Better Natural Treats Beef Training Treat Dog Training Reward Treats

Better Natural Treats Beef Training Treats – 85g

Beef Training Treats are made from beef and very little else — BNT list the recipe as beef 100%, derivatives of vegetable origin and minerals, with no by-products. They are cut small for training, they are grain-free and gluten-free, and BNT say they suit puppies from twelve weeks upwards.

One figure is worth knowing before you buy. Fat content is 25.7%, which is high for a training treat and a long way above the 2% in BNT's Chicken Coins and Duck & Sweet Potato Sticks. Protein is 25.9%. These are a rich, high-value reward rather than something to hand out by the pocketful.

Performance & Benefits

• Beef at 100% of the meat content, with no by-products.
• Cut small, so they can be delivered quickly and repeatedly in a session.
• Grain-free and gluten-free, with no artificial flavours or colouring.
• 25.9% crude protein.
• Suitable for puppies from twelve weeks, on BNT's own description.

Suitable For

• Training a dog that will not work for chicken.
• Puppies from twelve weeks upwards.
• Short, high-value sessions where a few treats do a lot of work.
• Not a treat for a dog on a low-fat diet: at 25.7% fat these are the richest of the three BNT lines we stock, and Chicken Coins at 2% fat are the lean alternative.
• BNT list this recipe in 85g and 10 x 85g only, not the 90g pouch the rest of the range uses.

Feeding

• Feed as a training reward alongside a complete and balanced diet.
• BNT publish a feeding table on their own product page, scaled to the dog's weight.
• Because of the fat content, keep the quantity down and count it against the day's food.
• Break them smaller again for a puppy or a toy breed.
• Fresh drinking water alongside.

Composition & Analysis

• Composition: beef 100%, derivatives of vegetable origin, minerals.
• Analytical constituents: crude protein 25.9%, fat content 25.7%, crude fibre under 1%, crude ash 2%, moisture 14%.
• BNT publish no calorie figure for this recipe, so none is given here.
• 85g pouch, also sold as a 10 x 85g multipack.

Care & Caution

• Fat at 25.7% is high. Keep these away from dogs prone to pancreatitis, and from any dog on a veterinary low-fat diet, unless your vet says otherwise.
• Rich treats given in training quantity can upset a dog's stomach. Introduce them a few at a time rather than a handful on day one.
• Count them into the daily ration — used freely they will put weight on a dog quickly.