Tugg Plus Dental Chew Bone - Review

This morning when I got up Mr.R was busy in the kitchen baking some tasty treats for Barley, our wonderful Lurcher.
We usually give homemade treats to Barley, but occasionally he gets a shop bought dog treat as well.
Mr.R likes to make treats for Barley because a lot of the shop bought one are full of bad ingredients, it's usually only me that buys pre-made dog treats; because I like spoiling him - despite knowing deep-down that shop bought treats are never as good as home-made.

When we visited the Quayside Sunday Market in Newcastle-Upon-Tyne a couple of weeks ago I'd purchased him a dog bone from one of the stalls.
The young lady working on the market stall said the treat, called Tugg Plus Dental Chew Bone, was from a company called Husse, and that it was made using all natural ingredients, made with chicken and green tea, and would be good for his teeth, so I thought I'd give it a try. Or rather, Barley would enjoy trying it.

From the label -
Dental chew bone with green tea. 100% digestible & natural. 
Contributes to healthy teeth and gums. Eliminates pigment deposits on teeth, removes plaque, reduces tartar build-up and massages gums. Contains antioxidants.
INGREDIENTS: chicken, corn flour, bone collagen, green tea, multi-vitamins, sodium carbonate, potassium sorbate.
Guaranteed analysis: crude protein 10%, crude fat 2.5%, crude fiber 2.5%, crude ash 2.5%, moisture 10%. 

I'd forgotten that I'd bought the Tugg Plus treat until this morning; it was Mr.R baking dog treats that reminded me, and as the treats were still in the oven and would be too hot for Barley to eat for quite a while, I opened up the dental chew bone.

I couldn't smell any particular aromas, but Barley was very interested in the bone, so I guess it must have smelt good to him.
Barley took the Tugg Plus Dental Chew Bone outside and eagerly began gnawing one end of it.
It didn't take long before small pieces of the bone were breaking off and Barley was scoffing them, in fact the bone only lasted about 5 minutes, which considering it cost a fiver, well, £4.95 to be exact, I had hoped it would last for a while.

Five pound for a five minute chew!
Oh well, Barley didn't seem to care that the chew bone didn't last for long at all, he seemed to enjoy the taste.
And as yet he hasn't pooped all over the place - too much information maybe, but he has a quite a sensitive stomach, and it's not unusual for dog treats to give him diarrhea. Hopefully as this dog chew bone is 'all natural' it won't have any nasty side effects.

As I said, Barley did enjoy chewing the chicken and green tea Tugg Plus Dental Chew Bone, but I doubt I'd buy it ever again - five quid for a five minute chew - it could develop into a very expensive habit. Hahaha!
Also having read the ingredients to copy them for this blog post, I wouldn't have bought this chew bone if I'd had my reading glasses with me at the market; despite it being marketed as 'all natural' there are still a couple of ingredients in it that I would prefer not to give to Barley.
Has your dog tried the Tugg Plus Dental Chew Bone?
Did they enjoy it?

Nylabone Dura Chew - Review

Our rescue dog, Barley the Lurcher, loves to chew, and he also loves to eat.
Eat anything and everything, so we have to make sure we only buy dog chews that are safe for him if he manages to ingest them before we pick up any bits of the toy he's bitten off.

Since we've had Barley we have purchased lots of different dogs toys and chews for him.
Most of them only last for a very short time before he completely rips them to pieces, or eats them, usually both.
Barley has destroyed lots of dog toys within seconds, even footballs which he loves are reduced to nothing in the blink of an eye.
Even so-called indestructible dog chews seem to pose no trouble for our boy, so we are always looking for something that will be fun for him to play with, and maybe also good for his teeth, and that will last for at least one day.

The latest dog chew we purchased for Barley was a Nylabone Dura Chew, which we ordered from Amazon UK. We chose the Nylabone Dura Chew Original, large, which cost £5.74.
The reviews were good, and I vaguely remember buying Nylabone products years ago for our Great Dane, and I knew they had lasted for quite a while. Nylabone are marketed as strong and durable for heavy chewers, so it seemed like a good choice for Barley. They also help clean teeth and gums keeping them healthy, which is always a good thing, as getting a toothbrush to clean our boys teeth is not something he would like, and I doubt we'd be able to prise his jaw open to do it.

The Nylabone Dura Chew arrived the day after we ordered it, and initially Barley wasn't particularly interested in the package, which is most unusual for him because usually he thinks everything that comes in the post is for him - which it is a lot of the time.
Anyway, I showed him the packet, he had a little sniff but then ignored it. Probably because it didn't have a strong food aroma, so he didn't think it was worthy of his interest.
I opened the packet and Barley was a little more interested.
Then I held the Nylabone out for him, and he seemed slightly curious.

After a bit of sniffing and licking Barley eventually grabbed the Nylabone Dura Chew and began chomping on it.
I think his initial reluctance to bite it was because of its slippery surface. I don't think he realised he was allowed to chew it.

Once Barley was used to the smooth shiny surface of the Nylabone, he seemed happy in his attempts to destroy it.
Neither me or Mr.R were expecting the Nylabone to last more than a few minutes, but surprisingly even after Barley had been chewing it for a couple of hours, it was more or less in the same condition as when I first opened the package; he only managed to bite off a few tiny bits from one end of the bone. Very impressive.

It's only been a few days since Barley first got his teeth into his new Nylabone Dura Chew so I may have to update this blog post if my opinion changes, but so far it seems to be providing him with lots of pleasure, and it's lasting well too.

We will definitely buy another Nylabone when this one has been eaten, and we'll try some of the other designs too, as there are lots of different shapes and flavours to choose from.
Has your dog enjoyed a Nylabone Dura Chew?
Were you impressed with longevity of Nylabone products?