Anco Oceans Salmon Skin Rolls Natural Dog Chew

Anco Oceans Salmon Skin Roll

A Salmon Skin Roll is one length of salmon skin wound into a cylinder and air-dried, sold singly. Rolled rather than left flat, it holds its shape under pressure, so a dog has to unwind it before there is anything to swallow — the reason it outlasts a flat fish strip several times over.

Salmon skin is where the oil sits, and Anco's analysis reflects that: fat at 43% against protein at 48%. It is the richest format in the Oceans range, and belongs in the diet as an occasional chew rather than a daily one.

Performance & Benefits

• Composition declared as 100% salmon skin, air-dried and supplied as one roll.
• Anco's analysis: protein 48%, fat 43%, ash 6%, fibre 0.1%.
• A natural source of omega-3 and omega-6 from the skin's own oil.
• The wound shape resists a dog that tries to take the whole thing in one.
• Hypoallergenic single protein, sustainably fished.
• Chewy rather than hard, so it suits a dog whose teeth are past their best.

Suitable For

• Dogs with dull or flaky coats that would benefit from oil.
• Dogs on an exclusion diet away from poultry, beef and lamb.
• Older dogs and dogs with worn teeth, since the roll gives rather than shatters.
• Puppies from twelve weeks of age.
• At 43% fat this is the wrong chew for a pancreatitis-prone or overweight dog — Anco Oceans Cod Braids 100g deliver fish protein at 1.5% fat instead.

Feeding

• Feed as a treat or reward only, as part of a nutritionally balanced diet.
• One roll at a time, and not every day for most dogs.
• Anco state it is suitable from twelve weeks of age.
• Reduce the day's meal to allow for the fat the roll contributes.
• Keep fresh drinking water available throughout.

Composition & Analysis

• Composition: 100% salmon skin. Supplied as one roll.
• Analytical constituents: protein 48%, fat 43%, ash 6%, fibre 0.1%.
• Anco publish no length, diameter or unit weight for the roll, so none is stated here.
• Anco product code 921018.

Care & Caution

• Supervise the whole chew; a roll that comes undone early becomes a long strip a dog can bolt.
• Take the last section away once it is small enough to swallow whole.
• Very rich — a dog unused to oily fish may have loose stools after a whole roll.