Braided pet chew

• US 20070193531A1
• Filed: 02/14/2007
• Published: 08/23/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 02/22/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Redbarn Pet Products Incorporated
• Original Assignee: David M. Anderson, Howard Bloxam, Jeffrey Baikie, Richard L. Harpe
• Inventors: Harpe, Richard L., Anderson, David, Bloxam, Howard, Baikie, Jeffrey
• Granted Patent: US 8,479,687 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 119/709
• CPC Class Codes: A01K 15/026 Chewable toys, e.g. for dental care of pets
• CPC Class Codes: A23K 10/26 from waste material, e.g. feathers, bones or skin A23K10/24 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A23K 50/40 for carnivorous animals, e.g. cats or dogs

Abstract

A highly palatable and long lasting chew for dogs has been developed by braiding a combination of rawhide and bull, or steer, penis, known in the trade as pizzles. The pizzle is sourced directly from slaughter and the foreskin may be removed. Bleached rawhide splits are cut into rectangular pieces and rolled to form a rope-like strand equal in length to the aforementioned pizzle. Strands of 3 to 8 sections are then woven together to form an elongated braid. Such braids are then hung on racks and undergo a cooking and dehydration step to reduce the moisture content below 10% moisture. The resultant dehydrated sticks are then cut into lengths suitable for offering as a chew for dogs. Such chew is highly palatable because of the dehydrated pizzle. The chew has a very long chew time because of the dense leathery nature of the dehydrated rawhide fraction.

Claims

1. A pet chew formed from strands of material obtained from a bull, steer or other bovine, or animal, including:

at least one strand of rawhide and at least one strand from the penis of at least one of said animals;

said strands of rawhide and animal penis being interwoven into said pet chew in a number required to obtain the desired width; and

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said pet chew then being dehydrated to less than 10% moisture content by weight and cut to a desired length.

2. The pet chew of claim 1 further comprising:

said strands of rawhide and animal penis being tied at each end with an edible elongated material.

3. The pet chew of claim 2 wherein said edible elongated material is catgut.

4. The pet chew of claim 1 wherein said strands of rawhide and animal penis are rolled.

5. The pet chew of claim 1 further comprising:

at least five of said strands, said strands of rawhide being of flat shape and said strands of animal penis being sliced longitudinally.

6. The pet chew of claim 5 wherein said strands of animal penis are from a steer.

7. The pet chew of claim 1 further comprising:

no more than four of said strands and said strands of animal penis are from a bull.

8. The pet chew of claim one wherein said strands of rawhide and said animal penis are in a ratio of approximately 2 to 1.

9. The pet chew of claim 8 wherein said pet chew has four of said strands of rawhide and two of said strands of animal penis.

10. The pet chew of claim 9 wherein said strands of animal penis are from one of a bull or a steer.

11. The pet chew of claim 9 wherein said pet chew has two of said strands of rawhide and one of said strand of animal penis.

12. A method of forming a pet chew from strands of material obtained from a bull, steer or other bovine, or animal, comprising:

fabricating at least one strand of rawhide and at least one strand from an animal penis;

interweaving said strands in the number required to obtain the width and the length of said pet chew; and

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dehydrating said pet chew and cutting said pet chew to a desired length.

13. The pet chew forming method of claim 12 further comprising:

slicing said at least one animal penis longitudinally to fabricate said at least one strand from an animal penis.

14. The pet chew forming method of claim 12 wherein said interweaving produces said pet chew in one of round or flat form.

15. The pet chew forming method of claim 12 and further comprising:

said dehydrating including placing said chew in a dryer for at least fourteen hours at temperatures of approximately 120°

F. to approximately 180°

F.

16. The pet chew forming method of claim 15 and further comprising:

said dehydrating including a first dehydrating at a temperature of at least 140°

F. for at least fourteen hours in a dryer, a second dehydrating at a temperature of at least 150°

F. for at least twenty four hours in a dryer, and a third dehydrating at a temperature of at least 170°

F. for at least twenty four hours in a dryer.

17. The pet chew forming method of claim 12 wherein said dehydrating produces said pet chew with less than 10% moisture content by weight.