MycoDog founder Angela Ardolino has dedicated years to exploring the potential of medicinal mushrooms and adaptogens for pets. After two years of careful formulation and testing, she is proud to introduce these thoughtfully crafted mushroom extracts for dogs. By combining different types of functional mushrooms, these formulas provide unique compounds that support your dog’s overall health and vitality. Each blend is designed to deliver the synergistic benefits of mushrooms and adaptogens, working together to promote balance and wellness.
MycoDog founder Angela Ardolino has dedicated years to exploring the potential of medicinal mushrooms and adaptogens for pets. After two years of careful formulation and testing, she is proud to introduce these thoughtfully crafted mushroom extracts for dogs. By combining different types of functional mushrooms, these formulas provide unique compounds that support your dog’s overall health and vitality. Each blend is designed to deliver the synergistic benefits of mushrooms and adaptogens, working together to promote balance and wellness.
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Mushroom tinctures for dogs can be given directly into your dog’s mouth, added to their food, or mixed with a favorite treat.
For guidance on how much to use, visit each product page for suggested use directions.
MycoDog mushrooms are all dual-extracted. This includes a primary ethanol extraction using Organic Cane Alcohol, which is later evaporated, followed by a hydro extraction with distilled water, to ensure a rich concentration of bioavailable compounds, delivering a high-quality mushroom extract.
Sourced from the Pacific Northwest, MycoDog mushrooms are grown outdoors, without grains or fillers, and are cultivated or wild-harvested in their natural environments. We proudly partner with sustainable local farmers who prioritize the natural growth cycles of these powerful fungi.
Unlike mushroom powders, which can begin to clump after opening, MycoDog tinctures are preserved in organic vegetable glycerin to maintain freshness and potency. This liquid format also supports better absorption for your dog.
MycoDog’s mushroom blends for dogs contain no artificial flavors, colors, or binders—just pure, naturally sweet mushroom extract tinctures that dogs enjoy.
Recognized for innovation in pet wellness, MycoDog mushroom tinctures were honored as the Natural Dog Vitamin/Supplement Product of the Year Award in the 2022 Independent Pet Innovation Awards.
Clarity was developed to support cognitive function, nervous system health, and emotional balance in dogs. This blend combines a proprietary dual extract of Lion’s Mane, Reishi, and Cordyceps mushrooms with Bacopa Monnieri and Ashwagandha.
Angela shared, “Two of my beloved dogs, Potato and Daisie, experienced age-related cognitive decline. Seeing their changes firsthand motivated me to learn more about mushrooms like Lion’s Mane and Reishi, which are known for supporting brain health and overall wellness in senior pets. For Odie, my senior mini-schnauzer approaching 16, I turned to Clarity to help maintain his mental sharpness and support his appetite and energy levels.”
Breathe is designed to promote respiratory and cardiovascular function in dogs. This blend includes a proprietary dual extract of Cordyceps, Reishi, Artist Conk, and Chaga mushrooms with Ashwagandha.
Angela explained, “Odie also showed signs of needing extra respiratory and heart support as he aged. After creating MycoDog’s Breathe blend, I noticed improvements in his comfort and overall vitality, supporting him in his golden years.”
Vitality supports immune function, cellular health, liver health, and respiratory wellness. This blend combines a proprietary dual extract of Turkey Tail, Reishi, Shiitake, Maitake, Chaga, Artist Conk, and Red Belted Conk mushrooms with Astragalus Root and Ashwagandha.
Angela shared, “If you’ve been following me, you’ve likely heard about my beloved Nina and her journey overcoming major health challenges with a scary prognosis. Determined to offer her the best natural support possible, I dove into researching medicinal mushrooms and adaptogenic herbs. This led me to create Vitality, designed to promote immune function and cellular health. Nina thrived far beyond expectations, and Vitality became an essential part of her wellness routine.
MycoDog is a sustainable line of mushroom extract tinctures for dogs, created by holistic pet expert and founder of CBD Dog Health, Angela Ardolino. Inspired by her dedication to natural pet wellness, Angela believed pet parents deserved mushroom blends that combined medicinal mushroom extracts with complementary adaptogens—providing targeted support for overall immune, neurological, and respiratory health in dogs.
In collaboration with mycologist and alchemist Jason Scott, Angela formulated four distinct mushroom blends for dogs—Breathe, Clarity, Digest and Vitality. Each blend is dual-extracted from the fruiting bodies of fungi cultivated and wild-harvested in North America. These carefully sourced mushrooms offer a range of natural compounds that work synergistically with your dog’s body to promote wellness and resilience.
Because mushrooms are natural bio-accumulators—absorbing compounds from their environment—Angela ensured that MycoDog mushrooms are grown in the pristine forests of the Pacific Northwest, where conditions support clean, potent growth. This thoughtful sourcing ensures your dog receives the best in mushroom wellness.
Functional mushrooms for dogs are a natural way to support your pet’s overall wellness. These mushrooms are rich in vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, and prebiotic fibers that help maintain your dog’s health. Some species of mushrooms are known for their ability to support immune function, cognitive health, and skin and digestive wellness.
Used for centuries in traditional wellness practices, functional mushrooms offer a holistic approach to maintaining health and resilience in dogs.
Key compounds like beta-glucans and triterpenes, unique to mushrooms, contribute to their beneficial properties. Beta-glucans, in particular, help support immune function and maintain normal cellular activity, making functional mushrooms a valuable addition to your dog’s wellness routine.
Not all mushrooms are safe for dogs. While some species offer supportive health benefits, others can be toxic. It’s important to only use mushroom products formulated specifically for dogs to ensure safety and effectiveness.
Products like MycoDog mushroom extracts are crafted with your dog’s well-being in mind and sourced from trusted, safe species of medicinal mushrooms.
For mushrooms to offer their full benefits, proper extraction is essential. The beneficial compounds in mushrooms—like beta-glucans, triterpenoids, antioxidants, and vitamins—are best preserved and made bioavailable through an extraction process.
MycoDog mushroom tinctures undergo a dual extraction process from the fruiting bodies of mushrooms, ensuring a concentrated blend of active compounds. Liquid extracts allow these compounds to remain stable and easy to absorb. In contrast, many mushroom powders or capsules on the market are made from ground-up mushrooms and may include the growing medium, offering less potency and fewer bioavailable compounds.
Liquid tinctures are also convenient and flexible, making them easy to give directly or mix into your dog’s food.
In the world of functional mushrooms for dogs, sourcing and extraction methods matter. Many mushroom products on the market are made from mycelium grown on grain—a cost-effective method that produces large quantities quickly. However, this approach often yields a product with a lower concentration of key compounds like beta-glucans and triterpenes, which are typically more abundant in the fruiting bodies of the mushrooms.
When mushrooms are cultivated outdoors or wild-harvested on their natural substrates, they develop these beneficial compounds more fully. This is why MycoDog tinctures for dogs use only the fruiting bodies of mushrooms, cultivated or wild-harvested in the Pacific Northwest, without grain fillers.
As mycologist Jason Scott explains on the Your Natural Dog podcast:
“When you are looking at research of mycelium and the benefits of mycelium, it doesn’t really translate to myceliated grain the same way that people are kind of insinuating that it does. Whereas when you work with the full fruit body, you know what you’re getting, [everything] you’re getting is coming from the mushrooms themselves.” – Jason Scott on Your Natural Dog Podcast
At MycoDog, we prioritize transparency and quality. Until there is a verified method to produce pure, unadulterated mycelium, we focus solely on fruiting body extracts to ensure consistency and integrity.
“We try to be as transparent as possible, and until we have a verified method to be producing mycelium in a pure way, we’re not going to offer it, because right now you just can’t get it unadulterated.” – Jason Scott on Your Natural Dog Podcast
Choosing MycoDog means selecting mushroom tinctures for dogs made with dual-extracted fruiting bodies, ensuring a rich concentration of beneficial compounds like beta-glucans, known for their immune-supporting properties.
MycoDog mushroom tinctures for dogs are easy to use. You can:
Since functional mushrooms are considered food-based ingredients, MycoDog tinctures can be given with or without food, based on your dog’s preferences.
Yes! Functional mushrooms for dogs are generally safe for puppies and senior dogs when used appropriately. These mushroom extracts are considered food-based ingredients and can offer support for dogs of all ages.
Yes! Medicinal mushrooms offer many of the same benefits for cats as they do for dogs. While we offer MycoDog mushroom tinctures for dogs, we also provide MycoCat tinctures, labeled specifically for feline wellness. Whether for dogs or cats, our mushroom extracts are crafted with the same care and high-quality ingredients to support your pet’s immune system, cellular health, and overall well-being.
