max@savannahpetfood.com · 9,000 miles · One origin
Hi, Max here. People always ask me where my treats come from. Fair question. Most treat brands can answer it with a country, maybe a continent. Almost none can answer it with a farm.
We can. The email I sent you was the postcard version. This is the whole trip: why our corner of South Africa, what actually happens between a grassland and your dog's bowl, and why owning every step of that journey changes what ends up in the bag. It is about 9,000 miles, so bring water.
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◦ Eastern Cape · 33.7°S
Why this is ostrich country
Our journey starts in the wide-open grasslands of South Africa's Eastern Cape. Ostriches are not new here. This region has raised them for generations, because the dry, open veld is exactly the landscape these birds are built for: space to move, hardy grazing, and a climate that suits an animal that never belonged in a barn.
Our family has worked with ostrich since the 1990s, first processing and exporting it around the world, long before the first Savannah treat was ever bagged. Somewhere along the way we realized the thing dog owners were begging for, a clean novel protein their allergy-prone dogs could actually handle, was the thing we had been raising all along.
Here is the part that matters, and the part almost nobody else in the treat aisle can say: these are our own farms. We do not buy ostrich from a broker, a middleman, or a mystery supplier. The birds are raised free-range by us, on land we know paddock by paddock. When you own the farm, you decide how the animals live. Nobody upstream can cut a corner you would never cut yourself.
That is what single origin actually means to us. Not a region on a label. A farm we can point to.
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◦ Farm to bag
How a chew is actually made
This is the part the email skipped, and it is my favorite part, professionally speaking.
Our bones and chews are kept whole and air-dried, slowly, the way this region has preserved meat for a very long time. No cooking, no smoking, no preservatives, no chemicals. Air-drying is a big reason our bones hold together the way they do instead of splintering like cooked bones can. It is slower and it costs more, and it is not negotiable.
It also means our bones and chews stay exactly what they were when they left the farm: one ingredient. An Ostrich Cane Bone is ostrich bone. An Ostrich Chest Bone is ostrich chest bone. Read the back of the bag and you will find the shortest ingredient list in the aisle.
Our sausages and bites bring in one more idea from home: South African botanicals. Rooibos, for example, grows in essentially one place on Earth, the mountains of South Africa's Western Cape, and South Africans have brewed and loved it for centuries. Buchu, beetroot, butternut, mango, grapefruit: every botanical in our functional range is chosen the same way, real ingredients with real heritage, from the same corner of the world as our ostrich. Same origin, same honesty, a little taste of home in every bite.
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◦ Across the Atlantic
The crossing, and the warehouse in Sioux Falls
From the Eastern Cape, everything crosses the ocean to our warehouse in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. That is where my human Paul and the team receive it, check it, bag it in 100% recyclable packaging made from recycled materials, and ship it. Order today and it typically leaves the warehouse the next business day.
Holding our own US inventory is a deliberate choice. It means no long international shipping times on your order, no customs surprises, and a real team in South Dakota who can answer for every bag that goes out the door.
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◦ Your door
Traceability, or: ask us where your chew came from
Here is the payoff of owning every step. Because the same company raises the ostrich, dries the chew, crosses the ocean, and packs the box, we can trace every treat back to where it began. No gaps, no anonymous suppliers, no guesswork.
Most brands cannot answer the question at the top of this post. We built the whole company so we could.
9,000 miles · One origin
From the wide-open Eastern Cape to a chew you can actually pronounce.
That is the whole trip. Savanna to bowl, and I personally taste test at every stage. It is a demanding job but I am a professional.
Our promise
The 180-Day Tail Wag Guarantee
Because we know exactly what goes into every bag, we stand behind every bag. If your dog's tail is not wagging, we will make it right. Simple as that.
One origin, many shapes.
What leaves the savanna is what lands in the bag. Pick the shape that fits your dog.
Ostrich Cane Bone
The everyday gnaw for moderate chewers. One ingredient, start to finish.
At Savannah Pet Food, we stand behind the quality of our products with unwavering confidence. We understand the trust you place in us to provide the best nutrition for your furry companions, and we are committed to ensuring your satisfaction.
Tyler’s favorite things are his ostrich tendons. He loves them, they keep him busy and I don’t need to worry that he will choke on them. Great product!
My dogs LOVE your products! I just purchased ten large/long bones!!
If I can’t spoil my dogs who love me unconditionally- and I feel the same way, WHO CAN I SPOIL ???????
I have been ordering for about a year now and have been thrilled with everything. Bodhi has a very sensitive stomach and the ostrich treats and chews have been truly amazing. Thanks for such great products.
Ozzy loves the knee tendon! He likes to play with it first but once he gets going, it's a good two hours of non stop chewing. He's 4.5 months old and we're right in the bad teething stage. This guy has drawn blood just trying to play with my hands but now, he's too busy.
I have to limit them because he's still so young and I need to be sure his stomach can handle them.
So far,so good.
I also bought the chest bones, flats, and long tendons but will space them out and maybe review later.
My nipped hands thank you for offering such a great product. will definitely reorder and recommend
Shipping was quick too.
Luca wasn’t much interested in this at first. It is large but now he really likes it. I take it away for a few days at a time then reintroduce it.. and then he’s at it again!!
Owen & Chanel love the tendon twisters. As soon as they see me pull it out of the treat box they go crazy. 😄 I swear I can almost hear them saying “Hurry up mom!”
I have a little rescue dog that has acid reflux and has a hard time with any treats. This seems to have solved her problem and she loves the treats. I'll be buying more for sure.
His eyes opened wide when I held it out for him. He grabbed it very gently. And then ran into the other room and played with it for a while before he chomped it down. I love your products and so does Henry. 🐶
My baby has bad allergies so I decided to make a purchase, we just received the products and this is day 1 she enjoyed the knee joint today, ate the whole thing!
Tomorrow I am going to give her the big one to chew on, I will let you know!
Thanks for making these products!
A new product and drum roll.......SHE CAN'T GET ENOUGH! I will need to order more of these gizzard strips. Believe it or not she is a picky eater but when it comes to the Savannah products, we are at 100% love for every product thus far. He attitude and her teeth have improved! THANKS YA'LL
Roxy LOVES it. Once it peeled off…and I threw that away…some sharp points, it is great! Highly recommended. Just watch closely until it peels back to solid bone.
My dogs are very aggressive chewers. I was disappointed by just about every dog bone or chew toy. They would be gone within a couple of hours. These bones can last for days. I have not found anything that keeps them occupied for such a long time and stands up to their chewing. I love Savannah
This is the first bone my pup loves this much!! It's football Sunday for us and we always feel bad for her being bored but she's been entertained by this bone all morning! Will definitely buy more!!
