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Chuffy99

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Have any dog owners on here tried the powders/liquid that you put into their drinking bowls? Or any suggestions on keeping teeth clean, so called dental chews just get swallowed and are high calorie and while antlers are good, vet described them as molar crackers
Brushing yes but with 6 dogs here it’s never ending
What works for your dogs please?
 
I'd love to know the answer to this! We do Plaque Off but not sure how much it's really helping. Also regular brushing but she still lost her bottom front teeth before the age of 6 (* crying in greyhound owner *)

Apparently fish skin (possibly ostrich skin too which I think is supposed to be lower calorie) is good for teeth because of the scales, but I don't know about that because we bought a big pack of fish skin thingys and the hound was not interested :rolleyes:
 
Canident rather than plaque off, logic enzymatic toothpaste (if I haven’t time to brush, I swipe a bit round with a finger) and leg tendon chews when he was younger. He’s 16, mostly whippet and has only had one dental and currently has all his teeth!
 
I use Canident on my mainly a whippet lurcher. His teeth were shocking a couple of years ago and he had a dental to descale, the Canident is keeping them a lot better. Pup will go into it too once she’s teethed.

I pour a bit of warm water on his kibble and sprinkle it on top.
 
My greyhound gets canident and tripe sticks. He has remarkably good teeth for a greyhound.

Edited as I think that canident on its own does only half a job and something with a little bit of scrape to eat is also needed to keep the teeth clean.
 
Has anyone used the YouMove dental chews? I have just ordered some for my 6 year old retriever. Her front teeth are all clean but her carnassials are a nasty yellow/brown colour and I have noticed her breath getting a bit pongy. She is on a raw diet with added broccoli/beans/carrots.

If it's genetics, she is my 4th CCR and I have never previously had any issues with their teeth. Knowing my luck, having just spent nearly £40 on the chews, she won't like them :confused:
 
If you're not averse to raw feeding, raw bones are good, they essentially 'floss' teeth as they eat them. Duck and Turkey necks are good, if you're worried they will bolt them then you can freeze them beforehand while they get used to having to chew them properly. Avoid weight-bearing bones from larger animals (beef etc) as these are the ones they can break teeth on, but poultry is a fairly safe choice and also the most easily digestible bones for dogs not used to raw feeding.
 
I bought dental powder to try , on the younger dog it has helped, nothing like the ads of course
The old dog it hasn’t done anything but hers are pretty grotty so back to scraping and brushing
If anyone has found one that’s really good would love recommendations
 
I tried Canident with my old boy, it recommends you start off with a tiny amount and then very gradually build up to the full dose. We began with a quarter teaspoon for 2 days, and it gave him the worst diarrhoea that I’ve ever seen. The kitchen floor was plastered, and it lasted almost 3 days. Chunks of his long coat had to be cut off from around his legs, and he was getting hosed down. Perhaps this was an uncommon side effect, but just to be aware!
 
Chuffy99 said:
Plastering the floor was not quite the recommendation I was after😂😂😂
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Sorry, it did occur to me after posting that that might’ve been a bit graphic! Unfortunately there really was no other way to describe it,I’m just glad it was contained to the bleachable kitchen floor, rather than the soft furnishings! My poor lad stayed in good spirits somehow, despite having a cold hose up the bottom several times a day.
 
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