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Dog Treats hand crafted with 100% natural ingredients and ancient health supporting herbs. Made by dog lovers for dog lovers.
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30/08/2024

Want to be the best cat-mum in the world? We have the road map! Explore our premium range of products designed to keep your furry companions happy and healthy!

26/08/2024

An active dog needs the right nutrients to keep it's body going!

21/08/2024

All natural ingredients 🚨 Raw feeding is a nutrient-rich option that can enhance your dog’s diet, providing essential proteins, vitamins, and minerals. It supports muscle growth, energy levels, and overall health. Looking into raw feeding but worried about the effort involved - let us prep the meals for you!

16/08/2024

Beetroot is packed with nutrients and antioxidants that support digestion, liver health, and overall well-being. Add this vibrant veggie to your dog's diet for a boost in health and vitality!

14/08/2024

Spoken well by these furry friends. Lot's on their minds! 🐶

12/08/2024

That classic puppy look. 🥹 How could you say no? Luckily we have plenty of treats here at Bugsy's that are high in protein and low in fat - allowing you to reward your friend more often, without the risk of them getting tubby.

08/08/2024

Just a furry friend and his ball, powered by Bugsy's! 🎾

02/08/2024

POV: You've just seen your human walk into the room with a bag of Bugsy's functional treats. 👀

31/07/2024

Fuel your furry friend's with Bugsy's - give them a happy belly, and a longer life.

29/07/2024

Take steps to maximise your pet's health, wellness and longevity from the get-go! Get ahead, and prevent negative health outcomes by starting your puppy on a highly nutritious, natural, human-grade diet with Bugsy's.

26/07/2024

Franklin is an all-around Bugsy's lover! He'll tell you himself! 🐾

25/07/2024

🫠 So cute, we're melting! This perfectly trained pooch is pretty damn happy with their humans choice of pet food!

23/07/2024

What on earth is a Green-Lipped Mussel? We love to add this superfood in all our Air Dried Food! Native to New Zealand the GLM are known for their nutritional and medicinal benefits, particularly for their high content of omega-3 fatty acids, glucosamine, chondroitin, and unique compounds that have anti-inflammatory properties

21/07/2024

We're going to be honest here - we set up for a cute, aesthetic shot... but the mince just smelt too damn good to resist! 😉

19/07/2024

Is there a difference between dog food and cat food? YES! 🐱 Aunty Jo is here to talk us through the different nutritional needs of cats and dogs!

17/07/2024

Meet Lobster! A loyal Bugsy's customer - ever since Lobster's mum picked up a bag of Bugsy's treats he started to turn his nose up to any other brand of treats! Lobster has exceptional taste! 😉

15/07/2024

Smiles all around when you give your pets Bugsy's!

13/07/2024

🫐 Blueberries, these small berries pack a punch! 🫐 Full of antioxidants and packed with Vitamin C and Vitamin K! They're a great ingredient for weight management, and have anti-inflammatory properties!

11/07/2024

Natural, human-grade ingredients... that's all that goes into our freeze dried pet food! 🥕🫐

07/07/2024

Let's put the quality of Bugsy's to the test. 100% pet approved ✅

07/07/2024

✨MISS JULY✨

Meet our new Miss July - Penny!!! She is a 3 year old German Shepherd who lives in Melbourne, Victoria. She is a goofy girl who is obsessed with two things, her brother Vinny and food!

Here’s what her mumma had to say about The Bugsy Shop:

“Penny has always had dry and itchy skin but since changing to Bugsy’s raw food we have seen a noticeable difference! She doesn’t itch as much and her fur is soft and shiny! We have also seen a change in her demeanour! She used to be so irritable whereas now she is much more calmer! We love the diverse range that Bugsy has. You can tell the products are made with our pets best interests in mind!”

Think your dog has what it takes to be our Miss or Mr August?

We’re on the lookout for our next cover model to be the face of our social medial accounts!

🔥How to enter🔥
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DM us your photos on instagram telling us why you love Busgy’s.

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Post a photo below below telling us why you love Bugsy’s.

‼️PHOTOS MUST BE HIGH QUALITY LANDSCAPE PHOTOS!! ‼️

Can’t wait to see who Mr or Miss August will be! 👀🐱🐶

06/07/2024

Another happy Bugsy's customer - and cute as a button too! Cats are notorious for being fussy & fickle, but we have just the stuff they're waiting for!

02/07/2024

Goji Berries! What benefits can they provide to your pet? Goji Berries are a super antioxidant! This ingredient helps to boost your pet's immune system and can help improve skin & coat health and aid digestion. Pick up a bag of Bugsy's Moo Moo treats to add these to your cat or dogs diet.

27/06/2024

This is what it's all about! Keeping your pet happy & healthy, so that you can enjoy more quality time with your sweetest family member!

Head online to shop now!

24/06/2024

What goes into our products? 🤷 When you look at the ingredients list of a Bugsy's product you'll only see produce you're familiar with! Say 'goodbye' to Googling long, complicated, processed ingredients, and say 'hello' to shopping at Bugsy's.

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21/06/2024

Someone got on the wrong bus this morning 🦐 don’t be surprised if you found this special guest in your packet of our Little Fish.

16/06/2024

Hi Kitty! Cats love Bugsy's too! Several Bugsy's products were formulated for cats & dogs. Our nutrient-rich products can provide a range of benefits for your cat, from improving skin & coat health to helping to alleviate arthritis in your senior cat. Find the perfect treat for your best friend at Bugsy's.

Shop now via the link in our bio! Or head online to check out our list of retailers!

10/06/2024

Our air-dried food is natural & made with human-grade ingredients. But what does this all mean?

Air-dried food retains more nutrients compared to cooked or heavily processed pet foods, and a nutrient-rich diet fuels a happy, healthy, active lifestyle!

Head online to shop now or check out our list of retailers!

07/06/2024

Same exceptional products, brand new look! Bugsy's is entering a new era... stay tuned for more!

07/06/2024

Thank you Pet Food Reviews - Australia so much for the 9.5/10 review! Check out what they say in the link below ⬇️ crowned one of the best Dog Food in Australia 🇦🇺😊

One of the best Australian dog foods, Bugsy's is an air dried raw dog food packed with nutrition and no fillers. Read more in this review.

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Thursday	09:00 - 17:00
Friday	09:00 - 17:00
Saturday	09:00 - 17:00

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https://theBugsyShop.Com/

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An active dog needs the right nutrients to keep it's body going!

Oh to live a day in Lobster's life!

Spoken well by these furry friends. Lot's on their minds! 🐶

Just a furry friend and his ball, powered by Bugsy's! 🎾

Our air dried food is a single protein product catering to those that have allergies, on an elimination diet or just want to have a single protein meal. To avoid cross contamination as some dogs are allergic to say chicken, we utilise different coloured tubs. I get this question a lot so doing a post so here is a glimpse of what we do behind the scenes 😊

Fuel your furry friend's with Bugsy's - give them a happy belly, and a longer life.

Franklin is an all-around Bugsy's lover! He'll tell you himself! 🐾

Is there a difference between dog food and cat food? YES! 🐱 Aunty Jo is here to talk us through the different nutritional needs of cats and dogs!

Smiles all around when you give your pets Bugsy's!

Natural, human-grade ingredients... that's all that goes into our freeze dried pet food! 🥕🫐

Let's put the quality of Bugsy's to the test. 100% pet approved ✅

Are your pets obsessed with us too? 🐶🐱

It's tough work looking this damn cute all of the time! Check out the life of a 6 week old Lab!

A cat who knows what she wants! 🐈 It's always Bugsy's!

Meet Joanne Cooper, the creator of Bugsy's! Aunty Jo is passionate about extending the lives of our fluffiest family members through nutrition and preventative care. 🫶 Head online to shop now or check out our list of retailers!

Gabe made the switch to Bugsy's and hasn't looked back! The perfect topper for his 6 week old lab. 🥰

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How many can you stack? Think you can beat our score!? We want to see some proof of course 😏. First person to make a tower taller than ours and send us a picture of it will get a 150g bag of our Cordy Kang freeze dried snacks on the house!! #catfood #dogfood #dogfoodrecipe #doglovers #dogtreats #healthydog #healthydogs #healthypet #naturaldogfood #petfood #petnutrition #petparent #petproducts #pets #petshop #petsofinstagram #petsupplies #pettreats #rawdogs #rawfed #rawfeeding #rawfeedinguniversity #rawfood #rawpetfood #speciesappropriate #veterinarian #vetlife #vetmed #whatsinmybowl #wildfoods

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DOGS DYING OF DISEASES ... and why I do what I do!

Joanne Cooper | #AuntieJo

MUM, WIFE & LEAD NUTRITION SPECIALIST AT BUGSY’S

It all started when I was at the Vet’s saying goodbye forever to my beautiful dog Barney, who was dying of cancer.

Then the words came that are every loving dog owner’s nightmare. When the Vet frowned, looked at me and said, “There’s nothing more we can do for him now.”

The tears rolled down my cheeks and blotted on the paper on the Vet’s examination table. It hit me like a ton of bricks. I remembered having breakfast that morning but in that moment, my stomach felt totally empty.

As I felt Barney slip away in my arms, my heart broke into a million pieces.

You see, it wasn’t the first time that this had happened to me or to my dogs. I’ve had several dogs over many years - 31 to be exact - and each of them were completely unique and totally wonderful… but looking back at how upset I was about Barney, I realise that it was this time in particular that I felt the most sad and powerless about it.

At the time, I was a mum and an aspiring young lawyer trying to figure out why I never felt good enough about what I was doing, even though I was making my parents proud, providing a good life for my kids and protecting innocent people from some really ugly and unfair realities in the world.

Deep down inside, I knew I had a different calling, I just didn’t know what it was then. Don’t get me wrong, I loved being a lawyer, I loved helping people fight the injustices that happens to them - but what about our dogs? Those dogs we had to bring to the veterinary clinic only to say goodbye far too soon?

Our dogs never went hungry. They had the best walks and enjoyed ridiculous amounts of love - so where were we going wrong?

Why is cancer so prevalent and we are only reacting to it rather than trying to prevent it from happening in the first place? where were we going wrong?

It really, really bothered me.

It was one Friday night when I was cooking up a storm for my family, I started as I always do, with a lovingly made bone broth and exactly the right amount of carefully selected traditional Chinese herbs using the secret family recipes passed down to me over the years from mother to daughter, from auntie to niece. Nothing crazy, just really nutritious meals that have seen my family members live to ripe old ages.

Hey, don’t get me wrong. Yes, the recipes are magic - but they didn’t make the kids more obedient or anyone’s uncle less annoying - they simply kept everyone healthy, even maintaining a youthful appearance that defied their age for many years.

But it was that Friday night, as if by chance, something amazing happened: we ran out of dog food.

So I did the only thing I could, which was to feed our dogs from the basics of what I had in front of me on the kitchen bench. Super clean food that consisted of the specific herbs and antioxidants you’d often see in Traditional Chinese Medicine.

The dogs loved it. I’d never seen them eat so quickly - it was hilarious - but remarkable. I cried.

It was from that point forward that I made the decision to stop feeding them the typical biscuits, treats and kibble that had been on my shopping list forever - and instead, use the same ancient detoxifying ingredients in my family’s secret recipes, to make them dog treats and meals myself.

I became obsessed. I was researching through stacks of vet journals and cross referencing the latest and best in holistic health like I was studying for the Bar exam again.

The more I learned and the further I journeyed down this path, the more changes I saw in my dogs. They became happier, healthier and more energetic versions of themselves.

They were thriving. It became crystal clear to me how important it was to not only feed them well, but #TreatThemRight.

So I kept at it faithfully and had a number of incredible breakthroughs collaborating with Vets, a PhD Nutritionist and certified Herbalist who saw what I was doing and joined me on my journey.

I no longer felt alone and it gave me the unrelenting momentum to source the best human grade proteins from the cleanest, most sustainable sources on land and sea. We even formulated nutritional supplements to reset and fix the microbiome in every dog’s gut and then expanded the range of treats further to maintain the holistic balance of the reformed, healthy animal.

But there was still a problem.

It wasn’t long before the secret was out and I got busy… very busy… making the treats that everyone was hearing about. However, I still had an uphill battle trying to figure out how to educate people about the specific reasons why it seems that, more often than not, dogs that are fed conventional commercial diets and treated with over the counter flea treatments keep getting the same cancers over and over again… and why dogs who eat kibble have such sensitive tummies.

I’ve had to think about how I was going to break it to people that what they’ve been feeding and treating their dogs contain high levels of carcinogens (cancer causing agents), as well as some really weird toxic ingredients, fillers and other nasties that you might only otherwise read on labels for human hair products, makeup and window cleaning.

I know. It’s a lot to swallow.

I’ll tell you this. On more than one occasion I’ve been asked to put dubious fillers in my products. Crazy right? Asked by people who are absolutely supposed to care about you and your dog but instead turned out only to be interested in the few cents more they could make by selling my treats if I were evil enough to bulk out my products with cheap and harmful fillers.

My commitment to you and your dogs is clear. I won’t do it.

Remember that young aspiring lawyer I started out as? Well, I’m eager to see how the class action lawsuits against some of the biggest names in the Petcare industry will pan out.

Imagine a fast food company telling you it’s perfectly normal to eat french fries and cheeseburgers every day of the week. But you know a junk food diet will make you sick, right? Now imagine you get sick and you go to the hospital and you discover that the hospital itself is sponsored by the same fast food company!

This is essentially what’s happening to you and to your dog. How will these dog food manufacturers be able to justify operating this way in the 'Petcare' category while at the same time stripping the word ‘care’ out of it completely? What kinds of scary things do you think the FDA has discovered?

The good news is you now have options!

Bugsy’s has now passed its fifth year going *all-in* on delivering our vision of the happier and healthier dog for the most caring Doggy mums and dads... just like you!

It goes without saying, but I’ll say it again with my whole heart. We are going to make the world better one dog at a time and I couldn’t do what I’m doing without your support.

Simply fill your online basket on TheBugsyShop.com with all the goodies you want and then enter the code. Easy! Then tag your dog with @TheBugsyShop on Instagram and give us your feedback.

#TreatThemRight

Auntie Jo 😘

P.S. Oh! You know why dogs call me Auntie Jo? It's because I spoil them rotten when I see them xx

Joanne Cooper, Founder, Lead Nutrition Specialist

https://TheBugsyShop.com

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DOGS DYING OF DISEASES ... and why I do what I do!

MUM, WIFE & LEAD NUTRITION SPECIALIST AT BUGSY’S

Auntie Jo 😘