Pet Munchies Chicken & Calcium Bones Dog Treats – 100g

Pet Munchies Chicken & Calcium Bones – 100g

A pressed calcium carbonate bone with chicken breast wound around it, sold in a 100g pouch. The bone is the structure — it is what makes the treat last more than a few seconds — and the chicken is what persuades the dog to work at it. Pet Munchies declare chicken breast at 57.5%, the lowest chicken content of their chicken products we stock.

The calcium shows up plainly in the analysis: crude ash at 12%, against 3% or less in the plain roasted strips. Protein is 34% and fat 2%. It is worth knowing before you buy that this one is not grain free — Pet Munchies list wheat flour and casein among the binders.

Performance & Benefits

• Chicken breast 57.5% wrapped around a pressed calcium carbonate bone.
• Firm enough to give a dog several minutes of work rather than one swallow.
• Crude ash 12%, reflecting the calcium carbonate content.
• Low in fat at 2%, with 34% crude protein.
• Chewing on a firm treat helps lift soft plaque before it hardens.
• Human-grade chicken breast, roasted in Pet Munchies' own factory.

Suitable For

• Growing dogs and adults that want something to work at.
• Dogs that get through soft strips too quickly.
• Suitable from four months, on Pet Munchies' own guidance.
• Not a grain-free or dairy-free treat — Pet Munchies declare wheat flour and casein. For a wheat-free chew of similar size, the Pet Munchies Duck Twists 80g list no wheat.
• Too hard for a dog with a damaged or restored tooth; the soft Pet Munchies Chicken Strips 90g are the safer reward there.

Feeding

• Complementary treat — feed alongside a complete, balanced diet.
• Suitable for puppies of four months and over.
• Supervise your dog while they have a treat and keep fresh drinking water available.
• Take the bone away once it is short enough to swallow whole.
• Pet Munchies publish general feeding guidance only for this treat, not a gram allowance by bodyweight, so none is stated here.

Composition & Analysis

• Composition: chicken breast 57.5%, calcium carbonate, potato starch, vegetable protein, casein, wheat flour, sorbitol, salt.
• Crude protein 34%. Fat content 2%. Crude fibre 1%. Crude ash 12%. Moisture 18%.
• Vitamin A 0.0002mg/kg, vitamin D 0.00018mg/kg, vitamin E 0.074mg/kg, copper (copper sulphate) 2mg/kg.
• 100g pouch.
• Contains wheat flour and casein, so it is neither grain free nor dairy free, whatever a shelf label may say.

Care & Caution

• The calcium bone core is hard. It can chip a worn or already damaged tooth, and a dog that cracks rather than gnaws should be given a softer treat.
• Take the bone away once it is small enough to be swallowed whole — a short end piece is the obstruction risk on this kind of chew.
• Always supervise chewing and keep fresh drinking water available.
• Complementary treat only. It is not a calcium supplement and should not be used as one.