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Originally Posted by Nancy1999

What's the ugly D? Lol, I've never heard that term. I've never tried any other bully sticks, but so many people have told me that their dogs eat them in a day, and I wanted something that was harder to chew on, and more bone like. Oh wait, do you mean diarrhea? If you mean that, and your dog eats a large portion of a stick in one day, yes, it's very possible the stick caused it, remember if you are adding a new food to their diet, you have to go slowly because a large quantity of new food can cause diarrhea, but Merricks are so hard, they can't really eat much off a stick in one day. I'm not kidding Joey chews and chews on it and only looks like he's taken off a tiny portion. They last a week, and so that's less than an inch a day, and he's about 5 1/2 pounds. Like I said before, I don't use the sticks as a treat, I use them only because I feel like this chewing is so good for the teeth, and very similar to what a dental hygienist does when she scrapes the teeth. I also use the Petzlife tooth gel, and this product is said to soften tartar, and you brush it away later, with the hard bully sticks, I feel like he's brushing away the tartar as well. Anyway, at three, his teeth still look great and the vet said, "I don't know what you are doing, but keep on doing it his teeth are great".

We use Merrick's as well, but I get the Flossies. They are the same thing, but just twisted up in a spiral. It's hilarious to see Uni start one out, then when it gets to the end it looks like she's got a snorkle or a corn cob pipe. I get them at entirelypets.com, they are still about $3 each, but I can't afford to get 100 pcs at a time from ebay.