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    Bushman
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    Hello
    I have never purchased them, but I did take a look at their website when I saw your post.

    Seems like they are trying to imply that their chews are simply dried meat.

    I have a dehydrator and make beef jerky, as I make it, there are various pieces that donā€™t come out the way I want them too, a fat strip left behind, or inconsistent cut that makes it dehydrate unevenly, or whatever. I dehydrate them completely and give them to my dog for treats or training snacks. I have done chicken as well, the larger pieces of tough chewy meat will keep him entertained for a while. Not as long as rawhide (which I do not buy) but they last about as as long as the smoked pig ears that I buy from the local butcher.

    Bushman
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    A comment on Bones. I save bones, all bones, in the freezer, when I have a good batch I cook them down, I strain off a clear Bone Broth and can it for my wife to use in her soups, then I cook the bones down again in my crockpot I will boil them for several hours a day for a few days. After a few boilingā€™s you can reach into to the crockpot and pull out the bones and crush them in your hands, they break down and turn into a mushy pulp, the water and the bone ā€œmealā€ is then re-heated, canned, and stored in the fridge to be added to my dogā€™s food. When using your hands it is very easy to tell if there are any hard Bones left. And I never find a splinter, I do occasionally find a couple of bones, or the end of a bone that is too ā€œhardā€ for me to crush in my hands and I just discard it, although Iā€™m pretty confident with what dogs pick up and gnaw on when they get a chance, that even these ā€œhardā€ bones would pose no threat.

    I have not attempted to separate Bones by type, but Iā€™m pretty sure even spiral ham bones have wound up in my Bone bag with chicken and turkey neckā€™s and Gizzards, and I donā€™t recall any of them not being able to break down.

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