Dogsee Dog Chew Bars Natural Yak Cheese Dog Treat

Dogsee Natural Yak Cheese Chew Bar

Dogsee chew bars are churpi — Himalayan hard cheese, made by boiling yak and cow milk, straining the curd and then smoke and sun drying it until it is rock hard. The ingredient list runs to three items: milk, a dash of lime and a pinch of salt.

What that produces is a chew a dog works at rather than eats. Dogsee reckon about twenty minutes per bar for an average dog, and the scraping action while the cheese softens is what does the work on plaque. It is grain free, gluten free and has no preservatives, colours or binders in it at all.

Performance & Benefits

• Three ingredients: milk, a dash of lime, a pinch of salt. Nothing else.
• Smoke and sun dried by a traditional Himalayan method, not baked or extruded.
• Around twenty minutes of chewing per bar, on Dogsee’s own estimate.
• Very high in protein at a minimum of 59.2%, and low in fat at a minimum of 5.2%.
• Grain free and gluten free, with no preservatives, colours or artificial additives.
• Fully digestible, so a swallowed piece passes through rather than sitting in the gut.

Suitable For

• Dogs that need occupying — crate time, car journeys, a quiet half hour.
• Committed chewers who destroy soft treats in seconds.
• Dogs on grain-free or gluten-free diets.
• Not for lactose-intolerant dogs, and not for puppies or elderly dogs with fragile teeth — Dogsee’s softer cheese-based training treats suit those better.

Feeding

• One bar a day, which Dogsee say can be stretched to two if it suits your dog.
• Feed as a treat alongside a complete diet, not as a meal.
• When the bar is worn down to a stub, microwave it for 30–40 seconds so it puffs up.
• A sealed pack keeps for three years; once opened, Dogsee give it two.

Composition & Analysis

• Composition: milk (yak and cow), lime, salt.
• Crude protein minimum 59.2%. Crude fat minimum 5.2%. Crude fibre maximum 5.9%. Moisture maximum 10%.
• Lactose: less than 1g per 100g.
• These are the figures Dogsee publish for their hard cheese bars as a range; they do not publish a separate analysis per bar size.
• Dogsee publish no individual bar weight or calorie figure, so none is stated here. The weight is on the pack.

Care & Caution

• A hard chew. Dogs that crunch rather than gnaw can fracture a tooth on one, so watch how yours takes to it before leaving them to it.
• Take the stub away when it gets small enough to swallow whole. Dogsee suggest microwaving the end piece for 30–40 seconds instead, which puffs it into a soft, safe morsel.
• Keep fresh water available while your dog is chewing.
• Lactose is under 1g per 100g, but Dogsee still advise against these for lactose-intolerant dogs.