About Kyo's Kitchen

Kyo's Kitchen helps dog owners understand common foods and discover homemade dog treat ideas — without wading through five paragraphs before the answer.

Our Mission

Most food questions dog owners have are urgent and simple: my dog just ate this, is that a problem? We want the answer visible in the first screen, the detail underneath it, and an honest signal about when a vet should be involved.

Every food we publish carries one of four clear labels — SAFE, LIMIT, AVOID or TOXIC — always written out in words, never signalled by colour alone.

Meet Kyo

Kyo resting her head on her owner's lap, being gently stroked behind the ear

Kyo supervises the kitchen. She is convinced that anything on a counter is partly hers, which is how this project started: constant searching, constant second-guessing, and pages that never quite answered the question.

She is the taste-tester for every recipe here, and the reason the safety language stays careful rather than confident.

How Our Guides Are Created

Each food entry starts as structured data: safety status, preparation notes, risks, portion considerations, puppy notes and FAQs. That structure is what keeps hundreds of pages consistent instead of drifting apart.

We write from widely published, mainstream pet-health sources and link to them on each page. Where an entry hasn't completed our review pass, we flag it on the page itself rather than quietly publishing it as finished.

Editorial Standards

  • We don't invent veterinary facts or specific medical claims.
  • We present feeding amounts as general guidance that depends on your dog, not as prescriptions.
  • We distinguish clearly between generally safe foods, foods needing moderation, foods to avoid and toxic foods.
  • We don't publish invented reviews, ratings or testimonials.
  • For potentially dangerous foods we point you to a veterinarian or animal poison service rather than attempting to guide treatment.

Read the full editorial policy for more detail.

Contact

Spotted something that needs correcting, or want a food added to the queue? Head to our contact page — corrections get priority.