GinaB
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What do you normally pay for a dental? And did you find after the first one you dog needed to keep getting them?
Dentals
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KarynK
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About 25p, I give them a raw meaty bone at least once a week which does the job without a visit to the vet. Even my resuce I got as a 6 year old has a smile c*lgate would be proud of.
CorvusCorax
Deary me...
None of mine have ever had one
Used to get the soup bones nice and cheap from the supermarket but we can't anymore since BSE
Used to get the soup bones nice and cheap from the supermarket but we can't anymore since BSE
GinaB
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Dog in question can't eat bones, makes her skin bad
MurphysMinder
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Mine have never had them either. Used to feed the occasional marrow bone but it was mainly pulling on hunks of raw tripe that kept their teeth so good. Can't get tripe now, they have complete and some raw meat, I feed the complete dry so they have plenty to crunch on, so far so good but will be interesting to see if I have problems with teeth in the future.
FestiveSpirit
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Last dental was about £260 for my greyhound, she had pretty much all of her teeth out
(only canines and one row of incissors remaining
)
Six months later her remaining teeth are as bad as ever but the vet has said not to have them done again so soon
And yes, over the years, I would say once you start having them done then they need doing at least annually after that
But then I have always had rescue greyhounds/lurchers/whippets with pretty rubbish teeth
Six months later her remaining teeth are as bad as ever but the vet has said not to have them done again so soon
And yes, over the years, I would say once you start having them done then they need doing at least annually after that
EPRider
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Do you find that greyhounds/lurchers/whippets are worse that other breeds or is it the way that they are fed when being raced, or poor mouth conformation?
FestiveSpirit
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Do you find that greyhounds/lurchers/whippets are worse that other breeds or is it the way that they are fed when being raced, or poor mouth conformation?
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Yes they are notoriously bad (greyhounds particularly), all my vets over the years have said so
Definitely not poor mouth conformation (you only have to look into a greyhounds mouth to see that the conformation is perfect), and unfortunately I dont know anything about how they are fed when racing to say whether that influences things or not.
It is variable though, I have had a lurcher from a pup whose teeth were always fine, and two whippets from pups (spaced 2 years apart, not the same age) one of whom had dreadful teeth and one whose teeth were fine even though they were fed on the same diet
Do you find that greyhounds/lurchers/whippets are worse that other breeds or is it the way that they are fed when being raced, or poor mouth conformation?
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Yes they are notoriously bad (greyhounds particularly), all my vets over the years have said so
It is variable though, I have had a lurcher from a pup whose teeth were always fine, and two whippets from pups (spaced 2 years apart, not the same age) one of whom had dreadful teeth and one whose teeth were fine even though they were fed on the same diet
star
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greyhounds have revolting teeth - i hate doing greyhound dentals. other bad ones are spaniels and yorkies. no idea why - guess it's due to genetics. i've always had boxers and none of them have ever needed dentals. current 2 never have dental sticks or bones or anything. they eat a mix of wet and dry food and have spotlessly clean teeth.
KarynK
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None of mine have ever had one
Used to get the soup bones nice and cheap from the supermarket but we can't anymore since BSE
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If you have a Morrisons near you they do a soup stock pack of raw lamb bones for about 80p.
None of mine have ever had one
Used to get the soup bones nice and cheap from the supermarket but we can't anymore since BSE
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If you have a Morrisons near you they do a soup stock pack of raw lamb bones for about 80p.
CorvusCorax
Deary me...
I don't Karyn, and the regulations in Northern Ireland are different and much tighter to those in the rest of the UK following the BSE scare a few years ago - you can't get anything like that in the shops anymore.