Are we breeding cows to have long dongs for our dogs' chewing pleasure? Maybe they are stretched when they're dried? A penis that is longer than the female cow seems like it would be evolutionarily a bad idea! Then again, I guess most calfs are the product of artificial insemination now, so perhaps the size thing doesn't matter so much. I've seen bully sticks that are as tall as I am… and that doesn't seem right either. However, I think they've been chopped up from something longer. I imagine a cow penis would be bigger than that. The ones that we buy are only about 6-inches long. They also like eating poop.īut, today, I decided to try to educate myself about what bully sticks actually are. And they don't seem to be at all effected by the “yuck” factor. Anyway, I'm not the one eating the bull penis. But lots of things we eat are gross if you think too much about them. And could a bull penis really have such little…girth? I suppose I just chose not to dwell on it. I've always known that they're made from bull penis, but I guessed that maybe a tendon is a kind of muscle? Which is what the penis is? Or maybe it's a tendon that attaches to the penis? I don't know about these things. I say, “They're some kind of bull tendon.” Actually, this is not a complete lie. People ask me what they are all the time, and usually, I lie.
A dog who is chewing on a bully stick is a happy dog–and is also a dog who is less likely to chew on your couch. I usually recommend that people give them to their dogs as often as once a day. They can keep a dog busy for a long while. At School For The Dogs, we have a fridge that contains nothing but these brown, leathery dog chews - they look like a cross between a ligament and a cigar. If there is one thing in this world that I have a lot of, it's bully sticks.