Do you brush your dog's teeth? including poll

Subject: Do you brush your dog's teeth? including poll Thu Jan 13, 2011 3:22 pm

Just curious as to how often if ever you brush your furbabies teeth.

Do you leave their teeth alone but give plenty of raw meaty bones or raw hide or dental sticks?

We brush Brogans teeth on average once a month and Caius lets ya mess about in his mouth everyday Do you brush your dog's teeth? including poll 910222

Do you brush your dog's teeth? including poll 910222

We give raw hide chews dental sticks and caius has chicken wings 2-3 times a week

its something i had all good intentions of doing... but i forget... ive got all the stuff... but i never think of doing it Do you brush your dog's teeth? including poll 583730

Do you brush your dog's teeth? including poll 583730

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marley and kala have bones and raw hide frequently but they have a dentastck every night

reading this has just reminded me....i forgot to get more night time treats for fred and daisy Do you brush your dog's teeth? including poll 863498

... every night they race up to bed and sit on the end, trying to look well behaved so theyre the first one to get a treat Do you brush your dog's teeth? including poll 41621

Do you brush your dog's teeth? including poll 41621

never - they have bones tho which i think helps

Does anyone have a preference as to which bones they give their furbabies?

Caius has chicken wings. Brogan won't touch em everything has to be cooked for him Do you brush your dog's teeth? including poll 575435

Do you brush your dog's teeth? including poll 575435

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When did peeps start introducing other types of bones? and what? Do you feed just raw or mix with a complete?

I'd rather have Caius' teeth cleaned naturally ie by bones raw hide and stuff than the paste - it stinks Do you brush your dog's teeth? including poll 502598

Do you brush your dog's teeth? including poll 502598

Has anyone had any teeth probs with their doggies?
Sorry to blab on but I really value your input Do you brush your dog's teeth? including poll 910222

I've learnt so much from you all and have far more confidence with Caius than I ever had with Brogan when he was a babe. Do you brush your dog's teeth? including poll 805515

Do you brush your dog's teeth? including poll 805515

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fingers crossed my lot have a nice set of nashers, especially molly dot. I give them raw bones every now and again, plus they have dried food which i think does help with keeping their teeth pretty healthy.

Mine have raw hide and chicken wings Do you brush your dog's teeth? including poll 910222

I did buy a toothbrush and paste with the intention of cleaning Keiras teeth (before we had Mickey) tried it a few times but she kept trying to eat the brush so i gave up Do you brush your dog's teeth? including poll 575435

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I never brush them.

BUT I give huge bones to keep the teeth clean.
I also get turnips (the big ones) bore a hole halfway into it and fill cavity with cheap crab paste, then throw them into the runs and the dogs spend all day licking out the crab paste and chewing the hard veg, great for keeping tartar at bay.
If I notice one with a bit of tartar I will sit and pick it off with a braddle, but this doesn't happen very often.

I am always chucking in root veg into the runs. I even chuck tomatoes, cucumber, bread rolls, etc in.

tomatoes .... Do you brush your dog's teeth? including poll 989279

dont they reckni these are poisonous....

i remember on another forum a while back i was told they were poisonous to dogs... i had let fred eat some in a leftover meal of mine Do you brush your dog's teeth? including poll 658515

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fredsmum wrote:: tomatoes ....

dont they reckni these are poisonous....

i remember on another forum a while back i was told they were poisonous to dogs... i had let fred eat some in a leftover meal of mine

Never heard of that. Guess my dogs have a cast iron constitution! cause none of them have been put up nor down with eating them. They do prefer the cherry vine ones!!

Just to make sure though, I will check on that. I would never forgive myself if something happened and it was due to a Love Apple!

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i also give mine tomatoes shelley.
Do you brush your dog's teeth? including poll 910222

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this might be an interesting read

http://www.suite101.com/content/toxic-foods-for-dogs-a64814

the surprising one was Eggs! I feed mine raw eggs once per week by just popping the whole egg in their mouths and letting them break them their own way!

fredsmum wrote:: tomatoes ....

dont they reckni these are poisonous....

i remember on another forum a while back i was told they were poisonous to dogs... i had let fred eat some in a leftover meal of mine

I've read this too Shell when I did all me research before we got Caius. I got rid of my tomato plants from the greenhouse so that he couldn't eat any that were still on the plant. Corn cobs raisins and grapes were others that were mentioned in the same book.

its surprising what can be poisonous to animals Do you brush your dog's teeth? including poll 910222

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but then i suppose all dogs are different...some can cope, some cant Do you brush your dog's teeth? including poll 658515

always best to be on the safe side though Do you brush your dog's teeth? including poll 502966

Think from what you have all said that I'll give the toothpaste a miss Do you brush your dog's teeth? including poll 277732

the smell of the stuff is enuff to put me off anyway Do you brush your dog's teeth? including poll 502598

Caius is enjoying his chicken wings rawhides etc but I'll still poke around in his mouth so to speak so he'll get used to the sensation of it just incase we need to do it for some more serious reason

As for Brogan, he gave up with the rawhides etc years ago but now since getting Caius he has a renewed love of em. cant imagine why Do you brush your dog's teeth? including poll 517699

Do you brush your dog's teeth? including poll 517699

awww bless brogan.... he wants what caius has got Do you brush your dog's teeth? including poll 658515

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i always have a poke about freds mouth too.... just to see whats happening in there Do you brush your dog's teeth? including poll 41621

I voted once a year because i think i have probably once or twice last year given them a clean but i generally dont bother as she loves rawhide bones Do you brush your dog's teeth? including poll 910222

never brush only raw bones ,never had problem with teeth.

diet is raw with some complete mixed in just to give crunch.

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