Bully Sticks?

[matese]

Originally Posted by 107barney

You may want to read back to Wylie's Mom's dog almost choking to death on a CET chew. Make are if you get them, you watch him with it and you get a larger size. I do not like rawhides.

Some people say pig skin is high in fat. I use Oinkies rolled pig skin and they are a slow chew, not really greasy, and they have been fine for my dog who must be on very low fat. I like them better than any other chew.

Iyiyi, well so much for the CET, years back, I am talking 1980 to 1995 pig ears then pig snout was the most popular chew treat, back then there was no internet, no testing on treats. When I discovered pig anything was to fatty I stopped buying them and stuck to cow or goat hooves only. The 3 pups that had for years had mostly pig chews were fine, my last girl never had anything from a pig nothing greasy other then once a month maybe I would give her 1/4 piece of bacon, she developed Pancreatitis. I am so careful with Cody, he gets no table food other then cooked potato or cooked carrot, and the bully stick, he has a hoof that every so often he will chew on that. I would like to try other chew items since he was denied chew treats by prev. owner. Thanks for the CET heads up, don't need anything my boy can choke on.

[ironmike86]

Its really hard to find a good chew. They all have there downs. Either break teeth, smell...they all are choking hazards so I always use supervision. I won't ever give my dog a Chewie from China ....that would be the worst imo. Knowing they can use chemicals illegal here. I tried butcher jerky but not chewy enough. Nyla bones if your dog can't chew them up I think would be okay. But my dogs don't like them. The Himalayan chew doesn't seem bad but to much cheese and heavy chewers can make a mess....My puppy like it but Moki makes a mess....Pigs hoves or ear can have bacteria or splinter....I'm just gonna tag along till something good comes up....

[anneclaire]

".they all are choking hazards so I always use supervision."
I think that is the real key to any of them.

[matese]

lol how can you not supervise, Cody is on the sofa with me and his bully stick, now he is sticking it in my hand so he can chew and not have to hold it himself lol.

[ironmike86]

Originally Posted by matese

lol how can you not supervise, Cody is on the sofa with me and his bully stick, now he is sticking it in my hand so he can chew and not have to hold it himself lol.

Some ppl may leave the dog home and give hem a chewy to stay busy.. I've had choking dogs before. But I was always there

[matese]

Good post about not leaving chew treats to entertain them selves while home alone.

[smelcerk]

Originally Posted by Harrysmum

I'm really, really sorry about this...and it's only my personal opinion...but I could never bear the thought of Harry chewing away on a bull's dried up winky-woo....

Oh No!!!! I am not going to be able to get this visual picture out of my head. Truly had no idea they were made out of bull's winky-woos. Cannot have my little princess exposed to that, lol. Back to the drawing board.

[Fig2015]

Omgness!! 😂 too funny!!... Regarding the Bully Sticks, I stopped getting them.

[YorkieDaddy1]

Originally Posted by ironmike86

Its really hard to find a good chew. They all have there downs.

SO much homework in trying to do the right thing for these little guys! We use antlers. Deer, elk, cut in half long ways is the best so they can get at the marrow. They love em' and haven't finished one off yet. They are very hard though. Rawhide can be dangerous (There is a post in the forum about it) Even trusted names like Hartz Oinkies (recalled due to illegeal antibiotics used in them in 2013) and Blue Buffalo (recently sued for using by-products in some of their stuff, search "purina vs blue law suit") have serious implications on our babies health sometimes... AHHH! I agree, what ever you choose, just supervise, and be careful is about all one can do!

[maxdog]

Be careful with the deer antler. I have read many a story on here about broken teeth with those. I buy the blue bits for Max & Sasha. They love them. I have read about the quality control issues with BB, but I thought they were with the food, not the treats. I could be wrong.

[oneofakind864]

Originally Posted by Harrysmum

I'm really, really sorry about this...and it's only my personal opinion...but I could never bear the thought of Harry chewing away on a bull's dried up winky-woo....

AMen! LOL

[oneofakind864]

Originally Posted by ironmike86

Its really hard to find a good chew. They all have there downs. Either break teeth, smell...they all are choking hazards so I always use supervision. I won't ever give my dog a Chewie from China ....that would be the worst imo. Knowing they can use chemicals illegal here. I tried butcher jerky but not chewy enough. Nyla bones if your dog can't chew them up I think would be okay. But my dogs don't like them. The Himalayan chew doesn't seem bad but to much cheese and heavy chewers can make a mess....My puppy like it but Moki makes a mess....Pigs hoves or ear can have bacteria or splinter....I'm just gonna tag along till something good comes up....

My little one is teething and wants to chew everything. I was trying to find a chew I felt good about and I stumbled across dehydrated sweet potatoes. She gnaws on one all day and it seems to break apart in tiny little bits as her saliva softens it enough for her to rip the little tiny bits off. I watched her pretty carefully the first couple of days to make sure no larger pieces came off that could be a choking hazard and they seem pretty safe considering her particular chewing habits and ability. Each one is about 3-5 inches long and one will last her several days. When she gets one down to a size think she might be able to choke on I give her a new one and throw the old one away. AN aggressive chewer or maybe a bigger dog might need something a bit more substantial- and they might need to be supervised if the dog can chew hard enough to make bigger pieces come off. But for Roxie-they seem to be a great healthy alternative. The company that makes them is Blue Ridge Naturals. And they are called "Sweet Tater Fries" The only ingredient is "Dehydrated Sweet potatoes"If you're interested I got them at Petco.

[oneofakind864]

SOmeone gave my last pup a really small braided pizzle stick and she loved it.

One night we had neighbors over and I was in the kitchen making drinks while they played with the puppy. I came back and my neighbor had stuck one end of the pizzle stick in his mouth and was playing tug of war with her on the other end. I asked him... "Um Wayne- you do know she has chewed on both ends of that thing right?"

He said "no worries- Her breath still smells like puppy- she has a clean little mouth!"

I took a minute to digest this.

Then I said "Um Wayne...you do know that is a pizzle stick right?"

He said "Yeah that's like braided cowhide right?" ( And proceeded to put the pizzle BACK in his mouth AGAIN.)

After squirming uncomfortably for a few seconds I just threw it out there. "Wayne you have a dried up bull penis in your mouth" ( the conversation in the room went dead silent)

He projectile spat that pizzle stick across the room!


His wife, My Husband and I laughed so hard I think tinkled myself a little.

And the moral to that story is:

One yorkie Puppy= $1500
One pizzle stick = $2
The looks on my neighbors face when he realized what he was chewing on=PRICELESS!

But Even though she loved the pizzle stick- i agree the thought my my little girl chewing on a dried up winkie-woo ...Eeeewww!

[Lovetodream88]

Originally Posted by oneofakind864

My little one is teething and wants to chew everything. I was trying to find a chew I felt good about and I stumbled across dehydrated sweet potatoes. She gnaws on one all day and it seems to break apart in tiny little bits as her saliva softens it enough for her to rip the little tiny bits off. I watched her pretty carefully the first couple of days to make sure no larger pieces came off that could be a choking hazard and they seem pretty safe considering her particular chewing habits and ability. Each one is about 3-5 inches long and one will last her several days. When she gets one down to a size think she might be able to choke on I give her a new one and throw the old one away. AN aggressive chewer or maybe a bigger dog might need something a bit more substantial- and they might need to be supervised if the dog can chew hard enough to make bigger pieces come off. But for Roxie-they seem to be a great healthy alternative. The company that makes them is Blue Ridge Naturals. And they are called "Sweet Tater Fries" The only ingredient is "Dehydrated Sweet potatoes"If you're interested I got them at Petco.

You can also make them at home with a dehydrator.

[Harrysmum]

Originally Posted by oneofakind864

SOmeone gave my last pup a really small braided pizzle stick and she loved it.

One night we had neighbors over and I was in the kitchen making drinks while they played with the puppy. I came back and my neighbor had stuck one end of the pizzle stick in his mouth and was playing tug of war with her on the other end. I asked him... "Um Wayne- you do know she has chewed on both ends of that thing right?"

He said "no worries- Her breath still smells like puppy- she has a clean little mouth!"

I took a minute to digest this.

Then I said "Um Wayne...you do know that is a pizzle stick right?"

He said "Yeah that's like braided cowhide right?" ( And proceeded to put the pizzle BACK in his mouth AGAIN.)

After squirming uncomfortably for a few seconds I just threw it out there. "Wayne you have a dried up bull penis in your mouth" ( the conversation in the room went dead silent)

He projectile spat that pizzle stick across the room!


His wife, My Husband and I laughed so hard I think tinkled myself a little.

And the moral to that story is:

One yorkie Puppy= $1500
One pizzle stick = $2
The looks on my neighbors face when he realized what he was chewing on=PRICELESS!

But Even though she loved the pizzle stick- i agree the thought my my little girl chewing on a dried up winkie-woo ...Eeeewww!

Another of my big worries....who has the time - or the inclination - to BRAID a winkie-woo?!!!!?

Maybe it was Mrs. Bully, after Mr. Bully had been a naughty boy....?!!!!?