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Hello, I am struggle to take him to see a vet as the vet we used to go can't provide any further service other than clean and polish and they aren't cheap either, Would you kindly have a look the picture and advises?

Is it enamel chipped off? or just tartat built up?
 
i suggest raw bones, i had a lab come with teeth like that, after 6 weeks they are so white even the vet commented on how lovely his teeth are. Iget a huge bag of them for £5 so it works out really cheap
 
that's just tartar- ime some dogs, like humans, are more pre-disposed to a build up of it than others. I have 6 dogs and as an example, my oldest who is 11 in Feb has glistening white teeth that i have never once brushed or given a dental to. In contrast I have a 2 year old who has a big tartar build up. I switched to raw about 3 months ago and am gradually plucking up the courage to feed actual bones.. im worried about them bolting them down and choking. I did chicken wings today and served them frozen to try and get them to last longer but they were gone in 2 mins flat. suggestions?
 
Thank you, I just threaten myself, silly.

I have been suggested to use petzlife gel or spray to clean the tartar.

I am not too sure about chicken wings to be honest. Vet said no chicken or duck with bone should feed to dogs because it could cause problem with gut. Only feed with big bone.

Not too sure about raw diet either. It's because food have to be really fresh especially meat, and I am not good at judge the freshness of the meet unless they are really rot.
 
As mentioned in the other post, NI do lamb necks, spines, ribs, turkey backs etc and the bigger suppliers do bags of bones. I think most dogs would struggle to swallow them whole! Even with chicken wings, they are so soft and malleable that even swallowed whole, I don't know if a big dog would suffer too badly.

We've fed bones forever and so do a lot of people I know, I've never heard of any mishaps - my old girl ate bones til she died at 14, what almost killed her was swallowing a chuffing pair of tights or two!!

OP the chicken carcasses I am feeding this week are as high as a kite (left them beside the radiator and forgot :o) and the dog doesn't care - their stomach acids are built to cope with breaking down stuff that's been dead and buried - just think about some of the stinking things they can get stuck into during walks. We've all be conditioned by large multinational companies to feeding our dogs grain over the past 30 years or so, when just a look at their teeth tells you, they're meant to eat meat and bones.
 
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Sorry, something wasn't sure here. Hope you don't mind to explain a bit more for me =)

vet version: Chicken bond are so soft and have chance to break though lining of digestion system. Emergency operation may enquire.

public version: Chicken wing are good with my dog and have feeding this for number of years.

Would you please correct me, which is the most realistic? (I don't 100% believe what vet said even they have qualification.)

If you don't mind, how much does it cost for food for one dog per week?
and where do you buy the food from? Butcher? supermarket?

Many thanks.
 
my pup has been on raw since we got her actually, so i must have been feeding it for about 4 months.. anyway, she has the most beautiful teeth. All her adult teeth are in now and they are just whiter than white:cool:
 
Lam said:
How to work out how much to feed them? I am not familiar with how much food to feed them in raw diet.
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2-3% of her weight , daily, assuming she is adult. But thats just a guide.. reduce it if she looks to be gaining to much and up it if she is getting to thin.

see here
http://rawtogo.co.uk/Howmuchfood.aspx.htm

they also sell everything you need, minces and bones
 
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I have am relatively new to raw, I have been feeding my pup raw since we got her. It costs me around 80p per day to feed her. She has a variety of tripe, beef, lamb, chicken, a variety of bones and offal and fruit, vegetables and natural yoghurt. Her teeth are amazing, she doesnt have smelly breath, her coat is silky smooth and she looks fab! It is definitely worth doing. There probably is a risk of bones perforating the stomach lining however IMO there is more risk of problems with anal glands, bad teeth, smelly breath, colic, and runny poos when feeding dry food!
 
Right, I'll quote myself :p regarding vets and raw:

Dogs don't eat as many raw bones as they used to.
Dogs are suffering more and more with dental hygeine problems.
Dogs need to go to vets for dental treatment.
(Some) vets say 'bones are baaad, stop feeding them, buy this speyshul Dentywotsit'

Dogs eat more dry food than they used to.
Dogs are suffering more and more with skin and other allergies, diabetes and other conditions that they never used to suffer from.
Dogs need to go to the vets for treatment for all these ailments.
(Some) vets say 'raw food is baaaad, here, buy this speyshul food instead'.

Anyone see an agenda or am I just being paranoid.

(I've not worked it out per day but I buy a bag of 25 human grade chicken carcasses, a big bag of tripe and a big bag of whole minced chicken for about £12. That does one dog about two months, I also use dry (at the moment, Happy Dog) for training/tracking, but not at the same time) and his teeth are strong and very, very, very white. People have actually stopped us to comment on them.
 
teeth are too bad to be honest on a 5 year old husky ( i think) but the runny poo and farts are more concern to me. Not too sure is it because the dry food I fed on them are too rich?

Starting to consider to change food for them when finish the bag. Bones still worry me. There would be a chance that enamel get chipped from eating hard bones? ( read it somewhere from a book) More research needed, and more reviews needed too.
 
CaveCanem said:
Right, I'll quote myself :p regarding vets and raw:

Dogs don't eat as many raw bones as they used to.
Dogs are suffering more and more with dental hygeine problems.
Dogs need to go to vets for dental treatment.
(Some) vets say 'bones are baaad, stop feeding them, buy this speyshul Dentywotsit'

Dogs eat more dry food than they used to.
Dogs are suffering more and more with skin and other allergies, diabetes and other conditions that they never used to suffer from.
Dogs need to go to the vets for treatment for all these ailments.
(Some) vets say 'raw food is baaaad, here, buy this speyshul food instead'.

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i still chortle when i read this:D

Lam said:
teeth are too bad to be honest on a 5 year old husky ( i think) but the runny poo and farts are more concern to me. Not too sure is it because the dry food I fed on them are too rich?

Starting to consider to change food for them when finish the bag. Bones still worry me. There would be a chance that enamel get chipped from eating hard bones? ( read it somewhere from a book) More research needed, and more reviews needed too.
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more likely its all the crap in dry foods that your dog cant digest properly making him fart:o You dont HAVE to feed actual bones. If you feed the minces on the rawtogo site I gave you the link to it has all the bone needed minced through it. There are still benefits for teeth and even without feed bones to chew on, dogs fed raw still tend to have better teeth. Natural Instinct do a similar ready prepared product too but it is more expesive and also contains fruit&veg.
 
Huskies tend to do very well on the raw diet, it seems to suit their sensitive little souls :p :D

Dogs are designed to eat bones, look at their dentition, canines at the front for the first strike, then the back teeth for the re-bite once the prey is still and for squeezing, crushing, chewing, a dog like a husky can exert a very strong bite.
You don't have to feed the large, weightbearing bones from cattle (I do but many don't for the reasons you mention). Chicken bones, lamb bones etc are much softer. The danger is when they are cooked because they are sharp and splinter.
 
NeverSeenSanta said:
i still chortle when i read this:D



more likely its all the crap in dry foods that your dog cant digest properly making him fart:o You dont HAVE to feed actual bones. If you feed the minces on the rawtogo site I gave you the link to it has all the bone needed minced through it. There are still benefits for teeth and even without feed bones to chew on, dogs fed raw still tend to have better teeth. Natural Instinct do a similar ready prepared product too but it is more expesive and also contains fruit&veg.
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Didn't know that there is minced raw bones for dogs. I believe I have been commercial brain wash for their foodies.

If I want to switch from dry food to raw diet, do I have to do it bit by bit? ( silly question)

One of husky is very picky of food. If the food is a bit fishy he trends to play with it rather than eat it, any suggestion?
 
emm0r said:
http://rawfed.com/myths/kibble.html I was sent this link when considering a raw diet.... It convinced me!
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Thanks for sharing, I have read some about it.

Actually what I am paying for their food is simliar to what would the raw diet would cost. However, the minor cost different would improve a better health, I don't mind to switch.

Need to study how to feed them. eg what to feed, how much to feed. what is the combination should I use, How to deal with eggs? raw or cooked?
 
I feed eggs raw with shells. There's a great sticky at the top of the forum.
There's a lot of information on another forum called Petforums which has comprehensive information and Cinnamontoast, Oberon (Oberbaubles?!) and KarynK are very helpful on here. I think there is also a raw-feeding Yahoo group.
 
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