Nature Gnaws Bully Sticks for Dogs 11-12" (8oz) - Mixed Thickness - Long Lasting for Aggressive Chewers and Large Dogs - Natural Beef Dog Chew Bones

I like these a lot. They are dense and there are quite a bit of them in a bag. My puppy can chew through them pretty quickly but that is because he is breaking off chunks and swallowing them instead of actually gnawing on them and enjoying them. Puppies!! However, my old senior rescue pup missing a few teeth takes a bit longer He has a sensitive stomach and we have to be careful what we feed him or he will throw up but he's never had an issue with these. They aren't the cheapest treat but you do get quite a bit of them so the pain of the cost doesn't sting as bad.

We have 2 border collies and 2 Australian shepherds. All 4 are very aggressive chewers. I love these bully sticks. Great for keeping their teeth clean and keeping them busy when they can’t be outside running. They wait at the cabinet for these. We haven’t had any issue with diarrhea from them at all. I will continue to buy these for sure !

It is not often that I jump on the computer to write a review for a dog treat, LOL. In fact, I'm pretty sure I have never written a review for a dog treat. But I have two very aggressive chewers - one a puppy - and I have bought a LOT of dog chews particularly over the past few months. In general I find most dog treats and specifically dog chews to NOT be cheap when it comes to price but to be VERY cheap when it comes to quality. Until I met Nature Gnaws! I bought one pack of the 12" bully sticks. These are such a great value for the price that I had to jump on and write a review. The pack I bought contains 5 very sizable chews and they're super long-lasting. Best of all, they don't have that nasty smell that some bully sticks do. It amounts to basically $5 a stick which is a deal IMO for how much chew-time they bring. I tried to snap a couple photos but they were not having it because they were too busy chewing! Happy Dogs + Happy Wallet = Happy Mom!

Updated review : Originally My 6 mo (75lb Bernese Mt dog) puppy took one sniff and ran to the back of his crate, he hated them at first. He literally would run from them and would try to hide from them, he wouldn’t chew them, he wouldn't even take them, he sniffed them and turned his head away from the chew. My puppy has had all different kinds of treats and chews and I’ve never found something he doesn’t like, but he absolutely did not like these. Maybe it was the smell cause they have a funny smell. They we’re not cheap, and you can’t return them. Given that we couldn’t send them back, we thought we would just keep trying them w our pup to see if he would ever start liking them. We tried every day and each day he was a little less apprehensive until finally after a few days he started to show a little interest until finally after about a week he finally grabbed it and started chewing on it a bit. He still wasn’t completely sure but he has finally been chewing on one. So if your dog does not like them at first you may want to keep trying because you may hv success w getting him/her to eventually like them. It seems like they are long lasting and that’s exactly what we were looking for.

Excellent!! The 23 minutes of silence from them chewing part of one was worth 5 stars. Lasts a long time. Occupies their focus.

My dog usually loves bully sticks. He was all in for receiving one of these sticks as a treat. I bought them in Oct. Stored them unopen im my cooling drawer. Opened Nov 29 and gave one to my Shepherd mix. He seemed to love it. Within 6 hr following he vomited undigested small pieces of the bully stick. I didnt think anything about it until it happened again. This vomiting continued 3 times after ingesting s bully stick. The vomiting was always just short lived until my dog's tummy was emptied. This never happened with other brands of bully sticks. Even though it's after the time limit to return this item Im still contacting this manufacturer to inform them. Please observe your dog closely for 6 to 8 hrs after ingesting one of these bully sticks.

My dogs love these, my vets do not. They had concerns about cracking or fracturing teeth from bully sticks, ANY brand. We talked and compromised on my finding thinner for my mini poodle and cocker spaniel 20 and 25 lb. dogs. I had tried the 'extra thin' sticks from Nature Gnaws and the dogs inhaled them. The Poodle chewed his about 10 minutes, the Cocker destroyed hers in under 5. Not exactly what I was hoping for in the way of a chew that would last. I went hunting for a larger circumference and found these 'thin' (by product description) and thought GREAT, something in-between the extra thin and the bag I originally started with. They arrived and are the extra thin - so I have yet another bag that while usable, are still not going to provide a sustained chew session. Mind you, the original bag absolutely does. The dogs will not only chew for extended times on the standard bully stick, but they also almost always walk away from them. Unheard of for the food-driven cocker spaniel. :o) Couple points here - I did contact Nature Gnaws to ask if there was a real 'thin' or if that was a description error. They did not give a direct answer, but their answer did clearly indicate there is no 'thin' in their lineup. They sell these in: • Extra Thin 6" • Small 6" • Large 6" • Large 12" • Braided 6" • Bully Springs 6" • Bully Rings • Mixed Bully Sticks 6" (consists of varying thickness) • Mixed Bully Sticks 12" (consists of varying thickness) Being fair, Nature Gnaws is very responsive. Customer Service responded within hours of my emailing them, so that's a huge plus. They offered a refund, free stuff as well, but I was not looking for free things, I was looking for a solution. I have now tried the extra thin, small, and large (original purchase) and again, the dogs love them, but my vets are not keen on these unless they are thinner to avoid the cracking they have seen in other dogs. Again, that statement applies to any brand, my vet's hospital was not picking on any one company at all. I am not saying to buy or not - instead, my point in this thesis is that the advertised 'thin' is going to come as the 'extra thin' (and believe me, they are...) so if you were looking for something in-between the extra thin and the small, this is not it. Pros: Company is very responsive to customers. Dogs love these and the originals DO LAST. My dogs are what I would call a moderate chewer and an aggressive chewer for medium-sized dogs under 30 pounds. I would give them 5 stars on those issues. I dropped to 3 stars because of the following. Cons: The bully sticks I bought from Amazon link back to the Nature Gnaws storefront, so someone please get out there and change the description to read ‘extra thin’ and not ‘thin’. Not deceptive but not clear either. Also, regardless of varying sizes of pizzles… there is poor quality control on trimming or cutting these to a more consistent size/shape before their cooking process happens. Great that the beef pizzle is being utilized and not wasted, but a lot of work needs to happen on the quality of consistency. That said, if you are not worried about cracks, fractures and the accompanying vet bills, my dogs do love these things. My humor every time I give them one (daily) cannot help but thinking, ‘if you only knew what this really was’ then again, the dogs are probably laughing at me and thinking, ‘we are carnivores, we do not care.’ Update: I recently tried again on the larger than anorexic-thin-extra-thin size and bought these: https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B083713L33?psc=1&ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_product_details These were are more moderate thickness, enough to give both dogs a good boredom-relieving chew session and were thin enough to keep my vets happier as well. Kudos to Nature Gnaws - the packaged bully sticks were remarkably consistent as well. Update 12.30.22: I give up on these. Ordered a few more bags since my last update, keep in mind these are just under $50 per bag, so not cheap at all. They are once again back to a thickness of measuring ¾” in diameter or more. These are advertised for small dogs – my medium size dogs struggle with them. When this last bag came in again, with ‘small’ being way too large, I attempted to return. I suppose I should not have been surprised these were unreturnable. Last update I’m doing on this, because if I buy them again, then I am just stupid.