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04-20-2007, 02:24 PM | #16 |
Donating YT 14K Club Member | LMAO!!!!! Yeah, they're pretty stinky!
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04-20-2007, 02:42 PM | #17 |
My hairy-legged girls Donating Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: lompoc, ca.
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| Awhile back bully sticks came up in conversation and most of the dogs on that thread came down with diarreah after giving those. Just buy the femur bones. I boil them first, remove the marrow. Boiling does not make them splinter like most other bones. A good knuckle bone is also good for them and can also be boiled. |
04-20-2007, 02:59 PM | #18 |
Donating YT 2000 Club Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: FL
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| Hmmm -- none of my four have ever gotten diarrhea from bully sticks -- they love them. I have gotten them from eddieb on ebay and Kathryn -- neither batch has smelled bad. I wonder if some smell worse because they are not thoroughly dried? They don't have anything added, btw, just dried -- like jerky without the marinade. I would not be adverse to trying femur bones though. Where do you get them? Do I ask the butcher in the meat section of the grocery store? Are they marked femur bone -- I hate to sound dumb but not sure I would recognize it.
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04-20-2007, 04:03 PM | #19 |
My hairy-legged girls Donating Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: lompoc, ca.
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| Beef leg bones. Ask the butcher if you can't see them with the meats. They are round and have a marrow. Some are also cut to about 1 inch thick, which is what I like. Some butchers will cut these, but now days you will find that most butchers are not even allowed to cut meats. They come in pre- packaged. Maybe an independant butcher shop would still cut meat and bones. |
04-20-2007, 04:05 PM | #20 |
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| My herd of yorkies are huge bully fans. We have tried several different types. I have settled with the ebay seller -- eddieb260. His bully's do not stink. I buy in bulk otherwise I would buy from Kathryn_V at BeyondSpoiled.com. Her bullysticks do not stink, either. I have found that the Red Barn Bully's and a couple of other brands do smell worse than King Kong's toe jam AND they are greasy. I give my dogs shank bones which I believe are the same as a femor bone, -- I have our butcher but the shanks about 3/4" thick, use the meat to make a soup -- clean the bones and give them to the dogs. LOL -- if they get nasty looking you can wash them. I have never ever even had a tooth mark scratched into one. They are tough and hard and safe. |
04-21-2007, 09:41 PM | #21 | |
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04-22-2007, 01:47 AM | #22 |
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| weve never tried bully sticks, once i found out what it is , i get nausea just thinking about it.. aye dios..lol
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04-22-2007, 05:44 AM | #23 |
Furbutts = LOVE Donating Member Moderator | MAGGOTS??????????????? How can this be? Wouldn't that mean the eggs were already there? Or, did something come and lay them once the bullies were wet? Or, were they never wet/never used?
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04-22-2007, 01:26 PM | #24 |
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| Weellll..I just found out today what bully sticks are. Had never heard of them until I got on YT. Of course they stink...Cindy just told me what they are |
04-22-2007, 07:00 PM | #25 |
My Angels Donating Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Colorful Colorado
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| I must be the only nerd that doesnt know what a bully stick is or have never seen one that I know of in the store. If they stink like King Kongs toe jam, I guess I am not missing much though. |
04-22-2007, 07:25 PM | #26 | |
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I buy from him. They do have an odor but I don't mind it - I guess I've gotten used to it. It's not a really strong odor in my nose. | |
04-22-2007, 07:27 PM | #27 |
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| No problems here and mine eat them all the time I buy them in bulk too and have never had any bugs or anything.... Last edited by omega; 04-22-2007 at 07:30 PM. |
04-22-2007, 07:43 PM | #28 |
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| The Bully Stix doesnt bother Sam. He loves them! He likes the spring ones from Petsmart by Red Barn. I havent noticed those smelling as bad as the others I have bought.
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04-22-2007, 08:45 PM | #29 |
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| I've tried a few different ones and they've all been BEYOND SMELLY. Most smell like a pig farm that hasn't been cleaned out for months! And then the disgusting white goo that comes off of them... Then again, Trixie LOOOOOOVES them, so I'll give them to her once in a while. I rather give her the minty bones though
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04-22-2007, 09:47 PM | #30 |
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| Student nurse here...I completely understand when you say you've smelled some pretty horrible things. I could write a book and I'm only in my second year of university Disclaimer: The following is flat-out nasty. One of my teachers said that she finds they smell like poo from a person infected with c-dif. SO GROSS, I know, but it's kinda true. Rotting flesh-ish.
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