Surprise!

We came home to a package on our door step – addressed to me and George!

Ziggy (one of my best mates from our dog walks) told us about the treats he gets The DOG TREAT COMPANY!  He likes them a lot.  So I told Mummy about them. And she then did some research and asked about them. And voila! We have new treats!  There are seven box varieties. We received the Bright Eyed and Bushy Tailed box, otherwise known as the “Beauty Box” (because we are what we eat) which consisted of …

ORIGINAL – Free-range liver bite packed full of proteins, amino acids, vitamins and minerals.

FABULOUS FUR – With added flax, pumpkin seed and olive oil providing Omega 3, 6 and 9 to promote fabulous fur.

NEAT GNASHERS – With added fennel, papaya, parsley and a green tea infusion to support healthy gums and with just enough crunch to ensure neat gnashers

BRIGHT EYES – With added rosemary, caraway seed, carrot and a rooibos infusion to give a healthy dose of antioxidants and promote bright and shiny eyes.Can’t wait to try them all!!!  I will have to tell Ziggy that we have them too and must ask him which one he likes best.

May’s comment:  Heard about these from Sarah and had a look-see. I use lots of treats for training and recall so would rather use healthy treats to supplement their raw diet.  They use “ethically sourced human grade ingredients.”

You order the box collection of choice – and it will be posted to you – monthly or weekly. I am sure Darcy and George would prefer weekly mailings!

The seven choices are:

– Barking Up The Right Treats

– Bright Eyed And Bushy Tailed

– You Can Teach An Old Dog New Treats

– Lean Mean Running Machine

– Hair Of The Dog

– Let Sleeping Dogs Lie

– Fussy Pots

Like them also because they have a sense of humour! 🙂

About THE DOG TREAT COMPANY (click here to link to their website)

We are first and foremost dog lovers, pet owners (dogs and cats) and generally speaking have a passion for animals and their well-being.

We are also artisan producers of all natural handmade dog treats.

We only use human grade, ethically sourced ingredients and we make our treats by hand in Devon. We do not add sugars, salts or dyes to any of our products. We never add chemicals or enhance the shelf life of any of our products by artificial means.

Our liver is free range (as are our eggs) and our herbs are non-irradiated and GMO free. We never use meat meal or any other animal or vegetable by products to bulk or fill our treats….ever!

We hope you like them…we know your dogs will!

OUR STORY

We started making dog treats about 4 years ago for our own motley crew…a Spanish Water dog, a Golden Retriever and a Golden Lab!! I remember very clearly what turned my mind to it in the first place, I was in the doggy aisle of my local supermarket about to buy a number (of what I thought were) yummy pup treats when a lady approached me. She related to me her unhappy tale about added sugar and salts in the particular treats I was about to purchase. It got me thinking, so off I went to my local pet store and then to my vet. Unfortunately, without spending an arm and a leg there was very little in the way of healthy or additive free treats.

The backdrop to this is my extremely handsome but often very stubborn Golden Retriever (on the front of the ‘Run Free’ and ‘You Can Teach An Old Dog New Treats’). At the time he was 8 and entirely unmotivated by food and entirely deaf when recalled from a stream, river or bog. So my problem was clear as you cant teach an old dog new tricks, I needed to find a treat that was healthy but also yummy enough to motivate my big golden retriever when the walk was over and it was time to go home!

Finally after many failed attempts I hit upon the perfect recipe and they have been a hit with my dogs ever since…. But that was the just the beginning pretty soon I was making bags of treats for my fellow dog walkers and their four legged friends. The word spread and I was inundated with requests for treats and offers to pay for them.

The Eureka moment had arrived!

We now supply pet shops, whole food stores, pubs, vets, community stores and shops, garden centres, pubs and a whole host of other retailers and businesses.

All of our treats are hand made, contain ONLY ethically sourced human grade ingredients have no added salts, sugars, dyes or preservatives whatsoever! The only additives that go into our treats are all natural, healthy and benefit the well being of dogs!

OUR ETHOS

If you wouldn’t eat it yourself, why would you give it to your best friend?

Thankfully, nowdays you have a choice when it comes to feeding and treating your best friend. It wasn’t so long ago that the only option was to feed and treat your dog some unlabelled unidentifiable products (reformed in the shape of a bone or similar) of sub human grade quality. Generally, they were also packed full of salts, sugars, dyes, chemicals and other nasties.

Fortunately, canine nutrition has moved on considerably in the last 15 years and so have the options for feeding and treating. We are a family run business. First and foremost we love our dogs and we aim to know about and promote, good nutrition. We also believe that we can and should feed them food and treats that are of human grade quality. That’s not to say that we fancy tucking into Rovers dinner every night. But, by the same token, why would we feed our best buddies any old rubbish, the by-products and left overs from other food based industries that aren’t fit for our own consumption?

We strive to put really good stuff in our liver treats to enhance the natural benefits for your dogs (& ours to). Dogs love our treats so much they don’t care that they are eating treats packed full of healthy stuff, naturally low in fat…with a huge crunch that’s good for teeth and gums!

So the added turmeric, cinnamon and caraway seed with a green tea infusion in our “Fighting Fit” treat will be gobbled up by Rover, none the wiser for his healthy boost!

So whether you’ve chosen our ‘Barking up the Right Treats’, ‘Happy Box’ or our ‘Run Free’ joint and bone care with devils claw pumpkin seed and free range eggshells; you can rest assured that your dog is getting a really healthy treat with no rubbish or junk hidden inside. The proof is in the label…have a read!