Dog Treats
Review
First the Bad News!
Let's get one thing clear before we start. Treats
are not an essential part of the nutrition of our dogs. Dogs manage
very well without them and there's some good reasons not to feed
them, namely
1) Most are full of poor quality ingredients including colours,
flavours and preservatives which add nothing to the well-being of
your dog.
2) They are expensive, lb for lb compared with dog food kibble.
3) The habit of using cheese or pieces of cooked sausage
is bad as they are full of fat, adding to the saturated fat loading
of the diet.
4) Even natural treats are nothing more than watered down versions
of dog food extruded as bones and charged at exorbitant prices.
Don't believe me? Well, check these examples out.
James
Wellbeloved CrackerJacks
Duck Ingredients: Rice, duck, duck fat, tomato, potato, potato
protein, mixed herbs. Contains: Minimum 55% rice, minimum
20% duck, minimum 10% tomato.
Typical analysis: Protein 15%, oil 15%, ash 4%, fibre 4%
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James
Wellbeloved Duck & Rice Kibble Adult Food
Ingredients: Rice, duck meat meal, organic oats, whole linseed,
duck gravy, duck fat, alfalfa, sodium chloride, natural seaweed,
calcium carbonate, chicory extract, D,L-methione, yucca extract,
threonine, JWB special ingredients.
Contains: Minimum 27% duck, min 27% rice, min 12% organic
oats.
Typical analysis: Protein 21%, oil 10%, fibre 4% |
| works out at £12.84/kg |
15kg bag = £3.07/kg |
Top Treats
OK, here's a few suggestions for natural treats. If you are not
bothered about natural ingredients then choose from the hundreds
of other products available in your pet shop. All I would say is
that if you are feeding a good quality pet food then there is little
sense in feeding a cheap poor qualit treat.
Personally I would recommend the top two options as best value!
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vegetables
Small pieces of carrot or broccoli stalk are naturally sweet,
contain vitamins and antioxidants and most dogs love that
sweet crunch |
Very little if the thick broccoli stalk or
top and tail of a carrot is normally thrown away!
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The sample bag
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Go into your local pet shop and see what samples
they have of good quality dog food.
Use that as treats! |
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James Wellbeloved CrackerJacks
Duck Ingredients: Rice, duck, duck fat, tomato, potato, potato
protein, mixed herbs. Contains: Minimum 55% rice, minimum
20% duck, minimum 10% tomato.
Typical analysis: Protein 15%, oil 15%, ash 4%, fibre 4%
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out prices |
£2.89/ 225g
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Wainwrights Dog Treats
Whole Brown Rice (min. 26%), Turkey Meat Meal (min. 26%),
Potato, Refined Poultry Fat, Sugar Beet Pulp (min. 6%), Brewers
Yeast (min. 2%), Chicken Livers, Salmon Oil (min. 1%), Seaweed
(min. 1%), Minerals, Vitamins, Prebiotic (min. 0.02%), Green
Tea Extract (min. 0.01%).
Protein 22%, Oils and Fats 10%, Fibre 2%,
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out prices |
£1.89/225g
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Burns Kelties
Brown Rice, Oats, Poultry Meat Meal, Potato Flour, Fish Meal,
Chicken Fat, Sunflower Oil, Seaweed & Mixed Herbs.
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£2.78/325g
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Fish 4 Dogs Treats
Fish 95%, Rice 5%
Protein 67%, moisture 7%, Ash 4%, Oil 4%,
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£4.79/200g
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Arden Grange Crunchy Bites
Whole Grain Rice 31%, Lamb Meal* 20.7%, Whole Grain Maize,
Beet Pulp, Chicken Fat*, Dried Brewers Yeast, Egg Powder,
Fish Meal*, Fish Oil*, Linseed, Potato, Prebiotic FOS, Prebiotic
MOS.
Protein 25%, Oil 16%, Fibre 2%
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out prices |
£2.29/250g
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