the month, Toby. Toby is as sweet as he is handsome, lives by the beach and fancies himself our pork, chicken, turkey and beef formulas. Just like us, it becomes more important, the older we get, to eat healthy. If your pup is getting older and you’re concerned about their diet, reach out to us. We have plans for every budget! Remember, some fresh food is a WHOLE LOT better than none at all! 🥦 🥕 🍎

Studies show that adding fresh food to your dog’s diet can significantly improve their health. #feedfresh #dogfood #dogfoodrecipe #doglovers #dogoftheday #dogtreats #happydog #healthydog #healthydogfood #healthydogfoodchoices #healthydogfoodfood #healthydogfoodideas #healthydogfoodrecipes #healthydogfoods #healthydogs #healthydogtreats #naturaldogfood #naturaldogtreats #petfood #petnutrition #petsupplies #puppiesofinstagram #puppylove

The ridiculously handsome Toby showing us how you lick the bowl clean! 💛 #wehavethecutestcustomers 💛

A 2018 survey by the Association for Pet Obesity Prevention (APOP) revealed that 56% of pet dogs in the US are overweight. It can lead to so many avoidable health issues. If you suspect your dog is overweight, be sure to visit your veterinarian for a check up, a weigh-in and to rule out any underlying issues such as hypothyroidism, etc. Then reach out to us so we can help get get your 🐶 on a fresh food diet to help them slim down and have more energy! 💛 #healthyandhappy

REAL FOOD for you best friend! Our formulas are not only delicious, but truly nutritious for your fur babies. What’s in your pet food? #humangrade #noadditives #madewithlove 💛

Oh that’s a YES! Our chicken jerky 🍗 is hand cut and dehydrated at our kitchen. Locally sourced with no antibiotics or hormones ever. Simple. Healthy. Delicious. 😋😋😋 #ordernow 🐓🍗

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Emma Lou's Kitchen is truly a labor of love. Shortly after Kristen Zang adopted her puppy Emma, she received jarring news. Emma was diagnosed with Distemper, a condition that leaves most dogs affected by it having to be put to sleep. Determined to save Emma, Kristen set out to learn everything she could about dog nutrition and the pet food industry. This was around the same time that many of the pet food companies were issuing recalls. Zang consulted veterinarians, nutritionists and other specialists while simultaneously studying the diets of most dogs. She learned that most of what was being sold at pet stores was not healthy for them. Through her research, Kristen developed homemade dog food (which is actually people food) that was compliant with the AAFCO’s recommended dietary balance among proteins, vitamins, fats and micronutrients. She began feeding Emma with it. Thanks to the health benefits of Kristen’s creation, all signs of Distemper quickly disappeared. Emma is now getting ready to party down at her Sweet 16! After experiencing the joy of Emma’s restoration to excellent health, Kristen wanted to share these benefits with other dog owners. What began as a small operation out of her home is now a rapidly growing company serving many satisfied and steadily returning customers. She now works in a commercial kitchen to accommodate the volume of food she’s producing, and yet maintains her personal touch by cooking everything from scratch. Kristen hopes to continue to grow Emmalou’s Kitchen exponentially and be able to share the love with as many dogs as possible.