# eat one's own dog food

> English word · Verb

## Definitions
1. To use products or services one is selling internally, in order to understand their limitations.
2. To use or consume the economic goods or services that one is producing; to be part of a closed household economy.

## Etymology
From dog food (“beta software”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/eat-one-s-own-dog-food