Dog agility stars Katrina Hands and her son Blair, from Fofar in Angus, Scotland have been helped on their way by a sponsorship deal with raw pet food manufacturer, Rawgeous. 

Katrina believes that changing her dogs’ diet has helped to fuel their performance, keeping them fit and healthy.

Katrina and Blair kicked off their competitive year in impressive style, winning numerous titles and prizes in the dog agility world. Competing for Team Scotland, Katrina recently won a Bronze medal for the Overall Games Championship at the World Agility Open in the Netherlands with her Shetland sheepdog, Sizzle. She also gained second place in the Gamblers Class. Both mother and son have also been selected to represent Team GB in forthcoming World Championship events.

Katrina said: “I decided to change to raw feeding as I wasn't happy with how my son's dog was doing on the various dry foods we had tried. A good friend suggested we should try raw. Then I started the process of looking into different raw food companies. We settled on Rawgeous for a number of reasons.

"They laboratory test each batch of food to ensure it is safe. They ethically source and can trace all their ingredients and they are a family company, which appealed greatly as Blair and I are mother and son.

"Additionally I was able to speak directly to Lorraine Sweeney, co-founder of the business, to get advice on which flavours to try first and which flavours to feed at different times of our competing season.

“Their packaging is biodegradable and recyclable; some of the other companies I had considered were using lots of plastic packaging and I wanted to try to avoid this. In addition to the minced raw food, they also produce raw sausages; these are great for training treats when chopped into small pieces. So I can continue with the raw food even when training certain activities.”

Lorraine Sweeney said: “We are absolutely delighted to be sponsoring Katrina and Blair and to see them doing so well in the dog agility world. They are an example of the old adage that when it comes to pet nutrition, what you put into a dog you get out of it in terms of health, vitality and wellbeing. It is fantastic that all the dogs are performing so well on the Rawgeous food.”

For further information on Rawgeous Pet food visit www.rawgeouspetfood.com or contact Lorraine Sweeney on 07376 572479, email: Lorraine@rawgeouspetfood.com