About Kibble Shelf

Kibble Shelf started because no one was publishing the kind of data that would have actually helped in early 2022, when Banjo's bloodwork came back with early kidney markers and the vet recommended switching away from the kibble he'd been eating for years. There were review sites. None of them tracked weight, energy, and stool quality across a real transition window with real dogs eating real food for six weeks at a stretch.

So that became the project. Five fresh food subscription services over eighteen months. A Google Sheet with weekly weigh-ins, daily energy observations, and stool grades logged for the first two weeks of every switch. The differences between services turned out to be measurable and consistent, and those measurements are what the reviews here are built from.

The coverage expanded as the questions did. Supplements came in when sleep quality slipped partway through the food rotation. Pet telehealth came in when the local clinic stopped taking same-week non-emergency appointments. The through-line is the same across all three categories: detailed tracking, first-hand trial, honest numbers.

Kibble Shelf is run by Lindsay Perreault, a freelance UX researcher in Asheville with two dogs and no veterinary credential. The site covers fresh dog food subscriptions, pet supplements, and pet telehealth services.

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