The three birds are turkey at 50%, pheasant at 20% and chicken at 20%, which is 90% poultry in a 150g bag and puts this at the top of the festive range on meat content. Pheasant is the surprise: it is not a bird that shows up in dog treats often, and it is the reason this one smells different from everything else on the shelf.

Only sweet potato and minerals sit behind the meat. No grain, no cereal binder. The published analysis is Crude protein 45.6%, Crude oils and fats 12.1%, Crude fibre 12.7%, Crude ash 9.7% and Moisture 19.9%, which is the combination worth having: high protein with the fat kept to 12.1%, so it works as a repeated reward rather than a once-a-day indulgence. Serve whole as a chew or cut into pieces for training.

• 150g of air-dried sausages
• Turkey 50%, pheasant 20%, chicken 20%
• Crude protein 45.6% with Crude oils and fats at 12.1%
• Grain free, five ingredients
• Feed supervised, with fresh water available

Do not let the name set your expectations about which birds. A human three bird roast is usually chicken, duck and turkey. This one is turkey, pheasant and chicken, and one retailer's own blurb for it wrongly says duck, which we only caught by reading the ingredient list. If you are avoiding game for any reason, this is the one in the range to skip.

Who it's for: owners who want the highest meat content on the Christmas shelf, dogs that need a lean reward, and anyone whose dog has already worked out what turkey smells like and wants something new.