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 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

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 ... 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

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 .

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

Has anyone had any teeth probs with their doggies?
Sorry to blab on but I really value your input 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.

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

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

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 ....

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 also give mine tomatoes shelley.

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!

its surprising what can be poisonous to animals ....
but then i suppose all dogs are different...some can cope, some cant

always best to be on the safe side though