Tatty Yak Bar Original XL Natural Dog Chew

Tatty Yak Original Bar – XL

XL is the size Tatty Yak rate for very powerful chewers and giant breeds — the dogs that go through a medium chew in an evening and a soft treat in seconds. It is the same plain Original recipe, in a bar with enough mass to still be there tomorrow.

Being unflavoured is an advantage at this size. A dog that will be working at the same chew across several sessions is better off with something plain than with something sweetened, and there is nothing added to react to.

Performance & Benefits

• XL bar, which Tatty Yak rate for very powerful chewers and giant breeds.
• Unflavoured Original, so there is nothing on it beyond the plain yak chew itself.
• Hard enough to resist a large dog for a long time, which is exactly what a power chewer needs.
• Tatty Yak describe their chews as odour free and mess free, unlike most chews sold to big-dog owners.
• The last stub puffs in a microwave in seconds, so even a giant breed's leftover gets used.
• Tatty Yak say the chews are high in protein and work at tartar while the dog gnaws.

Suitable For

• Giant breeds and very powerful chewers, which is Tatty Yak's own rating for XL.
• Dogs that destroy softer chews and rubber toys in minutes.
• Long settling sessions — crate training, kennelling, recovery from surgery where a dog needs occupying.
• Households wanting a chew a big dog can have indoors without the smell.
• Oversized for a small or medium dog. Tatty Yak rate Medium for dogs up to collie size and Large for dogs up to mastiff size.

Feeding

• Give it on a hard floor to a settled dog, and stay in the room while it is being worked on.
• Take it away and store it once the dog loses interest, rather than leaving it down.
• Retire the bar as soon as what is left could be swallowed whole — on a giant breed that point comes with plenty of bar still in hand.
• Puff the final stub in a microwave for a few seconds, then let it cool fully before giving it back.
• Keep fresh water available, and count the chew as part of the day's food.

Composition & Analysis

• Tatty Yak describe the chews as made from just three ingredients, and as 100% natural.
• Tatty Yak publish no ingredient list, no analytical constituents and no bar weight on their website, so no composition, protein figure or gram weight is stated here.
• Tatty Yak state the chews are produced in a factory that handles nuts.
• XL size. Tatty Yak also make this bar in Medium and Large.

Care & Caution

• A bar this hard in the jaws of a giant breed is the classic way a carnassial tooth gets fractured. If your dog is a crunch-first chewer rather than a gnawer, this is the wrong treat.
• Supervise throughout, and take the bar away while it is still far too big to swallow.
• Milk-based, so not for a dog that reacts to dairy.
• Produced in a factory that handles nuts.
• Puffed pieces come out extremely hot. Let them cool completely before handing one over.