JR Pet 3 Bird Roast Mini Hamper

JR Pet 3 Bird Roast Mini Hamper is a gift hamper of three packs of Pure meat sticks, in turkey, duck and chicken.

Key Features

• Three 50 g packs of Pure sticks: Turkey, duck and chicken, each 100% air-dried single protein meat. Three different birds rather than three of the same, which is what makes it a hamper rather than a multipack.
• A present that gets used: Sticks snap down to whatever size the job needs, so the hamper turns into weeks of training rewards rather than one indulgent afternoon.
• Useful for finding out what a dog likes: Three proteins in small packs is the cheapest way to learn which one your dog will work hardest for, before you commit to a big bag.
• Single proteins, nothing added: No grain, no gluten, no additives or preservatives, same as the rest of the Pure range.

How Much Is Too Much

• Treats want to sit at around a tenth of a dog's daily calories. Everything above that either comes out of the main meal or goes on as weight.
• Air-dried meat is dense, because the water has been taken out of it. A 100 g bag is closer to three or four hundred grams of fresh meat in what it actually delivers, so it goes much further than the weight suggests.
• For training, break them small. A dog works just as hard for a fingernail sized piece as for a whole stick, and you get ten times the repetitions out of the bag.
• On a day with a big chew in it, cut the dinner. That is far easier than trying to take the weight off afterwards.

Single Proteins And Exclusion Diets

• These are single named proteins with nothing else in them, and that is what makes the range useful for more than treating.
• If you are running an exclusion diet to find a food sensitivity, a single protein treat is the only kind you can give without undoing the whole exercise. A treat labelled 'meat and animal derivatives' tells you nothing about what the dog ate.
• The novel proteins are the ones a dog has probably never been exposed to: ostrich, kangaroo, goat, rabbit, venison, sea bass. A dog reacting to chicken and beef has usually never met any of those, which is why a vet will point you at them.
• Introduce one new protein at a time and leave a couple of weeks between them, or you will not know which one caused what.

Storing Them

• Air-dried rather than cooked, so they keep by being dry. Keep them dry and they last; let them get damp and they will go mouldy.
• Reseal the bag or tip them into an airtight tub, and keep them off a sunny shelf and away from the hob.
• That matters more in this climate than it does where they are made. A bag left open in a humid kitchen softens within days.
• Natural products vary. Piece size, colour and thickness differ from bag to bag, because these were parts of animals rather than something extruded to a spec.

Good To Know

• A seasonal gift item, so order early in the season if you want it for a particular date.
• Also a good first order if you are new to air-dried treats and do not want to buy three full bags to find out.
• Three proteins in one box. On a sensitive dog, open one at a time rather than mixing all three in the same week.
• Keep treats away from children and wash your hands after handling them.