Tatty Yak Bar Original Medium Natural Dog Chew Yak Cheese

Tatty Yak Original Bar – Medium

A yak chew is milk that has been curdled, pressed and dried until it is closer to stone than to cheese. That hardness is the whole point: a dog cannot bolt it, and works at it for a long stretch, softening the surface with saliva and shaving it away a little at a time.

This is the plain Original in Tatty Yak's medium size, which they rate for small to medium dogs up to collie size. No flavouring has been added, which suits a dog that reacts to anything fruity or a household that would rather keep treats simple.

Performance & Benefits

• Hard enough that a dog has to work at it rather than crunch it down, which is what makes the chew last.
• Unflavoured, so nothing has been added beyond what goes into the plain yak chew.
• Tatty Yak describe their chews as odour free and mess free, which is the practical difference from a hide or a hoof indoors.
• The last stub can be puffed in a microwave in seconds and given back as a crunchy treat, so very little is wasted.
• Medium is Tatty Yak's size for small to medium dogs up to collie size.
• Tatty Yak say the chews are high in protein and work at tartar as the dog gnaws.

Suitable For

• Small to medium dogs up to collie size, which is Tatty Yak's own guidance for the medium bar.
• Crate settling, car journeys and keeping a dog occupied indoors.
• Dogs that get bored of soft treats in under a minute.
• Households that do not want the smell or grease of a hide chew in the living room.
• Too small for a large dog or a determined chewer — Tatty Yak rate Large for dogs up to mastiff size and XL for giant breeds and very powerful chewers.

Feeding

• Give it to a settled dog, on a floor you do not mind, and stay in the room.
• Take it away once it is worn down to a piece the dog could swallow whole.
• To puff the last stub: microwave it for a few seconds until it swells, then let it cool completely before handing it over.
• Have fresh water available; a dog works up a thirst on a chew this hard.
• Treat it as part of the day's food, not an extra on top.

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.
• Medium size. Tatty Yak also make this bar in Large and XL.

Care & Caution

• This is a very hard chew. Dogs with existing dental damage, or a history of slab fractures on the back teeth, should not have one without a vet's view first.
• Supervise every session and take the chew away at the point it becomes swallowable. A swallowed end can lodge.
• Milk-based, so not for a dog that reacts to dairy.
• Produced in a factory that handles nuts, which matters in a household with a nut allergy.
• Puffed pieces come out of a microwave very hot. Let them cool right through before giving one to a dog.