# I never knew what Dog chew sticks were made of until now. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 14, 2014, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-never-knew-what-dog-chew-sticks-were-made-of-until-now/690792 "2014-06-14T20:21:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2014, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-never-knew-what-dog-chew-sticks-were-made-of-until-now/690792/1 "2014-06-14T20:21:51Z")
Bully Sticks are 100% bull penis. 😛 [http://www.bestbullysticks.com/t/what-are-bully-sticks](http://www.bestbullysticks.com/t/what-are-bully-sticks) Geez they really don’t waste anything at the slaughter house. This recent news article brought it to my attention. I knew rawhide chews were literally hides from cows. This is the first time I had heard of bully sticks. > **[Texas supermarket faces $5,000 lawsuit for selling bull penis as human food](https://www.nydailynews.com/2014/06/13/texas-supermarket-faces-5000-lawsuit-for-selling-bull-penis-as-human-food/)** > > A Texas supermarket faces a $5,000 law suit after being caught selling bull penises as human food. The MT Supermarket in Austin and its employees could be forking out fines after unknowing customer… > [@](#): > > The Texas Attorney General’s Office slapped on the civil suit naming the North Lamar supermarket, alleging it took pizzle from boxes “labeled inedible beef, not intended for use as human food and repackaged the pizzle in consumer size packages, labeled as human food," reports KXAN News. > > It added that defendants also relabeled packages to show the meat was inspected and from a registered source, so customers trusted what they put in their mouths. > > Pizzle is an old English word for penis – usually referring to that of a bull. The fibrous muscle is cleaned, stretched, twisted and dried for use as a tough chew toy for dogs or for rendering into glue. ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2014, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-never-knew-what-dog-chew-sticks-were-made-of-until-now/690792/2 "2014-06-14T20:31:53Z")
remember Slo Pokes suckers, they were great. this was attempting to make a sensible produce. you like beef jerky. chew a bit and it’s gone. get another piece. you keep doing this to keep chewing and you load up on salt and maybe more calories then you want for additional food. it’s much better to have something that lasts. just should get the right inspections. ---
**Author:** ![P-man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/p-man/32/3606_2.png) [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2014, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-never-knew-what-dog-chew-sticks-were-made-of-until-now/690792/3 "2014-06-14T21:14:08Z")
I saw a pig pizzle in the pet supply store the other day. Anyone who’s read Cecil’s first book would know why I didn’t need to see a label to know what it was. ---
**Author:** ![chiroptera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@chiroptera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiroptera)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2014, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-never-knew-what-dog-chew-sticks-were-made-of-until-now/690792/4 "2014-06-14T21:31:37Z")
My dogs have been enjoying bully sticks for close to a decade. One store here sells 3-foot long bully sticks. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![zweisamkeit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zweisamkeit/32/4360_2.png) [@zweisamkeit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zweisamkeit)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2014, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-never-knew-what-dog-chew-sticks-were-made-of-until-now/690792/5 "2014-06-14T23:45:33Z")
The brand we first bought was called “Bullwrinkles”, so we figured it out pretty quickly. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2014, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-never-knew-what-dog-chew-sticks-were-made-of-until-now/690792/6 "2014-06-15T00:23:20Z")
They make glue out of pizzles too? ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2014, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-never-knew-what-dog-chew-sticks-were-made-of-until-now/690792/7 "2014-06-15T00:47:18Z")
Humans can play, too! If you need to walk down to the pet store and get some more, [there’s help](http://www.fashionablecanes.com/Bull_Organ_Penis_Walking_Cane.html)! You can buy much cheaper ones, too. There’s also pig ears. Which are… pig ears. Or maybe the whole thing disgusts you. I recommend trying out some seafood. It should be getting into “Rocky Mountain oyster” season right now! ---
**Author:** ![seal\_cleaner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@seal\_cleaner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seal_cleaner)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2014, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-never-knew-what-dog-chew-sticks-were-made-of-until-now/690792/8 "2014-06-15T01:07:17Z")
“'Sblood, you starveling, you elfskin, you dried neat’s tongue, you bull’s pizzle, you stockfish!” Henry IV Part 1 ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2014, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-never-knew-what-dog-chew-sticks-were-made-of-until-now/690792/9 "2014-06-15T03:38:51Z")
[QUOTE=thelurkinghorror] There’s also pig ears. Which are… pig ears. [/QUOTE] And if you think those are weird, don’t go looking for snooters, which are the first half inch or so of a pig. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Holdsworth\_Effect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/848f3c/32.png) [@The\_Holdsworth\_Effect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Holdsworth_Effect)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2014, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-never-knew-what-dog-chew-sticks-were-made-of-until-now/690792/10 "2014-06-15T12:30:23Z")
> [@EmilyG](#): > > They make glue out of pizzles too? Sticky subject