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Offline Jodocus

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pet food sinew
« on: April 17, 2012, 05:14:15 am »
I found I can get dried deer and ostrich sinew in pet food stores. As I have trouble finding any other  source, I'm thinking of giving it a try. Those pieces are about 6 inches long.

I'm a bit concerned it might have been cooked before drying and therefore be spoiled.

Anyone knows something about it or has ever used something like this?
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Offline Jodocus

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Re: pet food sinew
« Reply #1 on: April 17, 2012, 10:17:19 am »
Here's a pic of a piece of ostrich sinew, as a whole and partly stripped down. Does that look usable?

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Re: pet food sinew
« Reply #2 on: April 17, 2012, 10:23:32 am »
Looks ok to me. :) It is probably just dried like any of us would do. :)
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Offline Ryan_Gill_HuntPrimitive

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Re: pet food sinew
« Reply #3 on: April 17, 2012, 11:19:35 am »
yeah let me tell ya. pets love it. my dogs have gotten my supply of sinew before.  my mothers dog was left in the garage one time and ate 6 bit strips of back sinew in a matter of minutes..lol  man i was mad/   it gets stored high and outreach nowadays

that sinew looks pretty good though.  should work just fine
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Offline country

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Re: pet food sinew
« Reply #4 on: April 17, 2012, 11:29:47 am »
LOL.... the dogs love the rawhide too!   Had a hard time putting some on my bow last night....
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Offline toomanyknots

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Re: pet food sinew
« Reply #5 on: April 17, 2012, 03:39:22 pm »
My favorite brand of pet treat sinew is moo brand achillies tendon treats. You can order a pound off the internet for 30 bucks somewhere. They smell a bit weird and you have to clean them pretty good, but other than that they work just fine. I even use the scraps for glue. The bows I have backed with them have turned out nice. But not all pet food sinew is equal. I order some backstraps that had been cooked to the point that they had turned to glass. I went to try to bend it and a piece broke and sliced my hand open nicely. I do believe this is why people say that some treats can cut a dogs mouth. I would never give a dog something like that.
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Re: pet food sinew
« Reply #6 on: April 17, 2012, 04:14:44 pm »
Hey, thanks. I don't live in the US, so I probably wont't be able to get this specific brand. That is also the reason why I have no other good source, bow making is not a big thing here.

I'll try these for now. If they work, I got me stable supply at a fair price (20 bucks a pound). Glad to hear someone already managed to get good results with pet food tendon.
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Offline toomanyknots

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Re: pet food sinew
« Reply #7 on: April 17, 2012, 06:48:31 pm »
Sinew is sinew as long as it hasn't been cooked or baked too bad or too much crap added to it/flavored/smoked, etc. The best is to find a nice butcher to sell you em fresh, thats the best.
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"The way of heaven is like the bending of a bow-
 the upper part is pressed down,
 the lower part is raised up,
 the part that has too much is reduced,
 the part that has too little is increased."

- Tao Te Ching, 77, A new translation by Victor H. Mair
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