Treats for Shar Pei and Chow Chow with sensitivities

Two dogs with food sensitivities and you need one treat that works for both — that's a specific brief, and it's absolutely doable. The best treats are high in protein, low in additives, and sized right for the dog. Most popular branded treats are nutritionally poor despite the marketing. For dogs with sensitivities, single-ingredient treats — dried meat or fish skin — are usually the safest and best choice because there's simply nothing in them to react to. To make sure I point you in the right direction: how big are each of your dogs right now, and do you know what ingredients or proteins either of them reacts to?

Good — keeping it simple is exactly the right call. No chicken, avoid beef, two medium-large dogs with sensitive stomachs. That points very clearly toward fish. What are the treats mainly for — training, general rewards, or something else like dental or keeping them occupied?

Then this is straightforward. Go with dried sprats — whole dried fish, one ingredient, nothing else. The product I'd point you to is Soopa Naturals 100% Natural Dried Sprats, available on Amazon UK. One ingredient: sprats. No chicken, no beef, no additives, no grain. They're small enough to use as training treats without adjustment, and both a 25kg Shar Pei and a 28kg Chow Chow can have them whole or snapped in half if you want to stretch them further. Shar Peis and Chow Chows both tend toward sensitive skin as well as digestion, and the omega-3 in oily fish is genuinely useful for that — so you're getting a treat that earns its place rather than just being a snack.

For dogs that size, around 3 to 5 whole sprats per dog per day is a sensible ceiling — they're calorie-dense because of the fat content, which is the good fat but still adds up. If you're using them heavily in a training session, snap them in half so you get more repetitions without the calories climbing. Treats in general shouldn't exceed about 10% of daily calorie intake, and sprats are rich enough that it's worth keeping an eye on that. Start with a couple per dog for the first few days just to confirm neither reacts — unlikely given it's a single novel protein, but always worth a short trial with sensitive dogs.