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Life-changing dog food for your Staffy
Staffies are playful pups with big smiles, known for developing skin and joint issues, and eye conditions.
Lyka’s nutritious meals are rich in anti-inflammatory ingredients to promote skin and joint wellness, along with essential vitamins and minerals for healthier eyes.
Get your Staffy’s flexible meal plan today.
Formulated for the healthiest Staffies
The best dog food for Staffies is made from high-quality proteins, healthy fats, and nutrient-dense ingredients that nourish them from the inside out.
Developed by Co-founder and Integrative Veterinarian Dr Matthew Muir alongside board-certified veterinary nutritionists, Lyka meals are made with fresh ingredients to promote ocular health, resilient skin, and strong joints.
Rich in skin-loving ingredients
Improves skin health with nutrients such as Vitamin A, C and E from leafy greens.
Avoids allergy flare-ups
Formulated to be free from wheat, corn, soy, lectins or dairy that can lead to skin flare-ups.
Supports eye health
Contains fresh ingredients rich in beta-carotene, zinc, and essential fatty acids to support eye function and wellness.
Features anti-inflammatory agents for healthy joints
Supports dogs with existing or predisposed joint conditions, with powerful anti-inflammatory omega-3 from sardines and fish oil to reduce painful inflammation.
Choose from 5 meals for targeted support
Meeting AAFCO and FEDIAF standards is just the start. Lyka meals are formulated by an expert team of board-certified veterinary nutritionists to ensure they're balanced for all life stages.
Hear why Lyka’s experts recommend real food for Staffies
"Staffordshire Bull Terriers are prone to developing joint issues, including arthritis. Lyka’s real food meals are rich in omega-3 fatty acids and bioactive ingredients to help address painful inflammation."
“Lyka meals are packed with antioxidants to support your Staffy’s skin health, while avoiding common allergens found in highly processed pet foods.”
Better for them. Easier for you.
Healthier dog food, delivered conveniently on a flexible plan.
Perfectly portioned.
Just peel and serve.
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Choose your flexible meal plan
Get a custom meal plan based on your dog’s health needs.
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Cooked daily, delivered direct
Meals are prepared daily, snap-frozen and delivered direct.
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Enjoy total flexibility and control
Switch up meals, skip an order, pause, delay or cancel.
Lyka Supplements for resilient skin, coat, and nails
Boost skin health and immune resilience to allergens, with ingredients like detoxifying burdock root, flaxseed oil, and curcumin extract which has anti-inflammatory properties. These help to reduce oxidative stress: leading to healthier skin, coat, and nails for your Staffy.
Real food. Real results.
With over 27 million Lyka meals devoured around the country, hundreds of Toy Poodles are thriving with great digestion and excellent health.
Hello strong and resilient skin
“Changing her diet has been the best thing we have ever done for Maya. She has been free of any spots, redness, or irritation for the past year and her coat is so incredibly shiny and healthy.”
Maya and Asako
Loving life on Lyka
“Charlie’s a 5-year-old English Staffy who I adopted. She absolutely loves Lyka. Her coat is so shiny, and she is shedding so much less.”
Charlie and Alicia
Your Staffy FAQs, answered
What’s the best food for a Staffy with skin problems?
Lyka’s real food meals can promote balance and diversity in your Staffy’s microbiome, to improve their immune function and nourish their skin.
Each ingredient is selected for its health benefits like anti-inflammatory spirulina and omega-3 from fish oil. Lyka meals also include skin-loving zinc, omega-6 from safflower oil and vitamin E oil to boost their skin barrier.
What are the common Staffy food allergies?
Like us, dogs can develop a food allergy to any ingredient, but the most common allergens are proteins like beef, chicken, dairy, wheat, corn, and soy.
All Lyka meals are made from limited protein (a single animal protein plus fish oil) and we avoid pro-inflammatory grains like wheat, corn, and soy. We believe in being transparent about our ingredients so you can manage your Staffy’s food sensitivities easily.
What’s the best Staffy puppy food?
Puppies need food containing the right amount of nutrients to support their growth at a healthy rate.
Puppies don’t need special puppy food if their diet is already nutrient-rich and contains an appropriate amount and balance of calcium and phosphorus, making Lyka the ideal food.
Lyka meals are custom portioned to suit your Staffy puppy’s growth milestones, so they get the right nutrients for their age.
How much food should a Staffy eat?
Your Staffy should eat enough food to meet their daily nutritional and caloric needs. Every dog is different, that’s why Lyka calculates your pup’s custom-portions based on their age, gender, health, activity level, and body condition.
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Lyka's nutrition philosophy
100% real ingredients
All our ingredients are made for human consumption. Yes, we taste-test them ourselves!
Vet-formulated
Each meal is designed by our co-founder and Integrative Veterinarian, Dr. Matthew Muir, alongside a team of Board-Certified Veterinary Nutritionists.
Australian-made & owned
Every meal is made locally, with 85-97% of ingredients sourced here in Australia.
Delivered fast & fresh
Cooked fresh and delivered snap frozen to lock in nutrition and taste without preservatives. Meals are delivered directly to your door, delivery included.
Green in name & nature
Proud to be a Certified B Corp and Australia’s only carbon and plastic-negative dog food company.
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