A great training incentive (Wainwright's Dog's Best Friend Chicken Dog Treats)

Member Name: laramax

Product:	Wainwright's Dog's Best Friend Chicken Dog Treats
Date:	08/10/09 (27 review reads)
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Advantages: My puppy loves them

Disadvantages: They are only stocked by Pets at Home

I got a puppy a few months ago and since he completed his inoculations we have been going to Puppy Training Class. It is a great place to get him socialised and he is learning some manners as well. The trainer works on the basis of 'reward' based training which suits Ellery just fine as he is pretty well motivated by food but it does mean that I have to find suitable treats to take along each week to keep his interest.

He is quite a small puppy which means I have to find treats compatible with his size, firstly because I don't want him to get fat, and secondly because if they are too big he spends too long chewing them and isn't ready to move on the next exercise.

Now I know a lot of people use something like diced cheese or sausage but as I don't eat either myself we don't have them in the house. Plus the only time little Ellery had cheese in pet food it had an unfortunate effect on his digestion which I am not keen to repeat!


About Wainwrights

This was a brand I hadn't heard of but there seemed to be quite a wide range of their products in Pets at Home and reading the details on the packet it boasted "Quality Ingredients chosen with care". It wasn't until I got around to reading the small print that I realised it is brand exclusive to Pets at Home, effectively an own brand product masquerading under a different name. In fact I think the marketing people did a pretty good job with this product as it looks like a niche brand with recycled type of packaging and a name that, for me at least, sounded like a strong Yorkshire name you could trust.

About the treats

Wainwrights claim that the little mini bone treats I bought are suitable for puppies aged from 4 to 12 months and that they are:
Hypo-allegenic & low Allergen
No wheat gluten
Quality ingredients
No beef or pork, just turkey
No dairy products or eggs
No Soya or other fillers

Well as Ellery has no allergies that I know of I wasn't too worried anyway about the products on the list but it is useful to know that the treats are formulated to be gentle on my puppy's digestion.They contain just turkey, brown rice and calcium - and I will try not to think about how the turkey was reared!

However there were a couple of things I needed to know about them before I could decide whether they were suitable for our needs. Firstly they would be no good if Ellery didn't like them (which I wouldn't know until I got them home) and secondly would they be easy to break up as each individual treat was going to be too big for him for training purposes. I managed to answer the second question by poking about at the packet and they passed the test so I bought a packet ( £2.29 for 250g) and brought them home.


Would Ellery recommend them?

The answer to that is a resounding YES or the doggy equivalent at least. He simply loves them and he only has to see me reach for the packet and he is there waiting for one. What more is there to say from his perspective he loves the smell of them and adores the taste and they certainly work as incentive at training.

Would I recommend them?

Yes I would. Ellery loves them, they break up easily when I want them to but they stay whole in my pocket until I am ready to split them. Ellery responds well when I use them in training so until he gets fed up of them I shall continue to buy them. If your dogs loves treat occasionally they might be worth a try


This review also published on Ciao by laramax

Summary: If my puppy loves them then I will buy them