Puredog Stagbar Antler Dog Chews

I have two dogs and they are completely different sizes, I have a six and a half stone large labradoodle that is still growing and gaining more and more muscle and I have a tiny toy poodle who doesn't realise that he's tiny.

Both of them love to chew. Thankfully, they are both fairly good at chewing only on their own things. So I like to keep them stocked up on items to keep their pointy little teeth occupied.

However, it's hard to find things for them to chew on that keeps them interested. We've went through loads of nylabone toys but they haven't shown a huge amount of interest in them. They both adore raw hide but I only ever give them rawhide to chew on when I am in the room, because I am scared that they might choke. I know perpetual worrier!

What makes these Antler stagbars so different to what you might find in the local pet store?

They are a completely natural product, the antler stagbars contain quite a lot of minerals that are good for dogs and they are hard. Very hard. And certainly hard enough to deal with the most ambitious chewer, while being long lasting, which is something that is a rarity in this house.

As far as I am aware stagbars are only available from Puredog.co.uk. The website is really straight forward to use and order from. I've always received my stagbars in the post quite soon after ordering and I've never had a reason to complain. They come wrapped in a plastic envelope, it is nothing fancy but it does the job. I don't personally think the stagbars have much of a smell but my dogs can sniff these out as soon as they arrive in the house. The last time these came in the post I hadn't even opened the parcel before my labradoodle was wagging up a storm.

When you decide to try these. And I hope you do. Puredog gives you a lot of guidelines about what size to get for what size of dog. The stagbars are available in small, medium, large, extra large or jumbo. Even thou I have a small dog I always order the large or extra large size because I'd be worried my larger dog might choke on something way to small for him. Even with the largest size of stagbar they are usually still fine for the toy poodle because of their shape and because he'd probably turn his nose up at anything that was designed for his true size.

Because stagbars are a natural product, the shape of the bar you receive will always vary. To date we have always received quite a mixture of stagbars and from what I have seen the dogs don't tend to have a preference, which is just as well. Even the largest ones have always had smaller parts that have been fine for the Tiny dog to wrap his teeth around.

It's best just to have a look and decide what you think your dog would enjoy the most, after all you know your dog best. The stagbars are also suitable for puppies teething, something I wish I had known a couple of years ago.

A great thing about these stagbars is that they don't make hardly any mess. The dogs do wear them down and its clear to see their teeth marks on these after a bit of use but unlike some other bones or rubber toys that they've had there isn't a trail of bits left around for me to clean up. They also don't smell which again isn't true of a lot of the other chew treats that they enjoy.

Unfortunately these stagbars don't come cheap. They are expensive, but more importantly I think that these are completely worth the money. They last for ages even with the mighty jaws of destruction clamping and chomping down on them for hours. For a list of prices see the end of review.

To date I have ordered from Puredog four or five times now and I tend to buy them a new set of Stag bars at least once every month or second month. Don't get me wrong these bones would survive longer than that but after some constant chewing from some very large teeth a month or two in our house is usually the point where I begin to worry about them being weakened and/or the dogs have snuck them out into the garden to never be seen from again. As well as being a chewer the little one is also a burier of an assortment of items if I don't catch him in time.

I wholeheartedly recommend these antler stagbars but only for dogs that like to chew otherwise they are just very expensive toys.

Five out of five stars.


At the moment the prices and sizes available are:
Small - £3.98
Medium - £5.99
Large - £8.99
Extra Large - £10.99
Jumbo - £12.98
Postage £2.50 for deliveries in the UK (larger deliveries and deliveries out with the UK are more expensive).

www.puredog.co.uk