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Most of the problems on this board are diet related but the
This is a hard subject.I have had my own dog and everyone elses.I am the
family and neibrhood dog care babysitter ha!Ha! anyway I was always around dogs my whole life .I have seen certain dogs that had bad teeth at way to early of an age and the owners ignored it.I have also seen dogs have there teeth cleaned and the owner didnt ignore it and the problem came right back.I have had vets tell me the smaller the breed the smaller the teeth the quiker they build up tarter and there teeth just go.I think some of its in the breed too.I have a thirteen year old dog .He is my baby.I feed him dog food up intill he was thirteen.He ate alot of vita bones .He has perfect teeth.I had his teeth cleaned at age 3 age 5 and around age 8.I cant do it anymore because he is to old now and I am not willing to take the risk.My dog can no longer have dog food. I have to cook all of his food .He has a reaction to the by product in the food.I agree with you dog food from the store really isnt what it is made out to be.Its fool of junk.I do feel you need some because the hard dog food can keep there teeth clean.I am not to happy with dog food companies .I dont think they are the cause of teeth trouble ,but I dont think they are the best thing for a dog.I am against canned dog food because it doesnt clean the teeth and it goes straight threw there system.I use vita bones on my dog and I cook extra lean hamberger with rice and vegatables and a side dish of cottage cheese ,but he is old now when he was younger I did use hard dog food.I think a dog owner should have the dogs teeth cleaned by a vet at least once around age five.Some dogs dont let home owners brush there teeth.Another thing rawhide is okay for some dogs but its harder to dygest for other dogs the man made stuff like denta bone and pedigress buessy bone seems to be a good cleaner if your dogs not eating hard dog food like mone.vita bone is cheaper.This is one of those topics were an owner cant win because its always better to feed your dog a homecooked deit for dogs but than again withought the hard dog food there teeth gets dirtier and you have to find other means to clean them |
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