My Toy Poodle Nina is a very talented Scentwork Trials dog. We haven’t trialed competitively for a whole due to the Human being lame, but we still train at home. In competition Trials, a massive fault is dropping reward food within 15metres of the search area. It’s actually very difficult to find a High Value reward treat which stays together and is desired highly enough for your dog to work enthusiastically for. A bit like a person doing a job they really like for minimum wage,then suddenly doing the same job for half a million a year! The enthusiasm is going to skyrocket! This is the effect those little crunchy cubes of pure venison have had on Miss Nina’s work ethics! She was delightfully keen for her normal treat … but for Venison Topper as her reward, she’s a turbo charged tail wagging sniffaholic Rockstar! As the good trainers from across the world say, your reward should be tasty, easy to snaffle and should be small enough to have merely a passing acquaintance with the teeth and tastebuds. Obviously it would be less convenient for a large dog. But for my Toy Poodle, who freelances as a Gannet … the size is perfect. I’d say anything up to maybe 10kgs tops. Nina rarely chews, she can make those little squares disappear faster than Nanna’s cream Pavlova at Christmas! But the flavour must be there by the truckload! I’ve tried approx 197 different types of treats for Scentwork payments. 190 of them I can drop without trying! These little beauties Dont really crumble. I can put my hand into my treat pocket, grab two squares and know they’re going to stay in my hand until the Hide is found and Nina knows that Payday is here! I’m even practicing rewarding my dog Inside the search area, it’s allowed but my butterfingers and crumbly treats made it too much of a risk in the past. I can honestly say neither of us has dropped one yet. I think we have found Nina’s Executive Payrate! Thankyou! I also use a small amount with her Kingi, which is absolutely her favourite and helping her trim down too.
I have to say, that being I personally have limited mobility and will do until I get new knees in 1-4 years, this is the easiest way for feeding my small 4kg dog I can possibly imagine! I can stand at the sink for maximum of a minute. In that time, I can put Nina’s portion in her bowl, add her seaweed, add hot water and micro grate a pinch or two of fresh carrot. Give it a little stir, leave on bench to sit down for 20 mins. By then her food is luscious, yummy and ready. 30 seconds to pop her food down and we are done. So easy, she loves it. She’s doing so well on just a little bit. I couldn’t be happier and neither could she. I honestly thought the chick peas were going to be left all over the floor, but I’ve watched her actively chasing them around the bowl! Of course, thats in The Kingi. But with that and Venison Topper … we have, with a bit of trial of every flavour, have the perfect combo.
Thankyou heaps for your patience and wonderful customer support. I’ve never experienced anything like it. You say your customers, the Dogs of course, and their inventory staff, Us Humans are very important to Pure Bowl. You most definitely treat us like that …. Nina and I are very grateful. Thankyou Five Massive Stars across the entire board!
