Helping dogs have more good days
KetoPet helps dogs live longer, happier lives. We share free, research-based help with feeding your dog a low-carbohydrate diet, whether your dog is healthy, getting older, or facing cancer or seizures. Everything here is free, and always will be.
Create a Ketogenic Diet
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Our Story: Where KetoPet Began
KetoPet began in 2014 as a ranch in Texas, giving shelter dogs with terminal cancer a home. We fed them a ketogenic diet and used positron emission tomography (PET) scans, the same imaging used in human cancer care, to see what it was doing. It isn't a cure. But it taught us that cutting carbohydrate matters most, for every dog.
The Keto Protocol
Ketogenic Diet
Feed a high fat, adequate protein, and very low carbohydrate diet
Blood Monitoring
Monitor blood glucose and ketones to ensure nutritional ketosis
Metabolic Conditioning
Personalized exercise program to support dog health
Why a Ketogenic Diet?
Ketosis is a natural metabolic state where the body uses fat as its primary fuel source. In our studies and others, the ketogenic diet has shown to significantly lower blood glucose. This can trigger anti-inflammatory processes that enhance cellular function and improve overall dog health. The remarkable case studies we saw at the KetoPet Sanctuary indicate that the ketogenic diet can improve outcomes for dog cancer and support overall dog health.
Ketogenic Diet
Kibble Diet
Many of the dogs who arrived at KetoPet Sanctuary were given just weeks to live. Remarkably, 55% of dogs who graduated from the KetoPet program are still going for long walks, enjoying belly rubs, playing catch, and experiencing a quality of life far beyond their original prognosis.
Some of these sanctuary dogs are even living cancer-free today! After witnessing first-hand the power of nutrition, we are now focused on empowering pet parents everywhere to feed a ketogenic diet for dogs with or without cancer.
Case Studies
Stories from the KetoPet ranch: dogs with hemangiosarcoma, mast cell cancer and seizures, and what a low-carbohydrate, ketogenic diet meant for them.
Cali was the first dog through the KetoPet program. She was diagnosed with hemangiosarcoma in 2014 and given six weeks to live. She lived years beyond that, and has since passed. She is the reason there was a second dog.
Blazer was a sweet, rambunctious Staffordshire mix. KetoPet took him in after he was diagnosed with a Grade II mast cell tumor. When his story was written, he was in good health with no evidence of cancer. He has since passed.
Sasha began having grand mal seizures after a brain injury from a dog bite at six months old. Her family moved her to a ketogenic diet and, over time, off her seizure medication. When her story was written, she was seizure-free. Never stop or lower seizure medication on your own; change it slowly, with your veterinarian.