Sancho and Lola's 6-Inch Bully Sticks for Dogs Made in USA - Gourmet Beef Pizzle Beef Dog Chews No Antibiotics No Growth Hormones (See All Package Options)

WHAT ARE BULLY STICKS? Dog chews made from baked pizzles. "Pizzle" is an old German name for a bovine male organ. Thus, they are not bones or compressed rawhide. The only ingredient is beef muscle tissue. Please take this into consideration with your expectation of how long they should last.

WHY DO MOST BULLY STICKS HAVE A FUNKY SMELL? Compliments of Mother Nature. We think if folks understood pizzles once held a functioning urethra, they would be less shocked. Keep in mind, dogs love stinky things. Truth be told, some of us humans do too. In his book BURGUNDY, Anthony Hanson writes: "a sent la merde. Great Burgundy wines smell of s#%t."... weird, but it's so true! Odor is a small sacrifice for a few moments of enjoyment for your best friend. Our bullys are moderate odor relative to most, but if smell is a complete deal-breaker for you, get our odor-free bully sticks or steers.

WHY DO BULLY STICKS COST SO MUCH COMPARED TO OTHER BEEF CHEWS?

• Rawhide is inexpensive to source: there is a large surface area of hide on both male and female cattle.
• Tendons and bones are also sourced from both males and females. Beef pizzle, however, can only be harvested from males.
• Dense beef pizzles are only sourced from bulls. There is typically one bull per herd for safety reasons. The rest of the males are steers. So if 95%+ of males on a ranch are steers, you can see how difficult it is for manufacturers to acquire dense bull pizzle on monthly bases.
• Once harvested, the delicate raw pizzle must be baked at a low, specific temperature for several days.
• Worldwide demand for raw beef pizzle in the restaurant industry is at an all-time high. Many cultures enjoy it in soups (sorry for that visual.)

Thus, your pup is getting a chew that is one of the most unique, sought after sources of protein on the market!