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Science-based nutrition

Help your dog live its best and longest life

Good pet health isn’t built through dramatic fixes or panicked solutions, but through seemingly small choices made consistently over time. Nutrition should be proactive, not reactive, grounded in science, not trends, and focused on helping pets live healthier, happier, longer lives. 

Most Indian pet parents show their love by feeding their dogs freshly cooked home food.

We love home food!
  • Tastes delicious
  • Retains core nutrients (vitamins and amino acids) which are destroyed in commercial pet food production
  • Rich in natural antioxidants from fruits and vegetablessty, red lesions (often misdiagnosed as fungal infection or allergies)
  • Free from heavy metals often found in commercial foods
  • Free from carcinogens such as acrylamides
The problem isn’t the food, it’s what’s missing from it. Although home-cooked meals are fresher, cleaner and tastier than ultra-processed commercial pet food, they consistently miss out on a handful of nutrients that aren’t just supplemental, they’re absolutely vital for the optimal health and longevity of your dog.
Bowl of homemade dog food with dog paws above and text listing vitamins, minerals, and healthy fats missing from a homemade diet.Bowl of dog food with annotations highlighting missing major nutrients in a homemade diet: vitamins (calcium, vitamin D3, A, E, B vitamins), minerals (zinc, iron, iodine, manganese), and healthy fats (DHA & EPA).
Curly brown dog getting a haircut with scissors and a comb against a light green background.
Fave look
Golden retriever lying face down and partially buried in sand on a beach near the ocean.
Fave Spot
Dog with a long tongue eating melting soft-serve ice cream from a cone on a table.
Fave snack
Doberman dog sitting on a green velvet chair in a minimalist room with a large vase of branches.
Fave SEat
Tan dog wearing a red outfit with a white ruffled collar sitting on a red carpet next to a pile of sticks.
Fave Fashions
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Fave Sport
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Fave Toy
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Fave Relax
Most nutritional deficiencies are either misdiagnosed or simply accepted as part of life for dogs living in India. The truth is that in most cases these health issues can be avoided or resolved with complete nutrition.
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Skin & Coat

  • Dull, dry, flakey or greasy coat
  • Excessive shedding and itching
  • Inflamed, crusty, red lesions (often misdiagnosed as fungal infection or allergies)
  • Cracked paw pads
  • Hair loss around nose and mouth
Golden retriever dog running with an overlay of its glowing skeletal anatomy on a purple background.
Skeletal & Bone
  • Soft, weak bones that break easily
  • Joint stiffness and worsening arthritis
  • Hind-limb weakness
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Vitality & Metabolic Function
  • Low energy
  • Anaemia (pale gums)
  • Hypothyroidism (weight gain)
Digestive
  • Poor or inconsistent appetite
  • Diarrhea
Immunity
  • Weakened immune system
  • Frequent infections
Gray dog’s front leg with an intravenous catheter attached, lying on a purple surface.
Curly-haired brown dog getting a haircut with thinning shears and a comb, against a green background.
Fave look
Golden retriever lying partially buried in sand on a beach near the water.
Fave Spot
Brown dog with its tongue out licking melting vanilla ice cream in a waffle cone on a gray table against a blue background.
Fave snack
Doberman dog sitting on a green velvet chair in a room with olive green walls and a white vase with greenery.
Fave SEat
Smiling dog wearing a red outfit with a white ruffled collar sitting on a red carpet next to a pile of sticks.
Fave Fashions
Dog wearing sunglasses and a pink striped bikini relaxing on a pink flamingo pool float in a swimming pool.
Fave Sport
Golden retriever dog surrounded and slightly buried in numerous green tennis balls with a relaxed, happy expression.
Fave Toy
Dog wrapped in yellow towel and wearing a blue towel turban and black sunglasses, sitting in a bathtub holding a yellow book titled 'Who's the best child?'.
Fave Relax
Products
Core Nutrition Essentials
Favourite Child’s Core Nutrition Essentials have been specifically formulated with essential vitamins and minerals to complement the typical ghar ka khaana in Indian homes.
Whether your pet is on a vegetarian or a non-vegetarian diet, we will fill any gaps in their diet and help them to live their healthiest life.
Nutraceutical Treats 
India’s extreme heat during the summers, torrential rains during the monsoons, and poor air quality in the winters can lead to a range of health challenges for dogs such as itchy skin, diarrhea, runny nose and cough.
Favourite Child’s nutraceutical treats are designed to help dogs cope with these common ailments and prevent avoidable illnesses.
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We are entirely focused on science and data.

All of Favourite Child’s products have been formulated by a team of US-based veterinary nutritionists to meet the strict nutritional standards set forth by the US National Research Council (NRC) and the American Association of Feed Control Officials (AAFCO).