Kettle Craft Venison And Okanagan Apple Small Bite Dog Treats Deal Review: Worth It at 43% Off?

A treat discount only matters if the treat fits your dog. Right now the Kettle Craft Venison And Okanagan Apple Small Bite recipe is marked down to $5.16 from $8.98 — 43% off, which puts a Canadian-made, single-novel-protein reward bag in the same price bracket as generic supermarket biscuits. That's the reason this one keeps moving off the shelf in our dog treats collection. Sale pricing can change without notice, so confirm today's number on the Kettle Craft venison and apple small bite product page before you plan your order.

This guide is organized by owner situation rather than by feature list. Skim the quick-reference below, jump to the section that sounds like your dog, and you'll know within a minute whether this kettle craft dog treats sale is worth grabbing or whether a different format from our dog health and wellness range is the smarter buy.

• You're doing high-repetition training with a small dog or puppy → Kettle Craft Venison And Okanagan Apple Small Bite, at 43% off.
• Your dog reacts to chicken or beef and you need a novel protein → the same venison recipe, used as a rotation reward.
• Your dog is on a weight-management plan and every kcal counts → small-bite biscuits portioned against a 10% treat ceiling.
• Your dog needs chew time, not just a reward → a dental or long-chew format instead; the small bite won't scratch that itch.

Best for high-repetition training with small dogs and puppies

Small-bite biscuits are the correct format for training because reward frequency, not reward size, drives learning. A 15-minute loose-leash session can burn through 40 to 60 individual rewards, so each piece needs to be tiny, dry enough to carry in a pocket, and low enough in calories that you're not feeding a second dinner by accident.

The American Kennel Club recommends pea-sized rewards for exactly this reason. A small-bite kettle-baked biscuit typically lands in the 3–8 kcal range per piece, versus 25–40 kcal for a full-size biscuit or a soft chew stick. Run the math on a 20 lb dog eating roughly 400 kcal daily: a 10% treat allowance is about 40 kcal, which is five or six small bites — or barely one large biscuit. That's the difference between a productive session and a dog that's had a third of its dinner in rewards.

At $5.16 for the current promotion, the cost-per-reward on this bag drops enough that most owners stop rationing. And rationing is the enemy of training. In our store, we see people buy a premium treat, use it sparingly because of price, then never build the repetition their dog needed.

Best for dogs that react to chicken and beef

Venison is a novel protein for the majority of Canadian dogs, meaning most have never eaten it and therefore haven't developed a sensitivity to it. That makes a single-protein venison treat useful during an elimination trial or as part of a protein-rotation routine — provided you keep the treat protein consistent with the diet protein.

Reviews indexed through NCBI/PubMed consistently identify beef, dairy, chicken, and wheat among the most frequently reported food allergens in dogs, with cutaneous signs appearing more often than digestive ones. That's why swapping the kibble but continuing to hand out chicken-based training treats sabotages so many trials. One overlooked treat can undo eight weeks of work.

The apple in this recipe is a functional inclusion rather than filler — fruit contributes soluble fibre, and the ASPCA lists apple flesh as non-toxic to dogs (seeds and core excluded). If your dog is mid-trial, talk to your veterinarian before adding any new ingredient, including a novel-protein treat. Diagnosing a food sensitivity is a clinical process, not a shopping decision.

Owners pairing this treat with a limited ingredient diet often shop it alongside our dry dog food selection, where single-protein and grain-free formulations sit side by side. Our guide to the best pet food for specific needs breaks that pairing down further.

Best for weight-managed dogs on a strict calorie budget

For dogs on a reduction plan, treats should stay at or below 10% of total daily calories — a threshold widely echoed in veterinary nutrition guidance, including educational material from the AVMA. Small-bite biscuits make that ceiling achievable without cutting rewards to zero.

Here's the practical version. Weigh out the day's treat allowance in the morning and put it in a jar. A 10 lb dog on roughly 250 kcal per day gets about 25 kcal of treats — call it three to five small bites, split between family members so nobody double-feeds. A 60 lb dog on 1,200 kcal gets 120 kcal, which is a genuinely generous handful.

Check the guaranteed analysis panel on any treat bag for protein content, fat content, and fibre content before you commit. Fat is the calorie driver: a treat at 8% fat behaves very differently from one at 20%. Under AAFCO model regulations, adult maintenance dog food must supply a minimum of 18% crude protein and growth formulas 22.5% on a dry-matter basis — and AAFCO's Pet Food Label Modernization framework, adopted in 2023 and phasing in through the late 2020s, is steadily making calorie and nutrition panels easier for owners to read on treats too.

Best for dogs that need chew time (this isn't that treat)

Small-bite biscuits are consumed in under two seconds and provide essentially no mechanical chewing benefit. If your goal is dental abrasion, jaw enrichment, or occupying a bored dog through a February ice storm, buy a chew format instead and keep the small bites for training.

Dental-textured biscuits and longer chews serve a different job entirely. We've written full deal breakdowns on both — see our Farmina Digestion Lamb & Quinoa dental treats review and the Yaky Charms cheese popcorn chew review for two very different answers. A durable rubber toy from our dog toys selection stuffed with a few small bites also stretches five treats into twenty minutes of work.

What we tell customers in the store

Our team recommends buying two treat formats at once: a small-bite biscuit for training volume and one chew for downtime. That combination solves more behaviour complaints than any single product, and at $5.16 the venison small bite is the cheapest half of that pair right now.

When someone walks in with a five-month-old puppy and asks what to use for recall practice around G. Ross Lord Park, we point at the small-bite shelf before anything else — because owners who can deliver 50 rewards without guilt get results faster than owners rationing a $20 bag of soft chews. Pet owners tell us the pocket-friendliness matters as much as the ingredient panel; a treat that crumbles into greasy dust in a coat pocket doesn't get used in January.

The honest caution: this is a small treat, and larger dogs won't register it as much of a payoff on its own. For a 70 lb dog, use it for volume work and save something higher-value for the hard stuff — first recalls off-leash, vet-visit handling, thunderstorm counter-conditioning. Also, no treat is a substitute for a complete diet. Whatever you hand out should stay inside that 10% ceiling, and any itching, loose stool, or appetite change belongs in front of a veterinarian, not a shopping cart. The CVMA is a good starting point for finding clinical guidance in Ontario.

At a glance: At $5.16 (down from $8.98, 43% off), the Kettle Craft Venison And Okanagan Apple Small Bite treats are strong value for training-volume rewards and for dogs avoiding chicken or beef. They're not a chew and won't impress a large dog on their own. Confirm today's price on the product page, since promotional pricing changes.

Our store at 1111A Finch Ave W, Unit 2, North York, ON M3J 2P7 is open 7 AM to 11 PM daily, with local delivery available via DoorDash and other apps. Bring your dog's current food bag or a photo of the label and our staff can match the treat protein to it.

Questions owners ask about this deal

How many Kettle Craft small bite treats can my dog have per day?

Keep all treats to 10% or less of daily calories. A 10 lb dog on 250 kcal per day gets about 25 kcal of treats, a 20 lb dog about 40 kcal, and a 60 lb dog about 120 kcal. With small-bite biscuits typically running 3–8 kcal each, that's roughly 4 to 20 pieces depending on size. Check the bag's calorie statement and reduce meal portions on heavy training days.

Is venison a good protein choice for dogs with food sensitivities?

Venison is useful because most dogs have never eaten it, so it functions as a novel protein during elimination trials or protein rotations. It isn't hypoallergenic by nature — any protein can trigger a reaction with enough exposure. Diagnosis requires a structured trial supervised by your veterinarian, and every treat, chew, and flavoured supplement has to comply with the trial protein.

Are Kettle Craft dog treats made in Canada?

Kettle Craft is one of the Canadian brands on our shelves, and the recipe name references Okanagan apple from British Columbia. If domestic sourcing is a purchase driver for you, browse our roundup of made in Canada pet products and our overview of top pet brands in Canada to see which other treat, food, and supplement lines are produced here.

How long does this sale price last, and where else are the deals?

Promotional pricing runs while stock lasts and can change without notice, so the product page is always the authority on today's price. Other markdowns rotate through our clearance sale and cat deals pages. Our price match guarantee covers items that aren't currently discounted, and more deal breakdowns like the Honest Kitchen Goat's Milk N' Cookies review live on the dog blog.