Does Bow Wow make a puppy-specific treat?

No, the range is aimed at dogs generally rather than split by life stage. The softer, semi-moist texture of several products makes them reasonably easy for a puppy to manage, but check the pack and introduce gradually regardless.

Are Bow Wow treats suitable for training?

Yes, the smaller stick and sausage formats work well broken into pieces for training rewards, being soft enough to give and eat quickly without interrupting a training session.

How much of a Bow Wow treat can I give my puppy?

Keep treats, Bow Wow or otherwise, to a small proportion of your puppy's daily food intake, with the bulk of their nutrition coming from a complete puppy food. Start with a small piece and see how they get on.

Are meat stick treats safe for small puppies?

Generally yes when broken into appropriately small pieces and given under supervision, though very young or toy breed puppies should start with a particularly small amount given their size, watching for any digestive upset the first few times.

Bow Wow treats for puppies

Bow Wow makes a range of natural meat-based treats — sticks, sausages and pudding-style bars in flavours like beef, tripe, chicken and poultry — rather than a formula built specifically for puppies. As with most natural treat brands, that means checking the pack for age or size guidance and introducing anything new to a young dog gradually.

What Bow Wow makes

The range covers meat and collagen-based sticks and sausages in several flavours, plus softer pudding-style bars, generally aimed at dogs as an everyday training or reward treat rather than a long-lasting chew. Most are semi-moist rather than hard, which makes them relatively easy to break into smaller pieces.

Being softer than a hard chew or bone, several of the range are naturally easier for a puppy to manage than a harder natural chew would be, though that does not remove the need to check size and any age guidance on the specific pack.

Introducing them to a puppy

Break a stick or sausage into smaller pieces for a young or small puppy rather than offering a whole one, both to manage portion size and to reduce any choking risk with a puppy still learning to chew properly.

Start with a small piece and see how your puppy tolerates it before making it a regular treat, since a puppy's digestion is more easily upset by anything new than an adult dog's, and treats generally should stay a small part of a growing puppy's daily food intake.

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Common questions

Does Bow Wow make a puppy-specific treat?: No, the range is aimed at dogs generally rather than split by life stage. The softer, semi-moist texture of several products makes them reasonably easy for a puppy to manage, but check the pack and introduce gradually regardless.
Are Bow Wow treats suitable for training?: Yes, the smaller stick and sausage formats work well broken into pieces for training rewards, being soft enough to give and eat quickly without interrupting a training session.
How much of a Bow Wow treat can I give my puppy?: Keep treats, Bow Wow or otherwise, to a small proportion of your puppy's daily food intake, with the bulk of their nutrition coming from a complete puppy food. Start with a small piece and see how they get on.
Are meat stick treats safe for small puppies?: Generally yes when broken into appropriately small pieces and given under supervision, though very young or toy breed puppies should start with a particularly small amount given their size, watching for any digestive upset the first few times.

Written by Matt Garnett, who runs Giddy Pets and is a lifelong pet owner — not a vet. This is general information, not veterinary advice, and it cannot replace an examination by the vet who knows your animal. How we write these guides.

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