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A resealable Foodiepaws bag of 6-inch lamb collagen sticks with braided sticks visible through the front window and one braided stick standing beside it

Three Years on the Shelf: What That Date Is Actually Claiming

Lamb chew shelf life is 36 months: drying is the preservative, and the product page caps moisture at 14% for collagen, 12% for tripe. Where ours comes from.

Aug 28, 2026 7 min read

An Australian shepherd lying on a folded white towel beside an open canvas duffel bag in a sunlit motel room, chewing a braided natural chew

A Chew Away From Home: Road Trips and Hotel Floors

Packing lamb chews for a road trip: keep the bag under 80 degrees, in the cabin not the trunk, and hand it over at a stop. Our collagen is odor free.

Aug 28, 2026 8 min read

A tricolour beagle sitting on a kitchen tile floor looking up at a partly open freezer drawer holding a clear container of plain dried chew sticks

Can You Freeze Bully Sticks?

Yes, and a sealed dry stick gains almost nothing by it. Freezing pauses bacteria rather than killing them, and it raises the hardness that fractures teeth.

Aug 27, 2026 7 min read

A person lathering their hands with soap at a kitchen sink while a dachshund waits on the floor behind them

Bacteria on Bully Sticks: What the Two Studies Found

Neither study found Salmonella on a bully stick — 26 cultured in 2013, 505 treats in 2025. The figures as published, the two FDA recalls, and the handling rule.

Aug 27, 2026 7 min read

A resealable Foodiepaws bag of 6-inch bully sticks with a tear-here resealable strip across the top and a single bare dried stick standing alongside it

How to Store Bully Sticks So They Stay Good

Store bully sticks in their original bag, folded shut, somewhere dry and under 80°F, the temperature the FDA publishes. Here is what changes once the bag is open.

Aug 27, 2026 7 min read

A clear glass jar with a wooden lid on a kitchen counter holding one short dried chew stick, with a fawn French bulldog sitting on the floor looking up at it

Should You Give Back a Half-Chewed Bully Stick?

Give it back if it went into the fridge inside two hours and comes back out in a few days. Left on the floor all afternoon, throw it away. The clock decides it.

Aug 27, 2026 7 min read

A close macro of a twisted dried beef chew stick lying on a pale kitchen counter, showing its fibrous grain and a faint pale surface bloom

White Film or Mold? How to Tell If a Bully Stick Has Gone Off

White on a bully stick is usually the chew drying, not mold. Mold has height and color and lifts under a fingernail. The thirty-second check, and when to call.

Aug 27, 2026 7 min read

A small terrier mix lying on a rug in a compact apartment living room with a window cracked open

Keeping Chew Smells Down in a Small Apartment

Our bully sticks and collagen sticks are odor free, so in a studio the smell question is which chew you picked. The one-room routine, and the gadgets to skip.

Aug 27, 2026 7 min read