Two dogs hanging out at George
I sometimes wonder if my career choice of restaurant writer can be traced back to the mid-1980s and feeding the family dogs the offcuts that my mother rustled up instead of pet food. Brains and tripe has, to my mind, always seemed infinitely more appealing than Angel Delight.
Our Airedales’ offal-based diet might have anticipated gastronomy’s nose-to-tail movement by a good 15 years but we may soon all be making our own dog food. The huge growth in lockdown dog ownership has left Britain on the brink of a national pet-food shortage.
This summer, Exmoor Caviar is launching Dogviar, which at £50 per tin may possibly be the world’s most luxurious dog treat yet. The made-to-order canine snack is kibble coated in a patented mix of caviar oil and caviar protein, which, Exmoor says, equates to around 30g of traditional caviar per 100g of Dogviar.