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Discover what makes Tom&Sawyer’s Human Grade, gently-cooked pet food different — from premium ingredients to science-backed nutrition supporting happier, healthier, longer lives™.

Tom&Sawyer's Fisherman's Best Friend features wild-caught Alaskan pollock—a low-mercury, omega-3-rich protein prepared in a federally inspected Human Grade facility. Gently-Cooked for safety and nutrition, our meals give your pup tail-wagging good health without heavy metal concerns. Choose happier, healthier, longer lives.

Valentine's Day is the purr-fect time to show love to every member of your family, including the four-legged ones. But before you slide a plate of chocolate-covered strawberries toward your pup or kitty, let's talk about what actually makes a great Valentine's Day dinner for dogs and cats.

In pet nutrition, calories are often treated as interchangeable units of energy. But biology tells a very different story. How a calorie is delivered — the ingredient quality, processing method, and digestibility — fundamentally determines how much of that energy and nutrition your pet can actually use.

Chihuahuas may be small, but they face significant health sensitivities. The most common issues include sensitive stomachs, picky eating, itchy skin, chicken allergies, ear infections, and environmental allergies. Gently-cooked, whole food dog meals from Tom&Sawyer can help manage these conditions by reducing inflammation, supporting skin health, and providing easily digestible nutrients your Chihuahua needs to thrive.

February is Pet Dental Health Month, and it's about way more than just fresh breath. Here's the truth: dental disease affects about 80% of dogs and 70% of cats by age three. That makes it one of the most common health problems your pet will face. But here's what most pet parents don't know. Poor dental health doesn't just stay in the mouth. Bacteria from infected gums and teeth can enter your pet's bloodstream. From there, it can affect their heart, liver, and kidneys.

Your pup deserves paws-itively amazing relief! Tom&Sawyer's Coconut Chicken & Rice recipe combines Human Grade ingredients with Gently-Cooked methods to support the combat yeast naturally. Join Sawyer's Pack and discover how fresh, whole food nutrition helps your canine companion live happier, healthier, longer lives

During the height of the pandemic, Coal became critically ill. He stopped eating entirely and was placed on a feeding tube. Strong medications, multiple complications, and months of uncertainty followed. For a long time, survival, not thriving, was the goal. Read on to hear the amazing journey for Coal and his pet parent.

Fresh dog food supports active dogs with whole, human-grade ingredients that improve energy, recovery, and long term health. Minimally processed meals preserve nutrients, helping your pups thrive during outdoor adventures while maintaining strong muscles, healthy digestion, and consistent stamina daily.

Managing kidney disease in dogs and cats requires careful attention to nutrition. While veterinary therapeutic diets exist specifically for kidney disease, they don't always work for every pet or family. Some pets refuse to eat them due to taste preferences, while others can't access these specialized foods due to cost or availability.

Dog food Toronto pet owners can trust! Because it starts with our high standards. We prepare meals in a government-inspected inspected Human Grade facility, Gently cooking restaurant-quality ingredients in small batches. We deliver frozen meals directly to your door throughout the Greater Toronto Area, or you can find us at hundreds of retailers across the city. Our facility produces fresh, complete meals without the processing that destroys nutrients in traditional kibble.

Tom&Sawyer meals are crafted with Human Grade ingredients in a federally inspected facility, featuring novel proteins like white fish and kangaroo to help pups with allergies thrive. Give your canine companion the fresh, Gently-Cooked nutrition they deserve. Because happier, healthier, longer lives™ start with better food

We are thrilled to officially announce the launch of our brand-new Trial Boxes for Cats! If you are a cat parent, you know the struggle. Felines are famously fastidious. In fact, they can be incredibly particular about what goes into their bowls. Read on to hear from our Vet Tech Nutrition expert, Kelly Gredner, on introducing your cat to our amazing meals!

At Tom&Sawyer, we believe that dogs and cats deserve to live their Happier, Healthier, Longer Lives™, and we know that real food, real care, and real love make that possible. Cooper's story is a beautiful example of how the right food — finally, real food — made all the difference in one very special pup’s vitality, comfort, and longevity.

Helping your pet in this way is well worth the effort - for both your sakes. If you can keep your pet in shape, you'll generate so much more happiness and humour in your active life together than any number of #chonkydog videos could. 

Follow these basic principles from Dr. Joe Inglis (Tom&Sawyer VetChef veterinarian), and make sure you’re feeding for a healthy microbiome with plenty of fresh wholesome ingredients, you’ll ensure your dog grows up at a healthy weight and can enjoy a long, happy and healthy life.