Good for my dogs teeth?

I feed my dog canned food and its bad for his teeth but he's doing well on it so don't tell me feed him only dry. What can I give my dog other then dry food to make his teeth more healthier?

Good for my dogs teeth?
Dry dog food does not clean teeth dispite the common belief that it does.


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Fresh meaty bones will clean a dogs teeth. You can also buy the dental chews but be careful they do not digest as well as one would like and some dogs swallow large pieces that can cause problems. Pigs ears and rawhide both can cause obstructions if the dog swallows too large a piece.





You can also use dog toothpaste or even baking soda made into a paste with water and a gauze pad to wipe teeth.
Reply:i would give your dog some rawhides and chews so that it cleans his teeth and gets rids of the tartar.
Reply:Maybe you could try mixing just a little wet food in with the dry.


Dry food is really the best for their teeth but there's nothing wrong with him having a little of both.
Reply:A good ole-fashion raw beef knuckle or shank bone.
Reply:You could mix the wet and dry food together. If you have a problem with him flat out not eating at all, unless it's wet food.Mixing it is a lot better than just all wet food. Try that out and see if it works.
Reply:You can give your dog bones which will help clean his teeth and keep them strong. That's the reason people say canned food is bad, because it is soft so a dog's teeth don't get used and in time go bad. So get a lot of bones and let him chew on those. They also make bones which will help clean his teeth as well.
Reply:Hard treats and bones and brush his teeth every couple of days.


There is dog toothbrushes and toothpaste for that purpose.
Reply:You can always give canned food and supplement the chewing with bones. Not rawhide but actual bones. Usually you can get them at the grocery store, or a pet store. Or perhaps you can mix the two. Canned food tends to be alot richer, so you won't need to put too much into the dry food to satisfy your dog. Good Luck!
Reply:Brush your dogs teeth. The dry food doesn't stick to the teeth as much as the wet stuff. So make sure you brush them once a day. They also have stuff that you can put in their water that cleans their teeth too.
Reply:FYI, rawhide is hard to digest for doggies so i'd stay away from that. Purina makes Denta Bones which are supposed to help clean teeth, my dog likes them. He also likes real femur bones, raw or smoked. anything hard that your dog chews on will help clean your dogs teeth. U could give him a crunchy dog bone each day. I bet that he would like that and it would help his teeth!
Reply:RAW meaty bones - good for the teeth %26amp; keeps the dog occupied for hours:


chicken carcasses


lamb necks sliced in half %26amp; then again length wise


Kangaroo tail segments


Ox tail segments


ribs with most of the meat taken off


deer necks (sliced in half %26amp; lengthwise)


etc. etc. etc.
Reply:Raw Meaty Bones!!!
Reply:I don't understand how you can say that your dog is doing well on canned food if his teeth and gums are suffering. As you seemed determined to keep feeding commercial food at least ensure that he gets raw meaty bones several times a week. These should be meaty enough to be a meal not an added extra. The meat acts like floss and massages the gums while the edible bone scrapes the teeth clean.





You may find that once you see the difference in your dog's mouth and the enjoyment he gets from crunching through bones you will add more real food until that is all your dog eats.



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