Candace Dannenbaum, Co-Founder & CEO

Like every pet parent, I only want to give the absolute best products to our 5 pets- Baily, Toby, Kona, Simon and Riggs.  Like most consumers, I blindly trusted big pet manufacturers to create products that would keep my pets healthy and happy, until Toby came into my life. 

When I first rescued Toby at 9 months old, he was in really bad shape with a very weak immune system. After many visits to the doctor and no real progress and diagnosis, they recommended I put him down. This was not an option for me, so I started obsessively doing my own research.  I read books about pet nutrition and researched online, but quickly found that the most helpful advice and tips were from other pet parents, who were extremely passionate about caring for their pets and collectively had a ton of knowledge. After hearing their recommendations and stories, I learned not to trust the big pet manufacturers and how to make better product choices. Switching Toby to human grade, natural and organic foods and cutting out all the junk ingredients ended up saving Toby's life.

This event and the help I received from other pet parents is what inspired me to start Barker Kitsen.  I wanted to create a trusted community, where pet parents could recommend and review products to help each other make the absolute best product choices to keep our pets healthy and happy.