Naked Bull was started in 2017 by Geza Szucs and myself Kristine Lange, owners of Kala ranch, following imports from China of toxic chicken jerky for dogs. Before this jerky was recalled, it had killed over 760 dogs in Canada and happened to be the same jerky we were giving our beloved girl, Bailey.
I started a deep dive into the pet food and treat industry only to become horrified by what was in our pet's food and treats. I discovered Canada has no legislation to protect our pets. So, we decided to take one of our culled cattle to the butcher and have all of the beef sliced and dehydrated. This would become Bailey's new treats.
We had no idea the lid would blow off the freezer after others discovered the delicious and healthy option we had provided for our girl. So, we started selling our one product at the summer Farmer's Markets where the demand for more healthy choices for pets escalated rapidly! The rest is history.
So who is Kala Ranch? We started our own ranch after BSE (Mad Cow Disease) hit Canada. We wanted to have control over what our beef was fed and to know the cattle were raised with dignity and respect. We now run a Registered purebred Black Angus herd without the use of steroids/hormones or daily antibiotics.