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Posted in Uncategorized | August 27th, 2011

Dry food rots dog’s teeth?

I know its not as horrible as this lady made it, but I’m just wondering/paranoid. The usual for me when I learn something new about my dog.
She seemed some what obsessed, and paranoid, over raw feeding. I know dogs have canine teeth. Yes that means meat, not vegetables.

She said that raw food “won’t rot dogs teeth like dry food, and that it’s healthier” and all that jazz.
I guess she meant dry food as in crap like Iams, Beneful, science diet, etc.?

Solid Gold Wolf King and Wellness’s Venison [I mix it with his dry, about a third of a can a day at most,]

http://www.heartypet.com/proddetail.php?prod=well_can13&review=add

I know more people whom feed dry food such as high quality, I never met a person outside the Internet that feed raw.
That won’t rot my dogs teeth, right?
My dog gets things to chew on all the time.
His teeth are super white with not one yellow tinge or mark. He’s 10 months now I’m pretty sure. ^______^

There is a tremendous amount of mis-information floating around about this topic. Largely because more and more studies are done and more and more often they CHANGE THE RULES when a new study comes out.

Most recently they have found there to be no difference between tartar build up from canned as opposed to dry. We used to think that canned was a problem because it sticks to the teeth….we’ve since found it to be just the same as dry food.

Then there’s raw. Raw meat does have a huge advantage in that it has live enzymes in it that WILL help keep your dog’s teeth clean. Certainly, chewing on meaty bones is going to be a big advantage as well.

I feed raw, I love raw….and I don’t have to worry about my dog’s teeth because of it.

HOWEVER, I do not ever push people into feeding raw because I think some people just plain aren’t ready to commit to it. If you’re going to do it, you need to do it right.

That said, pick a food based on nutritional value and deal with the teeth separately if you’re not going to feed raw. There are definately other things you can do in the form of chew bones, etc. At your dog’s young age, nice bright white teeth are to be expected no matter what he eats…..the key is what they will look like when he’s 10 years old.

Dogs who do not chew sufficiently, or who are on processed diets are likely to need regular dental cleanings at the vet.