Cleaning Teeth

Hello

I hope you can help please. I have been using normal dog toothpaste but my little boy still has lots of plaque. Can anyone give me any tips on best products or is their something out there like a scraper to use on dogs like what is used upon us humans?

Many thanks

best tooth brush and paste ever :thumbsup:

masta said:

best tooth brush and paste ever :thumbsup:

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:thumbsup: couldn't agree more!

masta said:

best tooth brush and paste ever :thumbsup:

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you feed Dinosaur??!!! (w00t)

masta said:

best tooth brush and paste ever :thumbsup:

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I agree too

At crufts I got wormers for my lot the woman on the pharmacey stall tried to sell me tooth paste for my dogs. She seemed quite put out when I told her I never cleaned my dogs teeth I didn't need to as they had raw bones once a week and they kept their teeth lovely and white.

Knobley bones are the best tooth brush!!!!! I try and get beef spine bones, they really have to work to get the meat off them.

Definitely raw bones :thumbsup:

Human toothpaste is toxic to dogs so not a good idea using it (w00t)

 

Love the photo of your pups Masta!

As I'm unable to give raw bones to my dogs( for various reasons) I just use a normal dog toothpaste twice a week and again twice a week give them raw hide chews to munch on...their teeth remain lovely and clean

Thanks for the replies - are raw bones ok to feed - also is it ok to give raw beef too to add to his food. My whippet is getting a bit bored of his food at the moment and looking for yummy good stuff to feed him- would like your suggestions please?

thanks

Our local butcher saves us raw chicken wings, thighs and legs and pork ribs. Raw bones are great - much better than the roasted ones you find in pet shops, which I find can still splinter. You can freeze them as well. Our butcher also does a dog mince (basically all the sweeping off the floor! Nah, really it's offal and minced up other bits. I would use it, but Other Half hates the smell, so it doesn't get across the threshold of the back door).

We're not completely raw - I'm bit tense about making sure they get everything they need, especially with Edie's old-lady-legs, but we give them as much meaty bones as possible. And they love it. When we go on holiday (and for Drew to deal with, coz as long term veggie he's not so good at the raw meat thing) I get Canine porta 21. It's got nothing added and comes in a range of real meat in jelly (you can see the bits of meat with nothing else!) We mix it with CSJ salmon.

They've all got great teeth (the 4 that Edie's got left. Long story - happened before she came to us ...) and lovely shiny coats. Our foster boys loved it too, and their scurfy coats shone up really quickly on it. Good luck - hope you find something yours finds yummy!

Fern x

I use fragaria in their drinking water and give them raw chicken wings for breakfast at least once a week, depends how often I get to Tesco. Also I give dry wholemeal biscuit, never soaked. Fresh raw bones when I can get them too. I also have a tooth scraper like our dentist uses, bought at a stall at championship shows, I use it if plaque ever builds up, but seldom does.

raw and bloody carcass and bones are, in my opinion, russian roulette.

both in the health/safety aspect, as well as the potential awakening of canine aggression.

i know second-hand of more than one case of both severe illness and parasitic infection from raw meat.

i know personally of 2 situations where dogs flipped from docile to aggressive after eating bloody carcass. one of these cases was my Dalmatian i had back in college. a friend who studied meat science dropped by with a bloody cow femur for him. he went into a trance with that bone for about 2 days and was never the same after that. defended food, got more territorial, and didnt trust strangers. i have heard of many similar stories after telling people mine.

i dont want to challenge anyone nor say they are doing wrong. i'm sure there are plenty of owners who have never had a sick dog from it and their dogs stay docile. but i just wanted to get some of my personal experience and additional facts out there into the info pool.

another thing to keep in mind... when you are buying meat from large companies and conglomerates, you might want to remember that the businessmen and tech experts that work for the company are expecting the food to be cooked before consumption (for humans). they COULD be putting some weird sh&* in there for some economic reason, thinking its safe because the food is going to be cooked. i highly doubt that those companies dont think about the fact that someone is feeding it raw to their dogs.

i am of the opinion that the domesticated dog does better IN GENERAL without raw blood experiences. but i completely accept when people have another opinion and seem to have good results. i am not trying to create a debate... just giving my 2 cents. :teehee:

We keep to our local butcher, both to support him and to make sure we know exactly where the meat comes from. The bones are all from meat intended for human consumption, I wouldn't risk giving our lot anything else. I guess there could be problems with bigger companies, but I would advise people getting raw meat products to always use their local butcher anyway. It's about as risky getting stuff over the internet as it would be buying meat for yourself over the internet.

We also only give rib or spine bones to the dogs (nothing as large as a cow femur!) and remove them after half an hour, giving them back to them later in the day for another timed chew. They would never be left unsupervised with them. If you're thinking of using raw bones, these suggestions should ensure your dog is happy and healthy, with sparkly clean teeth!