Affiliate Disclosure

1. Amazon Associates Disclosure

BestDog.Food is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com. As an Amazon Associate, we earn from qualifying purchases made through links on this site, at no additional cost to you.

2. Where Affiliate Links Appear

Affiliate links typically appear in product recommendation guides, comparison articles, and “best of” lists linking out to retailers where a featured product can be purchased. Not every article contains affiliate links, and their presence has no bearing on which products we choose to review or recommend.

3. Editorial Independence

Whether or not a link on this site is an affiliate link, it has no influence on our product recommendations or rankings. Clinical and safety claims are reviewed by Dr. Sanjeev Kumar, DVM, independently of any commercial relationship, as described in our Editorial Policy. Dr. Kumar is not compensated per product, per mention, or per placement, and his review role is entirely separate from our Amazon affiliate program.

4. How to Recognize an Affiliate Link

Where an affiliate relationship exists, it’s covered by this page as a blanket policy rather than a link-by-link label. If you’re ever unsure whether a specific link is an affiliate link, you’re welcome to ask us directly and we’ll tell you plainly.

5. Why We Use Affiliate Links

Producing veterinarian-reviewed content takes real time and, in Dr. Kumar’s case, genuine clinical expertise being applied to every guide. Advertising and affiliate commissions are part of how that work gets funded without paywalling our content. We think this is a reasonable trade-off as long as it’s disclosed clearly and never allowed to influence what gets recommended.

6. Related Policies

This disclosure works alongside our Terms & Conditions, general Disclosures page, and Editorial Policy.

7. Why This Matters More for a Pet Nutrition Site

Affiliate disclosure matters on any content site, but it matters more here specifically, because our recommendations can influence what a dog actually eats every day. A site that let commission size quietly shape its rankings would be doing real harm, not just misleading a reader about a purchase decision. That’s part of why Dr. Kumar’s clinical review is kept structurally separate from anything related to affiliate revenue — he doesn’t see commission data, and it plays no role in what he’s asked to evaluate.

8. What Happens If We Get This Wrong

If you ever notice a pattern that looks like a recommendation is shaped by commission rather than honest evaluation — a suspiciously glowing review of a product tied to a higher payout, for example — we want to hear about it. That’s exactly the kind of drift this disclosure exists to prevent, and a reader flagging it is the fastest way for us to catch it.

9. Questions

If you have questions about a specific link or our affiliate practices, contact us:

We’d rather answer a direct question about this program than have you wonder about it while reading a guide. If something feels off, tell us — that feedback loop is part of how we keep this honest.