Arsenal have a secret weapon in their pursuit of Premier League glory – feeding their training ground dog STEAK.
The chocolate Labrador – named Win – is also undergoing special training to be relaxed around the Gunners stars, but also obedient.
She was brought in by manager Mikel Arteta at the end of May to boost morale.
While the Gunners squad are in the US on their pre-season tour, the cute pooch is doing her own regime ahead of the new campaign.
The one-year-old Lab is not given normal dog food.
Win is fed on prime cuts of pork and beef, plus fish like sardines and also eggs.
She is also in her own pre-season training so she can help the footballers – like new £105million signing Declan Rice and Co – challenge for trophies.
Win was supplied to Arsenal – who came second last season to champions Man City – by Elite Protection Dogs.
The company charges a minimum of £20,000 for its specially trained animals.
It is still putting her through her paces.
An Elite Protection Dogs spokesperson said: “While the team is in pre-season training, team dog Win is working hard too.
“She must be in the best possible shape and form physically.
“Win has a very clean diet, meat, fish, eggs.
“Her diet must be very healthy to keep her in best physical and mental shape.
“We don’t feed commercial food, we only feed real food.”
Regarding the environmental and obedience training this week, the spokesperson added: “The dog must be absolutely chilled.
“Relaxed around people but obedient enough.”
Gaffer Arteta said at the time they Brough Win in: “We always talk about family, and being connected.
“A big family like we are at the club, and I feel like we are a family, we need a dog to represent that family.
“I think there are still things at the club that can be done to connect with people.
“To be more caring with people, to show love.
“I carefully chose the dog and in my opinion it’s the perfect representative of who we are right now.
“Her name is Win, we all love winning and Win needs a lot of love.
“So the love for Win, that was basically the feeling.”
Elite Protection Dogs supplied cyclist Mark Cavendish with a new guard dog after their burglary hell two years ago.
He got a second German Shepherd for his family home in March.
In January, it was revealed the company trained a Belgian Malinois for World Cup final hero Emiliano Martinez.
The Aston Villa stopper got the dog to guard his winner’s medal.
Tyson Fury with his dog (Credit: Jam Press / Elite Protection Dogs)
Other footballer clients include outgoing Tottenham stopper Hugo Lloris and ex-Chelsea and England defender Ashley Cole.
Boxing champ Tyson Fury also got a £20,000 Rottweiler – called Cash – from the company too.
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