JR Pet British Premium Beef Sausage - 250g

JR Pet British Premium Beef Sausage - 250g is a whole British beef sausage, to cut to whatever size you need.

Key Features

• You decide the size: A whole sausage cuts into coins for training, chunks for a stuffed toy, or stays whole as one substantial reward. That flexibility is why experienced trainers buy sausage rather than ready-made treats.
• Near the top of most dogs' list: Soft, strongly scented and meaty. This is the treat to keep in reserve for recall in a field full of distractions, or for the vet's waiting room.
• Responsibly sourced British beef: JR name the origin rather than listing 'meat and animal derivatives', which is the difference between knowing what your dog ate and guessing.
• Low in fat, nothing added: No additives, no preservatives, and JR list it from twelve weeks old.

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

• Cut what you need and reseal the rest. Softer treats harden once the air is in the bag.
• Beef is one of the two proteins dogs most often react to. If you are working through an itch or a loose stool, use a novel protein instead.
• Also the one to pack into a KONG or a puzzle feeder, where the smell is what keeps the dog working at it.
• Keep treats away from children and wash your hands after handling dried meat.