Home prepared and tooth issues?

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Bunny

Black dogs rock!

Barked: Wed Jul 1, '09 5:49pm PST


	I just read through the first page of posts, so this may have been covered elsewhere. It seems like most of the recipes are kind of mush like Do you home cookers give your dogs weekly bones or something hard to clean their teeth?

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Sassy

Princess and the- Pea

Barked: Wed Jul 1, '09 9:03pm PST


	I do. I give Sassy a raw beef rib once a week. The fresh food doesn't cause as much plaque as kibble does though. I found raw pig ears which would be perfect for her being low phosphorus and all but she couldn't digest the cartilage. Pig feet were another attempt that didn't work too well. I thought she would tear off the tough skin but she decided to chew top to bottom eating the bones she isn't supposed to have. Beef ribs, I will stick to them. It takes her about 45 minutes to rip off the meat, fat and tissues and then I take it away before she starts gnawing on the bare bone.

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Bingley

Cookie Monster

Barked: Fri Jul 3, '09 8:08am PST


	I only recently started doing homecooked, but before that was feeding mostly canned. I make sure Bingley has pleanty of chew toys, one of his favorite is a kong rope that is called some kind of dental chew rope. Then I also brush his teeth. I'm also going to be asking his vet about a tooth cleaning now that he's a year old, to keep ahead of any tooth problems that he might be prone to (being a Tzu, they tend to get tooth problems).

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Gwydion

Boxer Gentleman

Barked: Fri Jul 3, '09 11:36am PST


	We make our own crunchy biscuits, they get those off and on for treats, have free access to bones, get raw bones once in a while, and randomly they get teeth brushed. So far, so good.

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Sandy Baby- ♥

Daddy says I'm- a-DORK-able!!

Barked: Fri Jul 3, '09 12:08pm PST


	Sandy gets things for her teeth all the time. Her favorite then is dental sticks. Just, don't buy the ones they sell at Wal Mart (i think they're by Dingo?) they're made in China and there have been problems wtith them. Sandy also loves bullysticks. I have a recipe somewhere for treats that help with plaque... I have no idea where I put it... if I find it, I'll send it to you... if... I also brush her teeth every now and then. That helps a lot, too. She also has Nylabones here there and everywhere... she loves those things... Edited by author Fri Jul 3, '09 12:09pm PST

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Ellie

LONG DOGS RULE!

Barked: Sat Jul 4, '09 8:21am PST


	Mom should have checked here first...she just asked a bone question in raw forum!!! We got a frozen beef rib last night for the first time EVER and boy was it yummy. We worked on it for half an hour and mom worried about my tummy issues so picked it up. and refroze it. Do you think it is ok for us to finish it today??? And how often should she do this? Our teeth are so noticeably whiter she is amazed. So much cheaper...$1.16 for 2 bones..compared to $400.00 plus for two dentals at the vet by the way...I had no tummy issues last night at all after the yummy bone!!

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Luc

Please vote for- me!

Barked: Fri Jul 17, '09 12:49pm PST


	i'm paranoid of feeding my dog raw, so i give him these, boiled: http://www.primalpetfoods.com/product/detail/c/11/id/31 i do watch him to make sure he doesn't go overboard, but after all the good stuff, he pretty much leaves the rest of the bone behind. sometimes, he gets greenies too. his teeth are really white though, whiter than when he used to eat store-bought kibble.

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