About The Dog Wellness Journal
An editorial publication that tests every product it covers and cites every claim it makes.
What we do
The Dog Wellness Journal was founded in 2022 to bring evidence-based editorial rigor to a category that mostly does not get it. We cover dog health products — supplements, dental care, joint care, senior care — with the kind of trial methodology you'd hope to see and almost never do.
We are a small editorial team. Every product we review is tested in-house on a real dog from our editorial pool for a minimum of four weeks. We do not write reviews from press kits. We do not accept paid placements. We use affiliate links on products that pass our editorial bar.
The Health Editor
Sarah Kline is the Health Editor of The Dog Wellness Journal. She has written about companion-animal health since 2017 with prior bylines covering veterinary product reviews and pet supplement audits. She is not a veterinarian. She holds a Master of Public Health degree and a long-standing interest in evidence-based consumer health products. She lives in Asheville, North Carolina, with two senior rescues, Daisy and Otto, who appear as test subjects in our editorial trials.
Our advisory veterinarians
The Journal consults a small panel of licensed veterinarians on a per-article basis when clinical questions arise. We do not publish veterinary advice in our reviews; the role of our advisory vets is to flag claims we should not make and to provide clinical sign-off where appropriate. The vets we work with are credited at the bottom of articles where they contribute.
How we are funded
Affiliate revenue is the only commercial revenue we accept. When a reader clicks an affiliate link in one of our articles and completes a purchase, the retailer pays us a small commission. We do not accept paid placements, sponsored articles, or money in exchange for a positive verdict. Our scoring rubric is unchanged whether the brand pays us a commission or not.