food
Right to the heart of every pug, the most important thing in the world… food! This is the food I feed to my dogs daily, and the feeding items I use. Clicking the pictures will take you to the exact product on Amazon, or the relevant website
I’ve lived with picky eater pugs and pugs that’ll live by “eat it first, then decide if I liked it later”. In that time, I’ve tried no end of different foods, dry, wet, fresh home made, but the one all of my dogs have loved is Butternut Box.
This food is FRESH, and made from human grade ingredients. In fact they are so sure of their ingredients, they taste test the products themselves before they will sell it!
The product arrives frozen, in packets sized for your needs. As an estimate, it costs me £90/month to feed both my dogs combined. If your interested in trying it, the link behind the picture will grant you 60% off your first box, and 30% off your second box.
The right bowl for your pug is almost as important as the food they are eating from it, which is why I’ll always recommend to Fluff Trough to anyone with a flat faced dog.
It’s an absolute perfect height for a pug, saving them stretching downwards to a bowl, and it’s super easy to keep clean, as the silicone inlet can be placed in the dishwasher.
The picture shows the insert for the “slow feeder”, great for dogs like my Roo, who just inhales his food. They also offer a standard insert, and a stainless steel one for water too!
You’ll see ample examples of my dogs using these on my socials, even Roo when he was 8 weeks old and wanted to climb in it!
If your pugs are anything like mine, you’ll know they believe they have earned a treat by doing anything, literally anything!
These treats are brilliant, grain free, and quite small. They are also very cheap in comparison to some, meaning you can give in to those puppy dog eyes more often.
This product does not contain cereals, gluten, soy, dairy, eggs, artificial colours, flavours or preservatives. The company also does different flavours, as well as treats aimed at calming your dog.
These are my daily go to for my dogs, and I have no issues given them 10+ treats a day (even though they would prefer 20+).
If your looking something smaller in the treats department, for a puppy undergoing a lot of training, then Second Nature have a solid choice.
These treats are tiny, about half the size of the Wellness Core ones I like. They are shaped like little fish, and are what I’ll use during training sessions, when I know my dogs are going to get endless rewards.
Again, these are cheap, 80% fish, and grain free.
The one downside, if you use the word “fish” to describe them during training, you’ll never be able to say fish freely again!
