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10-15-2009, 08:47 PM | #1 |
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| How long do youur Flossies last your pups? I get the Merricks flossies. Uni loves the spiral shape and she twists them around her arm in such a way that it really anchors them down. Or she will tuck them into a couch cushion to get just the right angle. Anyway, the first few i bought from entirelypets.com at about $3 something each. They lasted about a week or so. So then I found this "great" deal on ebay for 10 of them for $20 something PLUS a free toy! How could I resist! Well these looked thinner and they only last her a few days. The last one which I gave her today was the last of them and the thinnest by far. She finished it in one day! Did i get seconds or rejects? They came with the Merricks header in them. I just reordered some but from a different ebay seller, and they were a bit more. Maybe I should just order them from entirelypets. How long to your flossies last? Maybe I should just do the Merricks bully stix but I love the curly spirals!!!
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10-15-2009, 08:55 PM | #2 |
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| What are flossies are they grain free? Merric's is a good brand. Bt I've never heard of them. Greenies have stuff in the my kids can't have. |
10-15-2009, 09:00 PM | #3 |
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| Flossies are the same as bully stix (bull tendon or "penis" whatever), but they are thinner, so obviously don't last as long. But are cured into a spiral shape. Yes I've heard greenies are no good.
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10-16-2009, 04:13 AM | #4 |
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| Wow, I use Merrick Flossies, and it seems Apple had her last one for about a month or so? In fact, I just bought another one yesterday...The ingredients are just Beef Tendon...Mine has the yellow strip package w/the kinda orange letters on it...And she's constantly chewing on hers...I wonder if there are 'knock offs'? |
10-16-2009, 06:08 AM | #5 |
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| Mine love flossies, they actually prefer them to bully sticks. But the flossies just don't last as long. When I've bought Merrick flossies in local stores I was amazed at the difference in sizes from one to the next. They ranged from smaller than my pinky to bigger than my thumb. I alwasy tried to pick out the thicker ones. Maybe you just got a batch of thinner ones?
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10-16-2009, 06:52 AM | #6 |
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| I buy my bullysticks from AMD...i think she also has the spiral ones..but i get the 9 inch bullysticks. I always give them to Pasquale when we're eating dinner....when he has his bullystick...he wants nothing to do with us LoL Now my dog...goes to town on his bullystick....i mean he realllllllllllllly works hard...so he may finish faster than most dogs. But with that being said...it usually lasts him a good 4 days. I know that AMD's arent 3 dollars each..i think they are half the price. Good luck!
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10-16-2009, 07:42 AM | #7 |
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| Flossies About to to three hours Bently loves them and doesn't stop until he has totally finished one. I asked him if his jaws get tired and he just gives me that "that's a dumb question look". Needless to say he only gets about 2 - 3 per month. |
10-16-2009, 07:56 AM | #8 |
I ♥ Joey & Ralphie! Donating Member | Even with the Bully sticks there is lots of variation with in width, I buy in bulk and they come in a sealed box that a store would use as display, so I'm pretty sure there is not any switching, and some are just much thinner than others. I think the Flossies are generally recommended for puppies and dogs less than four pounds. Since these are not processed in the sense that they are ground and man-made you will get much more variation in size. Joey has gotten really good at holding his sticks, and it takes him a whole week before he needs another one. You might try the sticks for everyday, since they are great for teeth cleaning, and the Flossies for special occasions.
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10-16-2009, 10:26 AM | #9 |
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| It depends. I've gotten some bully sticks and/or flossies for Jackson that will last a week. Others are gone in a day! The ones I buy from Pet Valu near my house are about $3 for a 12 inch bully stick and those usually last us a week from that store. That's the best deal I've found for the longest lasting ones. I ordered from AMD and while they didn't smell and Jackson loved them, he finished them off in a day, they were too skinny for him, I guess.
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10-16-2009, 11:02 AM | #10 |
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| Honestly, it depends on how long they are allowed to have it. If I don't take it away it will be gone in a day. They cannot get enough! |
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10-16-2009, 12:01 PM | #13 |
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| I'm starting to wonder if the ones I got from the first ebay seller they purposely chose the thinner ones. They came with the same cardboard header as the ones I got from entirelypets.com. Let's see what this 2nd ebay seller gives me, they were a bit more. I guess I'll get some regular Merrick bullys too. I just love how Uni twists the flossies around her arm, its so funny! then when she gets down to the end and carries it around it looks like either a corn cob pipe or a snorkle! Oh, I forgot to say, when i am busy doing something at work, i give her one and she will work on it non stop. I think it was about 4 hours or so.
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