Howbone Training Bite Grain-Free Dog Treats - 200g - Mushroom & Lamb

Howbone Training Bite Grain-Free Dog Treats - 200g is a tub of small, grain-free training rewards sold in three flavours: Mushroom and Lamb, Vege and Seafood, and Milk and Meaty. The pieces are little enough to hand over several times in a session without filling a dog up, and the tub reseals so the rest stay dry. Howbone prints a limited-composition and 90% fat free claim on the pack.

Key Features

• Three flavours: Mushroom and Lamb, Vege and Seafood, and Milk and Meaty, so you can keep a second flavour back for when the first stops working.
• Grain free: the recipe leaves out grain, which helps if you are already avoiding it elsewhere in the diet.
• Low fat: Howbone claims 90% fat free, which matters when you are handing out treats through a whole training session.
• Limited composition: a short ingredient list, which makes it easier to work out what a sensitive dog is reacting to.
• Tub, not a pouch: the screw-top tub keeps its shape in a bag and closes properly between sessions.

Using Them For Training

• Break a session into short bursts and pay every correct response at first, then less often once your dog has the idea.
• Count what you hand out. A long session can run through more than you think, so measure a portion into a pouch before you start.
• Keep one flavour for everyday work and a different one for anything your dog finds hard, such as recall away from distractions.

Good To Know

• Treats are extra calories. Keep them to roughly a tenth of what your dog eats in a day and take the difference off the main meal.
• Introduce any new treat over a few days. A sudden change can give a dog loose stools even when nothing is wrong with the food.
• These are a complementary treat, not a meal, and do not replace a complete food.
• Press the pack closed again after each use and keep it somewhere cool and dry. Left open, these dry out and lose the smell that makes a dog want them.
• If your dog is on a vet-prescribed diet, check the ingredients before using any treat alongside it.