Frog legs, scallops, mussels and octopus, by smell

Looking for low smell dog treats from our exotic range? Start with frog legs, scallops and mussels. We describe all three as having a weak fish smell. Octopus sits at the other end, since its product page scorecard calls the smell strong. The shrimp, quail eggs and Captain's Catch are bags we have not described.

Which of our exotic treats have the weakest smell?

Three bags: the frog legs, the scallops and the blue-lipped mussels. Our description of each is the same, a weak fish smell. That is the whole finding. It is our own description, not a line from any label or listing.

Frog is an amphibian, not a fish, so the word may surprise you. We still describe the smell as a fish smell, and we have no reason to offer beyond that. If you want the full range laid out first, the novel protein treats page is the parent of everything here.

Two of the three are shellfish and one is a leg, and we describe them alike. Choosing between scallops and mussels, then, is a question of other things, which mussels vs scallops for dogs sorts out.

A few plain details about the three, none of them about smell. The frog legs are imported and bone in, and their listing is written for adult dogs of medium and large size. The scallops and the mussels are both shellfish, and the mussels are blanched while the scallops are raw. Our scorecard puts all three at 4 of 5 on crunch.

Why does the octopus smell stronger?

We do not answer the why. What we can point to is the octopus product page, whose scorecard says the smell is strong, and we leave it at that. We give no reason and set no scale between the bags beyond those words.

What we can say is practical. Seal the bag again once you have what you need and store it somewhere cool and dry; every one of our listings asks for that. The octopus for dogs page has the rest of that bag's details.

What about shrimp, quail eggs and Captain's Catch?

We have not described their smell, so we are not ranking them. A guess would sit on this page looking like a fact, and a page about smell is the wrong place for that.

Captain's Catch lists five ingredients, in this order: squid, octopus, shrimp, clam and mussel. It holds octopus among them. We say only that and draw nothing from it about the bag's smell.

How do you keep a treat bag from scenting the car or the kitchen?

We make no promise about how any bag will smell in a car or a kitchen. What we have is the ordinary routine, and it is the same for every bag we sell. It is short enough to remember at the counter:

• Reseal the bag after each use.
• Keep it somewhere cool, dry and well sealed.
• Open one bag at a time.
• Finish an opened bag within 30 days, which is our guidance.
• After handling raw pieces, wash your hands and clean what they touched.

That last line comes from the FDA, raw pet food diets page (opened 2026-10-16), and we point to it for the raw bags here, frog legs and scallops. The mussels are blanched, so we do not cite the FDA page for them.

Treat bags end up in glove boxes and door pockets. A sealed bag in a cool spot is what the listings ask for, and a hot dash is neither, which is the only car advice we have.

Where does the rest of the range fit?

If you came to compare, the guides hub lists our other guides, bag by bag.

Everything above rests on a short list of facts. Three bags we describe as weak in smell. One whose scorecard says strong. Three we leave undescribed because we have nothing to say yet. If that changes, this page changes with it, and not before.