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April 2024 by Clayton J.
Close to a year ago I was having work done at my house and the crew took to my dog. The main tech asked me if I've been here. I told him I had never heard of the place. He was excited and told me it's the best place to get bones for your dog. Since I frequent butchers for jerky and peperoni, I always ask them for pet items. 9/10 I get a femur bone. Pig ears tend to be cheaper at Costco and fresh pet food is just too much at $5 a pound for scrap that normally got thrown out. I can buy a cheap chub of ground beef, chicken or turkey for half that and brown it for my girl as a treat. This place had bones in many sizes, knuckles, and other random pieces I've never seen from ducks, chickens and other animals. Truth be told, I questioned if some of it was safe as the chicken feet still had talons on it, but the guy said it was. I grabbed a couple medium size bones; they were $6 each. Not nearly as cheap as I expected. At the butcher I get 3 bones that size for the same price as two here, or should I say one large bone that I have them cut into 3 pieces. That said, their bones did look well roasted, and the places had a smokey aroma, and there also appeared to be a lot of marrow in the bones. The place comes off as dark and dank, it didn't even look open from the outside. Some LED lighting and pictures of dogs enjoying the product could really infuse some life into the interior. With a single product line, you won't be Mud Bay, but you could surely compete on that level. As several others have noted in their reviews. The guy could not have been nicer. Very personable and actually stopped me on the way out the door and gave me a couple pieces of jerky. I had seen them for like $2 or $3, but again, thought the price was too much. That made me feel like my time and purchase was worth stopping and even though, I wouldn't expect that same courtesy next time I came, I appreciate the effort. I'm on the fence here. Nice people, great inventory, but the pricing just doesn't feel reasonable, if you specialize in something and have volume, I would expect your pricing to be more competitive. Then again there was a Pop Shop in Lynnwood that claimed to have the largest inventory of bottled soda in the Northwest. I drove up and at $4 a bottle, a fair amount of their inventory was available at Safeway and Bevmo for as little as $1 at Safeway and $2.50 at Bevmo. Granted, neither Bevmo or Safeway had 15 brang choices for grape soda, but even 3 choices is plenty in my book. The guy lost it when I called it out in my review, and I found out why when the place went out of business a couple months later. Costco has the blueprint. They make very little on what they sell, but they sell so much it all ads up. How many times have you gone there expecting to spend less than a hundred dollars and end up spending closer to $1000. If you are going to make $100,000 a year, it's better you make it off 1 million customers than 100,000, because you ow have a 10x customer based who will recommend and expand your business. When your product is top shelf and your price is competitive, it's the cheapest form or marketing, because you don't have to spend a dime. Just my take, if it were my business, I would not want anyone getting a better price on something I specialize in. I say check them out. Up to you if you decide to return. My experience was truly 3 star overall, but again the people were so nice, I have to call it "Good".
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February 2024 by Sarah S.
I'd been bringing my dog here on and off. I finally met the owner and he was rude and tried to hustle me by stating that a bone that was previously priced at $50 was now $80. He did not have the price displayed anymore for this bone. He also thought it was necessary to mansplain to me what a femur is and that he's been doing this for 30 something years. To make things worse I took my dog out for a walk and scooped up her poop in a bag and noticed that it had bone parts that did not fully digest. On top of that the bones itself are overly greasy. Greasy food consumption can cause INFLAMMATION OF THE PANCREAS and SEVERELY DAMAGE THE INTESTINES.
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November 2023 by Steven B.
Nice local Renton business I try to support local first down town Renton has a lot to offer
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August 2023 by Zack K
My dog LOVED her smoked knee cap, she actually loved it too much. She was frantically trying to eat it and I didn’t want to just tear it out of her mouth so I had to put food in her dish to distract her. I need to train her to let go of bones apparently. She was trying to swallow it whole.
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May 2023 by Filip Rerek
Smoked pig snouts, chicken feet and the most friendly business owner I've ever met! It was closed (Monday) and he let us and couple other people shop around. It's a paradise for dogs - he also gave us treats for free. Also, they only carry very high quality, premium and home-made foods for your pup!
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May 2023 by James
Junkyard Bones is a great store with really high quality treats for dogs. When I’m walking my dog in the area he literally drags me here. He loves the smoked bones, jerky strips, and tracheas. The owner is very nice and always throws in some extras like dog food samples and small treats. We went yesterday but my dog will probably drag me here on our walk today!
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May 2023 by Clara L.
I recently went to Junkyyard Bone to get some dog treats and was pleasantly surprised by the variety and high quality of the things on offer. The employees was polite and they assisted me in finding the appropriate treats for my dog. The store had a nice range of healthy, natural snacks at reasonable pricing.
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April 2023 by H P
This place has the BEST doggie treats! All kinds of bones and smoked goodies. Definitely recommend, and so does Stella ?
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April 2023 by Crissondra Doxey
The owner Ron is so kind and charismatic! He is willing to help and recommend the best dog bones and our 1 yr old Rottie loved her new bones and bully sticks! Thank you so much!!
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March 2023 by John Houston
The owner is very friendly and helped recommend what to get for my 7 month old golden. She first recommended a knee cap, which he loved, and the next time I came in she recommended trachea. He was occupied for a long time and digested both fine. Definitely a quality product!
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March 2023 by Carlene Saleh
Super friendly owner! He has awesome treats and gave us some freebies to try out for our pup! We can tell he is passionate about his work and want our pets to be spoiled.We will be back next time!
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March 2023 by Olivia M.
Rob, the owner and chef makes and smokes gourmet treats in house! I have never been to a pet store that smells that good. My dog did not want to leave. We left with some high quality and amazingly price treats. Will go back when we run out! Thank you, Rob.
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February 2023 by Kyla King
My pup got a sneak peek at the new smoked bone broth. Holy Smokes! She was pure joy when she smelled it and got to have it still a bit frozen, we will be getting more! Especially for those hot summer days this will be perfect.
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February 2023 by Kristen Schutter
This is my FAVORITE place to get bones for my lab! They last longer and do not splinter as he chews them. The bones have a heavy smoke smell so I do have my dog chew them outside initially. Be sure to support this small business in Renton- your dog will be happy you did!
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February 2023 by Mayra Garcia
My dog loves everything from this place, they have good variety, great prices and staff are always so friendly.
