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Cleaning teeth
More than once I heard experienced dog owners praise the benefits of feeding
raw chicken wings to dogs to clean their teeth. How does one introduce raw meat to a dog that is fed dry kibble? Are there any risks of upsetting their stomach? How many wings and how often per day/week for a healthy cleaning? Does that mean daily kibble intake must be reduced? Thank you for any advise. Monika |
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Good way to cause GI damage and not much else.
"Monika I. Neszvecsko" wrote in message .. . More than once I heard experienced dog owners praise the benefits of feeding raw chicken wings to dogs to clean their teeth. How does one introduce raw meat to a dog that is fed dry kibble? Are there any risks of upsetting their stomach? How many wings and how often per day/week for a healthy cleaning? Does that mean daily kibble intake must be reduced? Thank you for any advise. Monika |
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Good way to cause GI damage and not much else.
"Monika I. Neszvecsko" wrote in message .. . More than once I heard experienced dog owners praise the benefits of feeding raw chicken wings to dogs to clean their teeth. How does one introduce raw meat to a dog that is fed dry kibble? Are there any risks of upsetting their stomach? How many wings and how often per day/week for a healthy cleaning? Does that mean daily kibble intake must be reduced? Thank you for any advise. Monika |
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My 10 month old German shepherd dog has been fed chicken necks and backs since
she was two months old, along with a variety of raw meats and a small amount of veggies, fruit, and supplements. There have been no problems at all, and her teeth are as clean as can be. If I were going to feed kibble and chicken necks/backs, I would feed the necks/backs in the morning and the kibble at night. Yes, you would reduce the amount of kibble. The amount depends on the size of the dog. I feed about 12 oz. of chicken necks/backs in the morning and about 14 oz of meat in the evening, although I often mix the two. I generally trim the fat that is easily trimmed because I don't want a fat dog. I simply put it in the bowl and set it outside. The dog does the rest. If you just want to clean the teeth and don't want to feed the chicken necks/backs as part of a daily diet, just try it a couple times a week and see how it goes. If you intend to feed an all natural diet, you need to do some reading. Here is a bit of information: http://leerburg.com/diet.htm "Monika I. Neszvecsko" wrote: More than once I heard experienced dog owners praise the benefits of feeding raw chicken wings to dogs to clean their teeth. How does one introduce raw meat to a dog that is fed dry kibble? Are there any risks of upsetting their stomach? How many wings and how often per day/week for a healthy cleaning? Does that mean daily kibble intake must be reduced? Thank you for any advise. Monika |
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My 10 month old German shepherd dog has been fed chicken necks and backs since
she was two months old, along with a variety of raw meats and a small amount of veggies, fruit, and supplements. There have been no problems at all, and her teeth are as clean as can be. If I were going to feed kibble and chicken necks/backs, I would feed the necks/backs in the morning and the kibble at night. Yes, you would reduce the amount of kibble. The amount depends on the size of the dog. I feed about 12 oz. of chicken necks/backs in the morning and about 14 oz of meat in the evening, although I often mix the two. I generally trim the fat that is easily trimmed because I don't want a fat dog. I simply put it in the bowl and set it outside. The dog does the rest. If you just want to clean the teeth and don't want to feed the chicken necks/backs as part of a daily diet, just try it a couple times a week and see how it goes. If you intend to feed an all natural diet, you need to do some reading. Here is a bit of information: http://leerburg.com/diet.htm "Monika I. Neszvecsko" wrote: More than once I heard experienced dog owners praise the benefits of feeding raw chicken wings to dogs to clean their teeth. How does one introduce raw meat to a dog that is fed dry kibble? Are there any risks of upsetting their stomach? How many wings and how often per day/week for a healthy cleaning? Does that mean daily kibble intake must be reduced? Thank you for any advise. Monika |
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The major reason for the
tarter on a dogs teeth is from too much calcium in the kibble. I don't suppose that's the case, but that's why one should feed a food that is lower in calcium, while still meeting the animal's nutritional needs--like Science Diet! Chicken backs and wings are the softest but even if you grind the bones a dogs teeth will stay tarter free. If the dog consumes ground up bone, wouldn't that be a diet very high in calcium, and therefore be something you advise against? |
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The major reason for the
tarter on a dogs teeth is from too much calcium in the kibble. I don't suppose that's the case, but that's why one should feed a food that is lower in calcium, while still meeting the animal's nutritional needs--like Science Diet! Chicken backs and wings are the softest but even if you grind the bones a dogs teeth will stay tarter free. If the dog consumes ground up bone, wouldn't that be a diet very high in calcium, and therefore be something you advise against? |
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Check out how much calcium is in commercial dog food and you will find
no dog could eat enough bones to come close the amount added. Difference is bones are natural and the calcium in food is just an additive. Calcium is calcium. The amounts of calcium in a dog food should be the levels neccessary for a dog (and hopefully no excesses). Therefore, using your example, a dog won't get "enough" calcium by eating raw bones? What's healthy about that? I fed my dogs the "best" kibble I could find until he started being sick all the time and then I started to study commerical dog foods. What do you mean by "sick all the time"? And which foods were you feeding? I think the most interesting concept is that the health experts for humans recommend a varied diet low is processed and preserved food and to eat more fresh and whole foods while the animal experts are still recommending highly processed diet with no variation. What is meant by "whole foods"? |
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