I started cooking for my dog, Ellie Furoshnikov, when she became seriously ill. I just wanted to do something for her! I did a lot of research, and was amazed at how contradictory the nutrition information was. If the "experts" disagreed, how could I be certain that, if I was not actually helping Ellie by cooking for her, I was at least not hurting her? Yet I was convinced that I wanted nothing more to do with the preservatives, additives, and fillers in commercial dog foods. I finally chose to follow a recipe provided by the nutritionist at the local vet school.

I also cooked for our healthy dog, Jamie, because you can't put REAL food in one bowl, dry food in another, and not expect a food fight! Jamie had always been a chow hound, but with home-cooking she actually seemed to enjoy her food and not just inhale it. Her coat, which had never been problematic, thickened and developed an even more beautiful sheen. She smelled terrific, and her breath improved almost overnight.

And so I became a believer in REAL food. Looking back on my initial frenzied cooking for Ellie, I wished there had been some product out there to help me ease the transition and relieve some of the anxiety about making my dogs' food right in my own kitchen. A product to meet the needs of humans like myself, trying to improve the lives of their canine friends, sometimes trying to do so during periods of great stress.

That's how Furoshnikov's Formulas came to be. Whether your dog is at the peak of good health or confronting a serious illness, we believe you will find that our products provide you with an easy and nutritionally sound way to make the transition from commercial dog food to REAL food. That is our mission: to help people feed their dogs a complete and balanced diet using minimally-processed and preservative-free whole foods!

JoAnne Tomczak, President
Furoshnikov's Formulas, LLC