When Gracie was a puppy she was a chewing machine. She would sneak around getting into trash baskets, on tables, into closets and other places trying to find something to chew. I knew rawhide was very dangerous for dogs so we were at our wits end. Someone on YT had recommended bully sticks. When the fist order arrived she was crazy about them! She chewed the first stick for over an hour and hardly made a dent in it! We have never had a problem with her chewing other things since we started giving her them. She is older now and does not have as much desire to chew but she still needs her bully stick now and then, especially when she is all excited about something. When we have guests she will go find her stick and start chewing. One stick usually lasts a few weeks.
There are a lot of different companies that sell bully sticks but I have found that there are different qualities. Some companies do not bake the sticks as long as they should and they are too soft so the dog does not get as much chewing time on them and ends up ingesting too much of the product. We usually only buy from bestbully.com. They sell several different thicknesses and lengths. We buy the 12" regular thickness. When the stick reaches about 3" we take it away from her to avoid her possibly choking on it.
Everyone has their opinions about allowing a dog to chew. We knew that Gracie was going to possibly choke on something really deadly if we didn't solve the problem with her desire to chew. It is a natural thing for a dog to do. Having these very digestible sticks around solved our problem and hers. I cannot attest to other brands but this brand we have been using for years has been great for her and us. |