william g harris Webboard User Reg: 01-24-2006
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I am slowly but surely moving to a BARF diet. I feed chicken backs and turkey necks as the RMB.The problem is that i am starting to see tartar build up on my dog's teeth. She is a 1 yr old olde english bulldogge. i would like to elimintae the tartar because i do not want the vet to clean her teeth by using anesthesia on her. she is getting raw 2 to three times a week as the morning and evening meals. The rest of the week she gets kibble. Any help will be appreciated on the type of RMB and the frequency to feed to help with tartar.
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i would like to elimintae the tartar because i do not want the vet to clean her teeth by using anesthesia on her. she is getting raw 2 to three times a week as the morning and evening meals. The rest of the week she gets kibble. Any help will be appreciated on the type of RMB and the frequency to feed to help with tartar.
Any RMB, but 7 days a week (or 6 if you fast). Any reason you're still feeding kibble?
I would brush her teeth to try to get rid of the excess tartar.
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I am slowly but surely moving to a BARF diet. I feed chicken backs and turkey necks as the RMB.The problem is that i am starting to see tartar build up on my dog's teeth. She is a 1 yr old olde english bulldogge. i would like to elimintae the tartar because i do not want the vet to clean her teeth by using anesthesia on her. she is getting raw 2 to three times a week as the morning and evening meals. The rest of the week she gets kibble. Any help will be appreciated on the type of RMB and the frequency to feed to help with tartar.
Do you know about brushing with the shrimp, chicken, or liver-flavored toothpaste? Also, there are new oral rinses from C.E.T. that you squirt along the gumline.
My most recent adopted guy came with bad teeth and a poor profile for anesthesia. Anyway, I started the rinse right away, while I was getting him used to the brushing.
Some dogs have no trouble at all with the outsides of their teeth being brushed but balk at the inner-facing sides.... but the vet tells me that most placque forms on the outside, anyway. The spit and the enzymes in some foods that dissolve placque might help keep the inward-facing sides cleaner. (I am guessing.)
P.S. I think that most chewy-scrapey things would help....... like supervised recreational bones, maybe.
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i still feed kibble because i am not on the up and up on providing a balanced raw diet. i am scared that i will cause a defiiciency or maybe too much of one thing. i'm still researching. if oyu can, PM me your diet
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i was wondering what i needed to feed because if i only have one dog and ed and others have a lot more and they never compalin about tartar i must be feeding wrong
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i was wondering what i needed to feed because if i only have one dog and ed and others have a lot more and they never compalin about tartar i must be feeding wrong
Hi William: I started my 13 year old Lab on a raw diet just a couple of months ago. You can probably imagine what his teeth looked like from 13 years of kibble. I cannot believe how his teeth look now - FANTASTIC!! So, besides the obvious other reasons for feeding raw I am so excited not to have the stress and cost of anesthetic teeth cleaning by a vet. If you don't switch completely I agree with the above "supervised recreational bones" - this will help.
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thanks cathi. what do you feed ? and i will be buying a rec bone this week and increasing the raw that i give. you would think her teeth would be gleaming white if you could here her crunch those bones.
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What I feed is so close to the link above that it's not worth typing it out.
If you start with the LB sample diet and then gradually add variety as you feel more comfortable (and as you "get it" what the natural meat-bone ratio is), you will be fine, IMO.
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