Bully Stick Question

[maddiepie]

Originally Posted by TresCutePiggies

I think some of those garden sheers might work to cut the edges off. That would have to be a very strong knife to cut through a bully stick!

I have the opposite problem - my girls always want the "used" bully sticks. Rory is a faster chewer than Lane, so they don't disappear at the same rate. I bring out a new bully stick, and they both want the one that was already started. I am NOT up for "starting" one myself.

Same here! Maddie ALWAYS goes for the ones that have already been chewed and it's hard to convince her to start chewing a new one Little stinker!

[Dame]

Originally Posted by TOY

Well, I guess this is where I confess I still have a childhood aversion of drinking water gotten from the bathroom tap. I still think of it as "bathroom water..." (I know...I know...college degrees and all and I still can't shake that quirk. My husband thinks it's crazy, too.)

Anyway, ugh....what do I cut it with? I'm assuming I'll have to get a "dedicated" knife that I only use on the bully sticks but what I'm wondering is if a knife will cut through them. Guess I just figured it would take a little hacksaw... Will a knife work? Granted, I've never tried it but that's what I gathered from stepping on the things barefoot...they feel like a tree's limb or petrified wood...almost like a rock.

I've used my poultry shears to cut my bully sticks in half (I like that my finger can be far far away from danger) or just the average serrated knife (mine is just a 5 1/2 inch one from kitchen aid.) It takes me a minute or two with the shears (getting through a little at a time.) I think you could use almost any knife, but the serrated edge really helps for me when I am doing it that way.

I don't have an dedicated knife/shear either... I just throw mine in the dishwater and call it a day.

[lele1672]

Mine don't like them if they are "gooey" (me either...ick!). So we lay them on the patio each night to dry out in the air. They shrink back to their normal size and get dried out and hard again...then they are good to go. I give them back to them each morning dried out and hard and I guess they think they are new again.

So you might try leaving them in the garage or out in the heat to dry back up??

[mimimomo]

Just stick it in a zip lock baggy & throw it in the fridge & freeze it. It can be given frozen.
I don't give mine bully sticks anymore...it's all about the antlers. No stink, no mess, no stepping on them w/bare feet! Lol Oh & they last a really long time.