Pawtential Collagen Chews – XS, Salmon Flavour

Pawtential Collagen Chews – XS, Salmon Flavour, 6 Sticks

Salmon at 4% with bell pepper powder gives these XS sticks a marine smell strong enough to interest a small dog that has stopped bothering with meat chews. It also carries the lowest chicken inclusion in the Pawtential range at 12%, though the body of the stick is still 64% beef gelatine.

Six sticks in a pack is the format that suits a chihuahua or a miniature poodle, where one large chew would simply sit uneaten. Flaxseed oil and collagen together are what Pedigree Wholesale point to for the skin and coat side of the claim.

Performance & Benefits

• 4% salmon with bell pepper powder over a 64% beef gelatine base.
• Six XS sticks per pack, scaled to toy breeds.
• Lowest chicken content in the range at 12% chicken breast.
• 68% crude protein, 3% crude fat, 16% moisture.
• Flaxseed oil alongside the collagen, the basis of the skin and coat claim.
• Rosemary extract as sole preservative, with vitamin E at 300mg/kg.

Suitable For

• Toy and extra-small dogs under about 5kg.
• Small dogs that respond to fish where meat chews are ignored.
• Several dogs in one house, or keeping a few chews in reserve.
• Not a fish-only chew — beef gelatine and chicken breast are both present, so it does not suit an exclusion diet.
• Too small to be safe for a large dog; the Pawtential Collagen Chew Large 110g is the size to give a retriever or shepherd.

Feeding

• Complementary treat. Feed beside a complete and balanced diet, not instead of it.
• 291 kcal per 100g across the range; no per-stick figure is published for the XS size.
• Pedigree Wholesale publish no daily feeding rate, so none is stated.
• Provide fresh drinking water while the dog chews.

Composition & Analysis

• Composition: Beef gelatine 64%, chicken breast 12%, pea protein powder, vegetable glycerine, salmon 4%, bell pepper powder, minerals, flaxseed oil, carob flour.
• Analytical constituents: crude protein 68%, crude fat 3%, crude fibre 2%, inorganic matter 3%, moisture 16%.
• Nutritional additives: vitamin E 300mg/kg. Sensory additive: rosemary extract, which also acts as the preservative.
• 291 kcal per 100g.
• Pedigree Wholesale publish this composition and analysis for the salmon chew in the small, medium and large sizes; no separate XS specification, pack weight or stick length is published, so none is given.

Care & Caution

• A stick this small is a choking hazard for any dog bigger than a toy breed.
• Supervise throughout and remove the last short piece before it can be swallowed whole.
• Salmon is 4% of the recipe; the rest is largely beef gelatine with 12% chicken breast, so it is unsuitable for beef- or poultry-sensitive dogs.
• The chews are calorie-dense at 291 kcal per 100g — six in a pack is not a daily allowance.