Is ostrich good for dogs?
It is a novel protein and an unusually lean one, which is a rare combination. Most of the meats a dog has never eaten are either hard to get hold of or rich. Ostrich is neither, and that is why it earns its place in a small range like ours.
Which is leaner, the meat stick or the bone?
The meat stick, by a distance. It is 5.8% fat, the leanest of our four meat stick varieties. The bone is 17.2%, which is a different sort of product doing a different job. If your dog is on a diet and you still want ostrich, the stick is the one.
Is ostrich suitable for a dog with food sensitivities?
It is one of the first places we would look, because almost no dog has eaten it. That is not the same as saying it is safe for every sensitive dog, and no treat can tell you what your dog reacts to. What it can do is be one clean ingredient, so you know exactly what you have tried.
Is an ostrich chew too much for a small dog?
The bone is genuinely a big dog chew and we would not push it on a little one. The meat stick suits any size, because it snaps into whatever pieces you want. Match the chew to the dog rather than to the protein.
Is ostrich a red meat or a poultry?
An ostrich is a bird, but its meat behaves much more like a red meat and it is nothing like chicken or turkey to a dog's system. If you are avoiding poultry as a precaution it is worth knowing it is technically a bird. If you are avoiding chicken specifically, ostrich is about as far from it as a bird gets.
Why is the range so small?
Three products, and deliberately so. We would rather stock the few ostrich things we rate than fill a page. If ostrich suits your dog, kangaroo and venison are the obvious next two to try.
