Gourmet Beaver, Bully Sticks and Other Weird Doggy Items

I see a number of posts here concerning the Pet Industry that I no longer consider weird. Since I work as a Pet Groomer, I am exposed to a wide number of eccentrics, and it takes a lot to surprise me. I've seen Canine Soft Claw Caps mentioned here, Dog Bikinis and other things I don't think twice about. So, you may ask, what do I consider to be among the weirdest of the weird items in my field? Let's start with Gourmet Beaver! Not weird enough? How about a Bully Stick, Knot or Spiral? I sort of feel sorry for the bull that had his post-mortem junk wind up in such a shape, for such a purpose, but what are you going to do?

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Posted By: qualityleashdog - Mon Jun 08, 2009
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Actually, you'll see here on the Canine Caviar site that the term "Pizzle" is alive and well (And don't I regrettably know it!): http://www.caninecaviar.com/buffalo_stix.aspx

Posted by qualityleashdog on 06/08/09 at 11:02 PM

I love the Ads by Google on this page.. "Size Matters To Your Dog - Large Hickory Smoked Bully Sticks." Apparently it's not just your wife that cares about size!

Posted by qualityleashdog on 06/08/09 at 11:22 PM

QLD, do you consider <a >neuticles</a> to be weird?

Posted by Matt in Florida on 06/09/09 at 09:40 AM

Crap, I guess I don't know how to post links in the comments. :red:

Posted by Matt in Florida on 06/09/09 at 09:41 AM

crap, I bought one of these for the mastiff I was doggysitting over the weekend - she polished it off in less than an hour. Hmmm! Perhaps that explains why it was $12!!!

Posted by numb in Philadelphia on 06/09/09 at 01:41 PM

Neuticles? Nah, no longer weird to me, since I think I've been aware of them for about 20 years, so the novelty is worn for me. But definitely weird the first time someone becomes aware of them. But I still don't understand why someone would want them, exactly who is pondering the aesthetic points of Rover's junk? As for the argument that they give a dog a sense of 'completeness,' I say someone's time should be spent on a better prosthetic leg for dogs, it's the three-legged ones that are lacking, not the neutered ones.

Posted by qualityleashdog on 06/09/09 at 03:34 PM

I'm sorry, but does anyone else see this oddity? The resemblance in meaning between "Hickory Smoked Bully Sticks" and the name of one of WU's members (again, no pun intended!)? Sorry, no offense intended hickory_johnson, but it's uncanny!

Posted by qualityleashdog on 06/09/09 at 10:23 PM

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