About Us

Our MISSION

Skookum Supply Co. is on a mission to bring you quality pet products you can trust, so you and your pet can live a quality, Skookum life together.

We believe in supporting other American owned and operated businesses. All of our ingredients and packaging are proudly USA sourced.

We also believe that the best form of charity is what directly impacts individual people and their pets. That is why we offer a 10% discount for all Military branches, their families, firefighters, EMTs, police, other first responders, healthcare workers, and teachers through GovX ID verification. Thank you for all that you do.

To verify with GovX ID, click here.

Our MISSION

Skookum Supply Co. is on a mission to bring you quality pet products you can trust, so you and your pet can live a quality, Skookum life together.

We believe in supporting other American owned and operated businesses. All of our ingredients and packaging are proudly USA sourced.

We also believe that the best form of charity is what directly impacts individual people and their pets. That is why we offer a 10% discount for all Military branches, their families, firefighters, EMTs, police, other first responders, healthcare workers, and teachers through GovX ID verification. Thank you for all that you do.

To verify with GovX ID, click here.

The Origin Story

It all started with one man who ate dog treats.

They tasted terrible.

Lucas Stone had scoured the pet food aisle. There were baked cheesy things, stinky “meat” strips, green mystery goo, and countless other products that left him unsatisfied with his options. So he started making his own treats inspired by the table scraps his own dog would beg for.

He bought a dehydrator and started experimenting with different whole ingredients. Meat, fruit, vegetables… and the clear winners were steak, pork loin, and chicken breast. He started sharing the treats with his friends and family with overwhelmingly positive feedback.

During the pandemic, Lucas worked for his mother’s mobile veterinary practice, visiting people in their homes to provide quality care for cats and dogs in need. Every day, he would bring a bag of treats to share. Sometimes, dogs were at the end of the road... having not eaten in days. Lucas would surprise everyone in the room as they watched their dog eat from the hand of a stranger. Clearly these treats were something special.

In 2023, Skookum Supply Co. was founded.

Lucas, the owner of Skookum Supply Co., stands at his farmers market booth on a bright sunny day outside in Temecula. The signs say "Quality Pet Treats for Cats and Dogs" and "I would tell you a dachshund joke, but they're too long."

Lucas and his wife, Rachel, smiling, standing in their farmer's market booth with the blue Skookum Pet Treats sign behind them.

A Family Business

Skookum Supply Co. is founded and operated by Lucas and Rachel Stone.

After working so closely with pets and their owners, Lucas noticed room for improvement on every front of the pet product marketplace. He approached his fiancé at the time, Rachel, and together they came up with the look and feel of Skookum’s branding while completing the 75 Hard program. As a self taught illustrator and film school graduate, Rachel took the ideas and ran, creating the designs you see on all Skookum products.

Lucas is the head of operations and product development while Rachel is the head of branding and marketing (her portfolio here).

"I'm not picky...
I have standards."

Ween is the dog that started it all.

As Miss Head Honcho at Skookum, she tells us how products taste and encourages us to increase our production volume while she rolls around in the grass.

She loves a dash of Flavor Booster on her food and turns her nose up at all treats other than Training Rations.

A cute older dachshund mix dog looks up at camera, as if to say "please go back to making more treats for me."

A pack shot of the Training Rations lineup: 6.5 ounce Chicken Breast Dog Treats, 6.5 ounce Pork Chop Dog treats, and 6.5 ounce Steak Dog Treats.

The Story Behind
Our Packaging

Most pet treat packaging features dogs frolicking through meadows, farmers holding grains, and appeal to nature fallacies to distract you from the ingredient list.

At Skookum, we decided to take a different approach. Inspired by the partnership between handler and animal, our Training Rations bags feature hand-drawn iconic American stories. We took some artistic liberties with dogs in space and flight deck pointers, but we wanted to celebrate our pride in the people who accomplish incredible things.

From the wildland firefighters in California, to the aircraft carrier crews across seas, and the brave astronauts in space, thank you for all that you do.

So what does "Skookum" mean?

skook·um /ˈsko͝okəm/ Adj. (of a person or animal) Strong, brave, or impressive and marked by excellent quality.

Skookum is a Chinook Jargon word that has historical use in the Pacific Northwest. Originally used to describe cryptids like Sasquatch/Big Foot, the meaning has evolved to describe anything high quality and strong.

Or as that one guy who passed by our booth at the farmers market said... "It's the opposite of CATTYWAMPUS!"