Are Bully sticks safe for yorkies - YorkieTalk.com Forums

GucciMyGirl · 02-07-2006, 04:43 PM

Hi I just brought Gucci a bully stick the woman in the pet store highly recommends for small dogs she says they are very safe to chew on unlike rawhide or greenies , I like your input? does anyone here buy them...

Thanks!
Gina

peanut's mom · 02-07-2006, 04:46 PM

I havent heard any negative things about bully sticks . I would have to agree that they are safer than greenies .

chachi · 02-07-2006, 04:50 PM

Ive bought them. They are digestable so yes they are safer than greenies.

rnnw62 · 02-07-2006, 05:07 PM

Ted loves bully sticks!! He requires so much attention that when
I have days that I need to get something done all I have to do
is hand him one of those and he is happy as a lark and busy for
hours.

bakerylady · 02-07-2006, 05:09 PM

We had a bad experience with Bully sticks with Sedrick. Like rawhides the puppies tend to chew on one end until it gets all "gross and gooey". I took my eyes off of Sedrick for just a minute and before I knew it, the gross and gooey end got stuck like glue in his esophagus and he started to choke and could not breathe. I know that you are never supposed to stick your finger down their throat but this is what I did and after three attempts to dislodge it he gagged at the same time I was pulling on it and it finally let loose and I was shocked the piece was almost 4 inches long. Needless to say - no more bully sticks for my boys.

RMKC · 02-07-2006, 05:52 PM

Rosi loves them also, but still cant get nothing done, because she wants me to hold it for her while she is chewing on them...sigh !!

amspoelstra · 02-07-2006, 06:32 PM

Trixie LOVES bully sticks. I hate them because they get sooooo disgusting when they are gooye!!! Plus the fact that they are dried bull penises, blegh!!! But I still give it to her because she likes it so much and they are better than rawhide or greenies.

chattiesmom · 02-07-2006, 06:46 PM

My three love bully sticks, and what better use of an old dried up penis? LOL

ACTRESS · 02-07-2006, 08:16 PM

Do they make any that are not smoked? I hate the smell! Lexi is a kisser & knowing what she ate makes me ill..................

TeddyBear · 02-07-2006, 09:15 PM

Starsky loves bully sticks, I let him naw on it until it gets small enought that he may choke on it and then I take it away. I do notice it makes him pretty thirsty. How many bully sticks do you give them in a week? Starsky starts them and then my beagle finishes it.

SoCalyorkiLvr · 02-07-2006, 09:41 PM

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Originally Posted by chattiesmom

My three love bully sticks, and what better use of an old dried up penis? LOL

Oh my!!! That is the FUNNIEST thing I have heard all year!!! You win the prize for best humor in a thread in my opinion! That is hilarious!!!

Dan & Corinne · 02-07-2006, 09:49 PM

I was going to say I don't want my girls "Bullied" with a "Stick" but now that I know what a Bullie Stick is... Yuck... I really don't want them to have one!!!

Itspuppyluv · 02-07-2006, 10:10 PM

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Originally Posted by chattiesmom

My three love bully sticks, and what better use of an old dried up penis? LOL

LMAO!!

Use it in a voodoo ritual to get a new....umm, nevermind, that might be just me.

Daisy23 · 02-08-2006, 09:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ACTRESS

Do they make any that are not smoked? I hate the smell! Lexi is a kisser & knowing what she ate makes me ill..................

i second this!

Tristina · 02-08-2006, 11:06 AM

I'd never heard of them, so I did some online research. I didn't find anything that said they were dried up penises, though....LOL! Everything made reference to them being made of beef muscle/tendons. Where did you learn what they really were? EEK!

02-07-2006, 04:43 PM	#1
GucciMyGirl YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Brooklyn, NY Posts: 550	Are Bully sticks safe for yorkies Hi I just brought Gucci a bully stick the woman in the pet store highly recommends for small dogs she says they are very safe to chew on unlike rawhide or greenies , I like your input? does anyone here buy them... Thanks! Gina

02-07-2006, 04:50 PM	#3
chachi I Love My Yorkies Donating Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Indianapolis, Indiana Posts: 37,147	Ive bought them. They are digestable so yes they are safer than greenies. __________________ Chachi's & Jewels Mom Jewels http://www.dogster.com/?132431 Chachi http://www.dogster.com/?132427

02-07-2006, 05:07 PM	#4
rnnw62 Donating Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Gilbert, Arizona Posts: 1,610	Ted loves bully sticks!! He requires so much attention that when I have days that I need to get something done all I have to do is hand him one of those and he is happy as a lark and busy for hours. __________________ Shelly, Teddy, Toby,Hanne & Indigo

02-07-2006, 06:32 PM	#7
amspoelstra Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: US Posts: 955	Trixie LOVES bully sticks. I hate them because they get sooooo disgusting when they are gooye!!! Plus the fact that they are dried bull penises, blegh!!! But I still give it to her because she likes it so much and they are better than rawhide or greenies. __________________ Trixie

02-07-2006, 06:46 PM	#8
chattiesmom Donating YT 10K Club Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Alabama Posts: 17,674	My three love bully sticks, and what better use of an old dried up penis? LOL __________________ Silk Step-In Harnesses www.foxypups.etsy.com

02-07-2006, 04:46 PM	#2
peanut's mom Donating Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: new jersey Posts: 127	I havent heard any negative things about bully sticks . I would have to agree that they are safer than greenies .

02-07-2006, 05:09 PM	#5
bakerylady Donating Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: winnipeg, canada Posts: 215	We had a bad experience with Bully sticks with Sedrick. Like rawhides the puppies tend to chew on one end until it gets all "gross and gooey". I took my eyes off of Sedrick for just a minute and before I knew it, the gross and gooey end got stuck like glue in his esophagus and he started to choke and could not breathe. I know that you are never supposed to stick your finger down their throat but this is what I did and after three attempts to dislodge it he gagged at the same time I was pulling on it and it finally let loose and I was shocked the piece was almost 4 inches long. Needless to say - no more bully sticks for my boys.

02-07-2006, 05:52 PM	#6
RMKC Rosi & Poli's Mom Donating Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Washington State Posts: 5,428	Rosi loves them also, but still cant get nothing done, because she wants me to hold it for her while she is chewing on them...sigh !!

02-07-2006, 08:16 PM	#9
ACTRESS Donating Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Scottsdale, AZ Posts: 120	Do they make any that are not smoked? I hate the smell! Lexi is a kisser & knowing what she ate makes me ill..................

02-07-2006, 09:15 PM	#10
TeddyBear Hey Cutie! Donating Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Colorado Posts: 1,677	Starsky loves bully sticks, I let him naw on it until it gets small enought that he may choke on it and then I take it away. I do notice it makes him pretty thirsty. How many bully sticks do you give them in a week? Starsky starts them and then my beagle finishes it. __________________ Love, Leigh, Starsky and Shylah: You can never get enough Yorkie kisses!!! Proud member of the CrAzYcLuB http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/DenverYorkies/

02-07-2006, 09:49 PM	#12
Dan & Corinne Inactive Account Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Orange County, CA Posts: 4,387	I was going to say I don't want my girls "Bullied" with a "Stick" but now that I know what a Bullie Stick is... Yuck... I really don't want them to have one!!! __________________ Jazzie Jolie Jen & I'm Corinne Loving Memory of Jewel 4/28/2003~4/18/2006

02-08-2006, 11:06 AM	#15
Tristina Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Sacramento, CA Posts: 50	I'd never heard of them, so I did some online research. I didn't find anything that said they were dried up penises, though....LOL! Everything made reference to them being made of beef muscle/tendons. Where did you learn what they really were? EEK! __________________ *~Dolce's Mamma~*