Australia's healthiest puppy food

Join over 5,000 amazing puppies with Australia's healthiest puppy food, delicious treats and a selection of stylish training accessories.

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Choose from 5 delicious recipes

Sensitive Kangaroo

From $110 PER 8kg

Our original game-changer and the best thing if they can’t seem to shake tummy & skin problems on any other food.

Turkey, Beef & Lamb

From $83 PER 8kg

Our most popular food, this high-protein recipe is designed for dogs of all ages, including those large breed pups.

Pasture-raised Lamb

From $92 PER 8kg

Delicious single-protein food with plenty of pasture-raised lamb and whole, healthy grains. Great for very active dogs.

Mackerel & Salmon

From $94 PER 8kg

Our high-protein fish dish for sensitive and senior dogs that’ll go easy on their guts.

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Natural food scientifically formulated for your best mate. 70% meat. 100% nutritionally complete. It’s all the health benefits of raw feeding without the ick.

Dr Samantha Rulli

Healthy dog food,
supported by Dr. Sam

Our food and customer service is supported by our in-house vet - Dr. Samantha Rulli.

Dr. Sam’s here to help answer your questions on dog nutrition and share nuggets of wisdom on making your dog’s nuggets nicer.

She joins our dog food nutritionists, co-founder and resident dog food nerd Doug and 7 Aussie customer service legends to round out our dream team of experts in dog health.

Dog food at door

Our subscription model
puts dogs first

We developed a leaner, meaner business model that lets us make a whole different class of food for puppies.

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Better for your puppy

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Meat from local, more sustainable sources

Scratch contains more meat than just about any kibble in Australia.

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Whole Aussie vegetables with max. nutrition

Most pet food ingredients are powdered from China. Scratch is up to 97% Australian whole ingredients.

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Made fresher than store-bought food

Our direct to you model puts freshly-made dry dog food in your pups bowl – not bulk stuff made months ago.

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Avoid skin & gut problems later in life

High fibre to promote beneficial gut bacteria, and high quality low-allergen proteins.

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Healthy brain development

With plenty of DHA from Australian salmon oil.

Puppy Dog Food

Easier for you

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Free shipping to most of Australia

Scratch ships free on subscription. If anything comes up or if you want to mix feed, you have instant control.

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A personalised feeding plan as they grow

Take the guesswork out of feeding with their personalised feeding plan and dashboard as they grow.

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Speak to the people who make your puppy kibble

We’re sure they’re nice but those big dog food giants are so hands off! We know your pup from the start.

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Money back if they’re not into it

Occasionally we meet a pup we can’t win over. You’re covered if your little mate is threatening a hunger strike.

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Set from pup through to old gal

All Scratch recipes are 100% nutritionally complete for puppies and adult dogs. We’re in this for the long haul. Learn more about puppy food vs adult dog food.

Dog Food Donations
Plus, we donate 2% of every order

to Australian environmental & dog welfare initiatives

Find out what puppy food we think are best for your pup and build their personalised feeding plan.

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Common puppy food questions

Have we missed anything? Jump on live chat and ask us about your pup

Sure is. All 3 of our recipes are 100% nutritionally complete for all life stages.

We’ve got large breed pups & their quick-growing bones covered too, but only on our Turkey, Beef & Lamb Recipe.

Our Kangaroo & Lamb recipes has a calcium:phosphorus ratio slightly too high for us to recommend, but we’ll tell you at checkout if we don’t think either recipe is right for your dog.

Puppies require at least 22.5% protein (on a dry matter basis).

A high-quality protein provides the essential building blocks for muscles and organs. But not all protein is created equal. Dogs do better with plenty of high-quality animal protein. The best puppy food should have a specific animal protein as the first ingredient – for example ‘Turkey’, not ‘poultry’ which can suggest a mix of animal leftovers.

Both Scratch recipes only use specific animal proteins and have more meat than most other foods.

That’s a tricky one.

Adult food is just a worse version of puppy food, not requiring as much protein and DHA. But a healthy adult dog will thrive on high protein diets and DHA comes from salmon oil, so a really good puppy food should be ideal for a dog through their adult lives.

A puppy is technically an adult for feeding requirements once they physically mature and stop growing in height.

Sure can. We have plenty of customers mix feeding Scratch with raw, or even wet food in their younger years.

We’ll give you a feeding guide upon signup, and you can change how often you’d like Scratch sent to suit your mix feeding habits.

Puppies should get solid food starting at about four weeks, when they’re not able to get all the calories they need from their mother’s milk. Most puppies are weaned by six weeks.

Good question. It depends on their age, breed & expected adult size. A Saint Bernard is a puppy for a lot longer than a Chihuahua for instance.

The food they’re eating also changes things as different foods produce different energy. Scratch feeding plans are tailored to the recipe that they’re eating (which you can also switch up if they’re fussy and seek variety).

When you get started with Scratch, we’ll ask some questions and calculate a feeding guide for your puppy based on this information.

As they grow, you can update their weight via your pups plan webpage for their instantly updated feeding guide. You can see our suggested feeding guide prior to signing up if you’re curious.