Dog sausages

What are dog sausages good for?

Dog sausages have the advantage that you decide the size of the reward yourself. In dried form they're easy to snap or cut, so one sausage gives you several small pieces for training or one distinct reward for something difficult.

That way one shelf covers several situations at once: training at home, a walk, a journey. The intense smell of dried meat also works on dogs who are indifferent to ordinary treats. For the same reason, a sausage is often used when you need to win your dog over with something, for example during grooming.

• Beef with seaweed: the highest protein content in this group.
• Rabbit with carrot and dandelion: a gentle meat that dogs readily accept.
• Duck with coconut and apple: a distinct poultry aroma.
• Lamb with nettle and goat with rosehip and coconut: meats for dogs looking for a change.
• Deer with blackcurrant: game, rare in an everyday diet.
• Trout with sweet potato, courgette and coconut: the only fish variant in this group.

Kabanos sticks for dogs vs shop-bought cured meat

Kabanos sticks for dogs look similar to the human kind, but the recipe is completely different. The kabanos sticks for dogs on our shelf contain no salt or spices in amounts meant for people, and no sugar or artificial colourings either.

The variants also differ in how strongly they smell and how hard they are after drying, which you can see when comparing the fish sausage with the beef one. If your dog has only eaten poultry so far, a change in the form of game or goat is often enough of a novelty in itself, with no need to reach for anything else. On the label of ordinary cured meat, meat can be just one of many ingredients, with the rest being processing additives and spices. Here, meat is the basis of the recipe, accompanied by vegetables, fruit or herbs named directly in the title. It's a handy rule when shopping: if the name tells you what's inside, there's no need to guess.

Dried dog treats: how to store them

Dried dog treats are convenient precisely because they don't need a fridge. Dried dog treats just need to be kept in a closed pack, in a dry place, and they'll keep their aroma and crunch for a long time.

The 100 g pack easily fits in your bag for the whole day. If you're planning a longer trip, sausages are one of the most practical choices in the whole dog treats category, alongside dog bars. For very fast rewarding during training, however, it's better to reach for dog treats, because you don't need to cut or divide them before serving. It's best to cut the sausage at home and tip it into a pouch, rather than looking for a knife halfway through a walk.