GB2194426A - Shaped food for dogs - Google Patents

Description

1 GB2194426A 1 SPECIFICATION heated, pressurized, shaped and dried into

the shape of a bone.

Food for dog It is also possible to roll the abovesaid sub- stances by rolls, cut it in strips and dry them The present invention relates to a food or a 70 to form bony cores 1. Alternatively, animal bone for domesticated dogs which also serves raw hide may be cut in strips, twisted spirally as a toy. and dried to form bar-shaped bony cores 1.

There is known food or a bone for domesti- The meat layer 2 may be made by mixing cated dogs of this type such as one made by one or more of various uncooked meats such kneading, heating and pressurizing powdered 75 as beef, horse meat, chicken and mutton with 1 or granular animal protein such as milk casein a fibrous substance made by mincing animal or gelatin to form a bone-shaped bar. Another rawhide, seasoning the mixture with a small known bone is made by rolling such sub- quantity of salt, and keeping overnight in a stances, cutting in strips, knotting both ends refrigerator at a temperature of about 2C to of each strip and drying in hot air (Japanese 80 stiffen the paste to some extent. About 30 Patent Publications Nos. 51-25 and grams of the paste is weighed out and wound 57-39616). around the bony core 1, and dried in a drying Dogs can play with them as toys, and as machine at 60 C until its water content is the bone is bitten, it gradually softens and reduced to 20 per cent. Thus the bone of this supplies nutrition to dogs. However, such 85 invention is complete.

known bones are mainly composed of protein and thus are short of fat. Therefore, fat has CLAIMS to be supplied to dogs in the form of dog 1. A food for domesticated dogs, compris- foods, which once served, a dog will eat up ing a core made by heating, pressurizing and quickly. 90 shaping animal protein and a meat layer made The present invention consists in a food for by mixing animal meat with a fibrous sub- domesticated dogs, comprising a core made stance, winding the mixture around said core, by heating, pressurizing and shaping animal and drying.

protein and a meat layer made by mixing ani- 2. A dog food as claimed in claim 1, mal meat with a fibrous substance, winding 95 wherein the animal protein is casein.

the mixture around said core, and drying. 3. A dog food as claimed in claim 1, sub- There can thus be provided a food for dogs stantially as herein described with reference to with which dogs can play as a toy and which the accompanying drawings.

supplies fat as well as protein when bitten.

The food or bone for dogs according to the Published 1988 at The Patent Office, State House, 6617 1 High Holborn, London WC 1 R 4TP. Further copies may be obtained from present invention has the following advan- The Patent Office, Sales Branch, St Mary Cray, Orpington, Kent BR5 3RD.

tages: Printed by Burgess & Son (Abingdon) Ltd. Con; 1187.

1. Since the bone comprises the hardened core and the semi-hardened meat layer, the teeth of the dog will be kept strong and pre vented from being decayed by biting it.

2. By biting the core as well as the meaty layer, the dog's appetite increases.

3. Since the core is composed of protein while the meat layer is of fat, balanced supply of nutrition is assured.

4. By eating as well as playing with the bone, the dog can be relieved from stress.

Other features and objects of the present in vention will become apparent from the follow ing description taken with reference to the ac companying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a side view of the bone for dogs in accordance with the present invention; and Figure 2 is a sectional view of the same.

As shown in Fig. 2, the food or bone corn- prises a bony core 1 in the shape of a limb of an animal and a meat layer 2 wound around the core.

In order to make the bony core 1, one or more kinds of powdered or granular sub stances such as milk casein, gelatin obtained from animal bone or cow skin are mixed and as necessary powdered bone and/or water is further added. The mixture is then kneaded,