Guest Willow Posted January 2, 2009 Share Posted January 2, 2009 (edited) I started to feed my SWF hills t/d after he had his teeth scaled & polished, yet withing 4 or 5 months, he had a lot of tartar on his teeth already. I was using it properly and he has a properly aligned jaw, so no dramas chewing. I'm very disappointed. He's back at the vets again today for another scale & polish, and I will be brishing his teeth from now on. Has anyone else found it hasn't worked properly??? My cats are on the feline version too, but I'm not overly happy with their teeth either. Edited January 2, 2009 by Willow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
persephone Posted January 2, 2009 Share Posted January 2, 2009 Sorry, never used anything like that.. or brushed teeth .. only ever used bones of all shapes and sizes... Chewing biscuit does NOT scrape the sides of the teeth like long minutes gnawing of meat off bone!! NOT crunching bones... but gnawing for some time. either at large steak sized meat pieces... or gnawing flesh off carcases. My cats demolish rabbit carcases... most of the bones except the long leg bones are completely eaten... lamb neck chops are great for cats.. lots of meat, which has to be patiently gnawed off Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Willow Posted January 2, 2009 Share Posted January 2, 2009 Hi Persephone Yeah, I know bones would be the best & most natural way to do things, but there are a few reasons why I can't/don't want to feed raw bones, and I got drawn into the hype about t/d, and was left feeling a little disappointed (& out of pocket!!!) I figured since I'm unwilling to do the bone thing, brushing his teeth is the next best thing, and he is very good with having his mouth handled, and I have the patience to do a proper job of it. The cats teeth are better on it that the dogs are...just not a sperfect as I was expecting. I have an older staffy who has immaculate teeth, with no effort at all....I want to extract his "good teeth gene" & market it....I would make a fortune!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmolo Posted January 2, 2009 Share Posted January 2, 2009 I know a few people who use it but their dogs seem to need more regular dentals than mine who get raw bones nd have never had a dental. Not sure what the reasons are for not feeding bones but if its because you don't want them to ingest them (blockages, perforations etc) maybe a really big solid bone with not much on it would do the trick? Or teeth cleaning and normal food Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KitKat Posted January 2, 2009 Share Posted January 2, 2009 Have you still got the receipts? try taking it back saying you aren't happy with it - they usually have a palatability guarentee...say they aren't eating it...lol. I've used the retail lines of those foods and found them pretty good - haven't used the vet line version tho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravyk Posted January 2, 2009 Share Posted January 2, 2009 (edited) bones i find are the best teeth cleaners...my dogs eat a regular amount of bones and their teeth are almost perfect-no tatar build up and they are quite white too. why cant/wont you feed bones to them? Edited January 2, 2009 by Ravyk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Willow Posted January 2, 2009 Share Posted January 2, 2009 Have you still got the receipts? try taking it back saying you aren't happy with it - they usually have a palatability guarentee...say they aren't eating it...lol. I've used the retail lines of those foods and found them pretty good - haven't used the vet line version tho. Problem is....the dogs love it.....it just didn't seem to work!!! The retail lines would be like the Oral Care? He is back from the vet fresh of breath & white of teeth....so I have a blank slate to start with Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
InspectorRex Posted January 3, 2009 Share Posted January 3, 2009 We have the same problem here keeping the "girls" teeth clean. Neither of them can tolerate bones or grain based biscuits( allergy to wheat, okay with rice) and trying to find something that is suitable for sensitive tummies is like trying to find a needle in a haystack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paptacular! Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 Because Blaze's teeth are quite bad (he doesn't like chewing on things) we have started t/d, and are still in the process of introducing it slowly. The dogs seem to like it. I thought this seemed like a good option to try and avoid another dental for Blaze. If there's no visible improvement within a month he'll probably need another scale/clean, and possibly another tooth out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brox Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 you might want to try the feline T/D on your SWF as the bigger biscuit may just be breaking into larger chunks and not doing the job its supposed to. I always give my SWF's feline T/D rather than the canine one only because the bikkies are so massive and I just find the feline works better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gayle. Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 Rather than look for a food to do the job of keeping the teeth clean, check out the ranges of chew toys for dental hygiene. There are lots of chew toys in different sizes now available that they'll do the job, and they look like they'd work fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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