Bugsy’s Freeze-Dried Dog Food Wild Boar

Ingredients

Wild Boar (meat & organs), Pumpkin, Apples, Dicalcium Phosphate, Calcium Carbonate, Wild Camelina Oil, Carrot Fibre, Tomato Pomace, Wild Algae Extract, Salt, Sunflower Lecithin, Taurine, Natural Antioxidant, Vitamins and Minerals.

Typical analysis

Reading the analysis

• EPA & DHA are listed separately, and that matters. Camelina oil supplies ALA, the plant form of omega-3, and dogs convert ALA into the long-chain forms EPA and DHA very inefficiently. The algae extract supplies EPA and DHA directly, so the 0.09% figure is doing work that the 0.71% ALA figure can't do on its own.
• Ca:P at 1.42:1 sits comfortably inside the accepted range for growth, which is why the feeding guide runs down to 2-month-old puppies rather than adults only.

One square is approximately 8–10 g. The amounts below are total daily intake — divide them across however many meals you feed.

Typical adult dog

Puppy, 4+ months

Puppy, 2–4 months

These are starting points only. Adjust up or down to suit your dog's daily activity level, and always have fresh water available — especially on a low-moisture food.

If you're using it as a topper instead of a full meal, reduce the base meal proportionally so you aren't stacking calories on top of an unchanged bowl.

Three ways to serve

• As a full meal (rehydrated): add roughly equal parts warm water to food, stir, and let it stand 3–5 minutes until the squares soften through. Rehydrating is worth doing for most dogs — it adds moisture that a low-moisture diet doesn't otherwise provide, and it tends to slow down fast eaters.
• As a topper: crumble a square or two over the existing bowl. Useful for fussy eaters, dogs coming off illness, and seniors whose appetite has dipped.
• As a training treat: serve dry and break the squares down into smaller pieces. The texture crumbles cleanly, which also makes it manageable for puppies and for older dogs with sore teeth.

Storage in Singapore

• Store the sealed pack somewhere cool and dry, out of direct sunlight — a cupboard is fine, refrigeration is not required.
• Press the air out and reseal properly after every use. Freeze-dried food soaks up moisture from the air, and Singapore's humidity will soften the texture and shorten how long it keeps.
• Don't decant into an open container. If you prefer a canister, keep the food in its resealed pack inside it.
• An unopened pack has a shelf life of 18 months or more — check the best-before printed on the bag.
• Rehydrated food is perishable. Serve it fresh, and refrigerate any leftovers immediately and use within 24 hours.

Choosing a pack size

The 130 g pack works as a trial or a topper pack. The 425 g suits toppers and smaller dogs. The 1.1 kg is the everyday size if this is going to be the main diet.

What the 1.1 kg bag costs to feed

Based on the 1.1 kg bag at $159.90, fed as the full daily meal at the adult guide amounts above. Bundle savings not included. Every dog is different — adjust for activity, age and body condition.

Well suited to

• Dogs with food sensitivities. A single animal protein, and one rarely seen in everyday diets.
• Dogs that need a lower-fat option. At 12% fat and 365 kcal/100 g, this is the leanest of the three freeze-dried meals.
• Households without freezer space. Shelf-stable, so no freezer space required.
• Puppies through to adults. The mineral profile supports growth, and the feeding guide covers puppies from 2 months.
• Fussy eaters and post-illness recovery, where a strongly aromatic, high-protein food helps get a dog eating again.
• Travel, boarding and pet sitters, where no refrigeration and no prep makes feeding far more convenient.

Please note

If your dog has a medical condition or is on a prescription diet, check with your vet before making the switch.

Not suitable for

• Cats, as a main diet. Cats have obligate requirements that a canine formula isn't built to meet — see Bugsy's Freeze-Dried Wild Boar Cat Food instead.
• Puppies under 2 months, who should still be on milk or a weaning-appropriate diet.

Does this replace my dog's current food entirely?

Yes, that's what it's designed to do. Over 95% wild boar meat and organs, with the added vitamins, minerals and taurine that make it a complete diet. Use the feeding guide to set the daily amount for your dog's weight, and step the changeover up gradually rather than switching in one go. It also works as a meal topper — just reduce the base meal so you aren't adding calories on top of a full portion.

Is it better fed wet or dry?

Either is safe, but wet is the better default for a main meal. The food sits at 5% moisture, so feeding it dry leaves your dog's whole water intake to the bowl beside it. Warm water fixes that and brings the smell out, which tends to win over picky eaters. Equal parts water, three to five minutes.

How does this differ from air-dried food?

Neither is cooked, but the drying is done differently. Freeze-drying freezes the food and removes the ice under vacuum, which gives you a light, porous square that crumbles in your fingers and takes water back fast. Air-drying uses slow-moving air to evaporate the moisture, leaving something denser and chewier. In practice that means freeze-dried is easier to break up as a topper or a reward, while air-dried holds its shape better for chewing. Freeze-dried also carries less moisture — up to 95% removed, against 70–80% for air-dried — so it keeps longer unopened: typically 18 months or more, where air-dried runs 12–18.

Would wild boar suit a dog with allergies?

It's a reasonable one to try. Sensitivities form against proteins a dog has already eaten, so something genuinely unfamiliar can't be a trigger yet — and boar almost never turns up in everyday diets. The exception is pork: wild boar and the farmed pig are the same species, so a dog that reacts to pork may well react to boar too. The thing a novel protein won't tell you is whether food is behind the symptoms at all. Itchy skin, repeat ear infections and soft stools all have other possible causes, environmental allergens included. Only an elimination trial run with your vet settles that; a single-protein food is one piece of that process, not a fix on its own.

Is wild boar the same thing as pork?

Same species, different animal in practice. The farmed pig is a domesticated wild boar, which is the part that matters if you're choosing on sensitivities — a dog that reacts to pork may react to boar. Nutritionally they diverge. Boar are free-ranging and forage for what they eat, so the meat is darker, leaner and higher in protein than commercially raised pork, and that shows up in this recipe at 12% fat.

What's the best way to keep it in this climate?

Squeeze the air out and reseal the pack properly every time. Freeze-dried food draws moisture straight back out of the air, and humidity here doesn't let up, so a pack left open or half-closed goes soft in a matter of days. A cupboard is the right spot — not the counter beside the sink or stove — and leave it in its own pack rather than tipping it into an open jar.

How do I switch my dog over from kibble?

Bugsy's set out a staged changeover, raising their food as the old one comes down:

Soft stools during the changeover are common and usually settle — it takes time for the gut to adapt to a different type of food. Let your dog set the pace: if stools stay normal you can move through it faster, and if they stay soft, hold at the current ratio for longer rather than pushing on.