Weeg
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Hello everyone, I have a 5 year old yellow Lab who's teeth have never been brushed. I never knew to brush his teeth or was informed to do so, so of course, it didn't get done. A couple months ago, I started making him his own raw dog food using recipes from Dogs Naturally. Through that site I've learned so so much about holistic pet care, and much more. Sometimes I scroll through the articles, and I happened to started reading about dental disease in dogs. It made me thing about the fact that we fed Comet cheep kibble for the first 5 years of his life and never brushed his teeth.
I pulled his gums up today to look at his teeth, and sure enough, there is lots of tartar build up, etc etc. Over all they don't look like healthy pearly whites.
I read about natural dental care, (organic rubber chews, animals chews such as antlers or organic raw hide strips) and am very partial to natural dental care like suggested in these Dogs Naturally articles. (Article 1, 3rd paragraph and down. Article 2.)
Will frequent brushing, a raw diet, and some of the suggested things in those articles bring his teeth up to par? Of course, the articles also talked about getting a vet involved. Doing a cleaning under anesthesia. If I had to take that road I would definitely keep up on cleaning his teeth from here on out to avoid this conversation in the future.
Thanks for your suggestions, I hope I can fit this at home without getting a vet involved, but I'm interested to see what you think.
Photos coming in next post.
I pulled his gums up today to look at his teeth, and sure enough, there is lots of tartar build up, etc etc. Over all they don't look like healthy pearly whites.
I read about natural dental care, (organic rubber chews, animals chews such as antlers or organic raw hide strips) and am very partial to natural dental care like suggested in these Dogs Naturally articles. (Article 1, 3rd paragraph and down. Article 2.)
Will frequent brushing, a raw diet, and some of the suggested things in those articles bring his teeth up to par? Of course, the articles also talked about getting a vet involved. Doing a cleaning under anesthesia. If I had to take that road I would definitely keep up on cleaning his teeth from here on out to avoid this conversation in the future.
Thanks for your suggestions, I hope I can fit this at home without getting a vet involved, but I'm interested to see what you think.
Photos coming in next post.