Best Bully Sticks of 2026

A stick that is too thick for a small mouth gets abandoned on the rug, and one that is too thin is gone in five minutes. Bully Bunches hand-sorts its six-inch standard sticks to land between 18 and 24 grams each, and that narrow range is why we made it our pick for small dogs and puppies.

It is the only bag here that publishes a per-stick weight, and we think that tells you more about consistency than a stick count ever will. Twenty sticks of oven-baked, free-range beef, one ingredient and nothing else, in a shape a Chihuahua or a young spaniel can actually get its jaws around. For a puppy, that fit matters more than length: you can hold one end steady while the dog learns to work the other, and the stick does not spin away across the floor.

Twenty sticks goes a long way with a dog that takes a few sessions to finish one, and you will not be cutting sticks down to size. If your dog chews like a woodchipper, size up instead, because the Jack&Pup thick six-inch is the better match.

Twenty-five six-inch sticks in a single bag is a different proposition from a five-pack, and that is the whole reason Mighty Paw is the stock-up pick here. This is the bag for a two-dog house, a dog that gets a chew most days, or anyone tired of reordering.

The beef is grass-fed and free-range, the ingredient list is short, and there are no added flavors or preservatives. Mighty Paw calls these lower odor rather than odor-free, and that is the right way to read any bag in this category: reduced, not removed.

What you get for the quantity is variation. The sticks in a bag are not identical, which has an upside in a mixed household, where the smaller stick can go to the smaller mouth. Dogs take to them quickly, and the bag does not sit in the cupboard untouched.

For ordinary weeks, this is the bag that stops the category being a chore: hand one out, put the rest away, repeat next week. It is the least fussy way to keep a supply in the house that we found in this group.

Extra-thick is not marketing fluff on the Jack&Pup bag. These are chunky six-inch sticks, the kind you hand to a dog that has already destroyed everything thinner in the house.

Five sticks is a deliberate size: enough to learn whether the extra thickness actually buys extra minutes, small enough that you are not storing a bulk bag you regret. The beef is grass-fed and free-range with no added hormones or antibiotics, it is a single ingredient, and there is no rawhide anywhere in it. They also hold together as they soften rather than splintering into shards, which is the other reason we are comfortable handing them to a strong jaw.

Our take is that this is the bag for a dog that treats a standard bully stick like a snack. Thick enough to be a genuine occupation for a medium or large jaw, and the short pack means you can prove that before committing to a bulk buy. We keep the five-pack for the evenings when a long walk did not do the job.

Cadet sells this as a one-pound bag for small dogs, and that is the entire proposition: no stick count, no length promise, just a pound of beef pizzle. It is the plainest bag here, and that is meant as a compliment.

We like that format for a small-breed household. When every chew is sized for a small mouth, a pound covers a lot of evenings, and buying by weight means your money goes into beef rather than packaging. The recipe is exactly what you want in this category: 100% beef pizzle, high protein and low fat, no artificial colors, flavors or fillers, and no rawhide. It is a supply rather than a treat, which is the right way to buy for a dog that gets a chew most days.

Because it is sold by weight, the count and the thickness change from bag to bag. That is fine for an easygoing dog, and less so if you need the same stick every time.

If your dog finishes a six-inch stick before you have sat down, the twelve-inch Natural Farm is the pick. Twice the length and a thicker cut means there is simply more beef between your dog and the end of the chew, and for a big dog that is the whole game.

It is the same recipe as our top pick, grass-fed beef pizzle cleaned with water only and slow air-dried with no additives, in a format built for a large jaw. Ten sticks to a bag, and the length does safety work as well as duration work: the longer the stick, the longer it stays too big to swallow whole.

The proportion is also the limit. A twelve-inch stick is more beef than a terrier can manage, and it ends up abandoned on the rug half-chewed. Hand one over before dinner guests arrive and you will get through the meal without a second thought about the dog.

An eight-ounce bag is a small commitment, and that is the point of Nature Gnaws: enough sticks to live with the product for a couple of weeks without committing to a bulk buy.

The sticks are six inches, single-ingredient beef pizzle, rawhide-free and grain- and gluten-free, sold as low-odor rather than scentless. The length matches our top pick's, so you are not trading down on size to get the smaller bag. Dogs take to them readily, which is half the battle with a chew you are trying for the first time.

Eight ounces tells you whether your dog likes the format, and if it does, nothing stops you moving up to a bigger bag later. That is the job this bag has to do, and it does it. Think of it as the sample size of the category.

The sticks in a Pawstruck bag run anywhere from five to eight inches, and that spread is the feature rather than a flaw. Open a bag in a two-dog house and there is a short one for the small mouth and a long one for the big dog.

Pawstruck sells by weight rather than count, so an eight-ounce bag is an assortment: slow-roasted beef pizzle, one ingredient, no rawhide, and nothing in the way of grain, soy or preservatives. Roasting them in their own juices is what gives these the meaty scent dogs go for.

That scent is worth flagging anyway. It is strong when the bag is first opened, and it lingers in a small room. The sticks themselves settle down once they are out of the packaging and the dog has started work.

Our verdict: this is the bag to buy when you do not yet know what length your dog wants, because it contains several answers at once. If you already know your dog needs a thick six-inch stick, buy a bag of those instead and skip the guesswork.