Cheese is the flavour dogs respond to most reliably, which is why half the training world carries a lump of cheddar in a pocket. A biscuit that tastes of it is the version you can carry in bulk without it going soft in your hand on a warm day.

These are medium-sized bone-shaped biscuits with cheese flavouring. The composition is cereals, oils and fats, minerals, meat and animal derivatives, various sugars and cheese flavouring, with vitamin A at 4500 IU/kg, vitamin D3 at 450 IU/kg and vitamin E at 45 mg/kg added. The analysis gives crude protein 9.5%, fat content 7%, inorganic matter 7% and crude fibre 2.5%. There is a feeding guide on the box worked out by dog size.

• 10kg box
• Medium-sized bone-shaped biscuits
• Cheese flavoured
• Crude protein 9.5%, fat content 7%, crude fibre 2.5%
• Vitamins A, D3 and E added
• Complementary food, with a guide by dog size

Cheese flavouring, not cheese, and there are colourants in it. The composition names cheese flavouring rather than any dairy content, so this is a biscuit that tastes cheesy rather than one containing cheese — which is actually useful if your dog is one of the many who does not digest dairy well. The additives do include colourants and EC-permitted antioxidants, so if you avoid added colour, Pointer's grain-free range is made without. Treats count towards the day's calories, so trim meals a little on a heavy training day.

Who it's for: anyone training a food-motivated dog, and owners who want the smell of cheese without carrying actual cheese around.