Patent ID: 8074609

Claim:
A method for forming a rawhide chew, comprising a step of forming a rawhide chew such that the rawhide chew includes outer layer formed of a rawhide sheet, the rawhide outer layer having a hole cut therethrough to form a cut-out window, and pizzle positioned within the rawhide outer layer such that the pizzle is externally viewable through the cut-out window; and wherein the step of forming the rawhide chew further comprises steps of: cutting an elongated member of pizzle to form a plurality of pizzle sections; selecting a pizzle section from the plurality of pizzle sections; cutting the pizzle section to form an expanded piece of pizzle cutting a hole through a rawhide sheet, resulting in a cut-out rawhide sheet positioning the expanded piece of pizzle over the hole in a superimposed relationship, resulting in a stacked member; and rolling the stacked member such that the expanded piece of pizzle is rolled inside of the rawhide sheet to form a rolled member with a rawhide outer layer, whereby once rolled, the hole becomes a cut-out window that provides a display area to view the pizzle rolled therein.