About Us
Prodogi is a dog dental-care company founded by a board-certified veterinary surgeon — built around a simple idea: that the right ingredients only work if they actually reach the whole mouth.
Why Prodogi Exists
The Gap We Set Out to Close
Americans spend billions each year on canine oral health products, yet many dogs still struggle with the same oral-health issues year after year. Prodogi is a team of veterinarians and supplement-industry experts who came together around a belief that closing that gap would take a different approach — not new ingredients, but a better way to deliver the ones that already work.
Meet the Founder
Steve Mehler, DVM, DACVS
Dr. Mehler is a board-certified veterinary surgeon with nearly two decades of experience as both a clinician and a supplement formulator for dogs. His work spans chronic pain, joint health, skin, digestion, and oral health, with dozens of peer-reviewed publications, textbook contributions, and international lectures along the way.
In His Words
Why I Built Prodogi
Hey there, I'm Dr. Steve Mehler.
I've spent nearly twenty years at the intersection of clinical practice and supplement research. I'm a board-certified veterinary surgeon, but a big part of my career has been on the research side — designing studies, testing ingredients, and evaluating formulations of natural compounds and pharmaceuticals for dogs. Across all of that work, one condition stayed on my radar longer than any other: the chronic oral-health issues that affect the majority of dogs.
As a researcher, I had access to a tremendous amount of data — large studies, ingredient panels, and outcomes in real dogs. Research consistently pointed to a set of active ingredients with promising benefits for oral health: ones studied for their ability to help reduce harmful bacteria, support healthy gum tissue, and address the compounds that contribute to bad breath. The science on the ingredients was encouraging.
As a practicing veterinary surgeon, I was also seeing the other side of it. Pet owners came into the clinic doing everything they were supposed to — the chews, the powders, the water additives, the treats marketed as dental solutions. Their dogs' breath would improve, so they'd think the product was working. But we kept seeing the same dogs for the same issues. That disconnect stayed with me. You can't watch that play out, year after year, and not want to understand why.
Eventually, the research pointed to an answer — and it wasn't what I expected. The issue wasn't the ingredients. What the data kept suggesting was that those ingredients weren't getting enough contact time in the mouth to do their job. A chew gets swallowed in ninety seconds. A water additive gets diluted with the next gulp. A powder coats food, not teeth. In each case, promising active compounds were being delivered in formats that didn't give them much of a chance.
That was the insight that led to Prodogi. We wanted a delivery format that would hold the ingredients where they could work — across the teeth, gums, and the back-of-mouth surfaces other formats miss — and keep them there longer. That's where the strip came from. Our Slow Dissolve™ technology took years to get right: a small, palatable strip that dissolves slowly, distributes across the mouth, and continues to dissolve and distribute after you give it.
I give a Prodogi Strip to my own dog every day. It's easy, he takes it happily, and it's the first oral-care routine I've actually been able to stick with. Thanks for caring enough about your dog's health to read this far. Your dog is lucky to have you.
— Stephen J. Mehler, DVM, DACVS
Full Bio
About Dr. Mehler
Stephen J. Mehler, DVM, DACVS is a board-certified veterinary surgeon, researcher, and supplement formulator with nearly two decades of experience designing therapeutic products for dogs.
Dr. Mehler received his Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree with honors from the Michigan State University College of Veterinary Medicine, followed by an internship in small animal medicine and surgery and a residency in small animal surgery at the Veterinary Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. He earned his Diplomate certification from the American College of Veterinary Surgeons in 2007 and served as Assistant Professor of Small Animal Surgery at Michigan State University, where he split his time between soft tissue surgery and interventional radiology.
Over the course of his career, Dr. Mehler has formulated, tested, and launched numerous therapeutic pet supplements into the veterinary sales channel. His work has spanned chronic pain management, joint health, dermatology, gastrointestinal health, and oral health, and he has been involved in research evaluating natural and pharmaceutical compounds in dogs for over a decade.
Dr. Mehler is a published author and lecturer, with peer-reviewed scientific articles in journals including the Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association, Veterinary Surgery, and Prostaglandins, Leukotrienes and Essential Fatty Acids. He has contributed chapters to veterinary textbooks on small animal surgery, exotic animal medicine, trauma management, and emergency procedures, and serves as an invited reviewer for journals including Veterinary Surgery, JAAHA, and JVECC.
As an internationally recognized speaker, Dr. Mehler has delivered lectures at veterinary conferences across the United States, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Slovenia, Germany, Costa Rica, and Israel. His domestic teaching includes faculty roles at the NAVC, ACVS, IVECCS, AVMA, and numerous state and regional veterinary conferences.
In addition to his clinical and research work, Dr. Mehler is co-owner and surgeon at Main Line Veterinary Specialists in Devon, PA, and the founder of Veterinary Education, Training, and Surgical Services (VETSS). His clinical interests include wound healing, minimally invasive surgery, emergency surgical procedures, and the role of nutrition in modulating inflammation — the same intersection of clinical medicine and formulation science that led to the development of Prodogi Dental Strips.
Get in Touch
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Prodogi Pet Care LLC
16875 Treasure Lake, DuBois, PA 15801, United States
info@prodogi.com · (215) 436-9370 · Monday–Friday, 9 AM–5 PM ET
Prodogi products are dietary supplements for dogs. Individual results may vary. These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.