Interesting dental regimen

I read up on Vibrant Pets. Good reviews. I WISH I had anyplace close for raw bone (except WalMart and I am not overly impressed with their meat department for sure). I live an hour from a city and Fresno is pathetic with pet stores and pet care in general, for that matter.

I showed husband whn he got home and he was about floored at the change over what I showed him Tues. night.
 
That's grate that the product worked so well! I may have to do some hunting for it on Amazon if this water additive I'm using doesn't work (just got it Friday). F-kap's teeth are ok, he doesn't have TOO much tarter but does have a lot of yellowing. Jody's teeth will take a little more effort.
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Mom2Melli said:
I read up on Vibrant Pets. Good reviews. I WISH I had anyplace close for raw bone (except WalMart and I am not overly impressed with their meat department for sure).
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I'm sorry, not trying to be confrontational, but I am a tad confused. If Walmart has soup bones (people grade, in the meat dept?) is that what you are worried about giving your babies? We have no way of knowing what the processed dog treats are, but a raw bone is a raw bone. If it doesn't smell bad, as in you wouldnt put it in your pot for soup, its ok for them :smile2: Walmart may not have the best steaks but the bones are either fresh or they aint.:smile2:
 
I don't think I am mentally ready to go with raw raw bones. It was a first or maybe second in 12 years of dog owning to go with an actual BONE processed or not. IF I really had someone to educate me on the whole raw food thing I could get over my squeamishness, maybe. However, I think I would rather it come from a source that would do something to process the product. Not sure I think I can handle the dog just eating a bone on my kitchen floor. It's MY squeamishness of having raw uncooked meat on and in my dog and on my floor and such.
 
I'm with you Melli. I'm watching the Puppy Peaks ( S. garrett) training videos and she uses raw chicken necks and pieces as treats or training aids. She has it in metal bowls, but it gets put on the carpet or in the crate, she handles it and then handles the dog toy and the dog. I can't see how that can be safe without a whole lot of disinfecting going on. I'm really careful with raw meat in my kitchen - so not goingthere either.
 
I just want to say I am definitely not anti-raw. I am anti-raw FOR ME. Now, honestly, if I lived in Carmel and could go to that store I found The Raw Connection and spend time with the staff or a seminar by the owner, I might very well fully know and understand raw. I know they have case after case of meat tubes of several different varieties. I would be happy to stop in every week and pick up food. I live an hour from a town and work from home and only go to town once every 2-3-even 4 weeks (short of this short run of dog courses). I don't have an extra freezer (it's just my husband and myself). I don't have such a good store close to me though I MAY be able to find some raw down in the city but certainly not an all-raw superstore. Because of the combination of squeamishness, lack of full knowledge of the options in the raw world, and my distance from anyplace that actually sells raw or great meat markets where I could even buy in bulk to make by own, it is just not FOR ME. I wouldn't want my dogs chewing on a raw bone I picked up in the local Wal-art or Save-Mart meat department on my kitchen floor then crawling into bed with me mostly for the mess and the possible cross-contamination. Still, I don't wish at all to impune raw. I am a little whistful to never give this option a try because of possible benefits, at least some of the pre-prepared raw diets.

Having said that . . . The dogs eat TOTW Bison which seems to work the best for my grumbly-tummy prone shepherd plus he gets probiotics/enzymes with every meal. I have good enzymes/probiotics to use as tootpaste 1-2 times a day. I have a fair supply of limited ingredient dental chews for daily. I am thinking of periodic (once every week or two) chew sessions with bones I will hunt down the best option for bones in the "natural" category rather than "raw". That is the best I am able to do and it seems to be effective which is what is important. I hope never to have to do a dental on my little ones again. Anesthesia is for surgery if I can control things with a regimen that apparently is much simplier than I ever thought.
 
I went ahead and bought some of this stuff on Amazon, and it got here today. Missy's teeth are not bad at all.. but one of her bottom teeth in the front goes behind the one next to it a little. It's not super noticeable, but it looks darker and dirty and I can't get it clean no matter now much I brush, and I'm not going to try scaling. So we'll try this and see if it helps. It might just be a shadow thing that can't be helped, but I don't want gunk to get trapped and cause problems.

Despite me brushing her teeth pretty frequently since she was a puppy (I won't lie and say it's been every day, maybe a couple times a week), she does NOT like having her teeth brushed, but she's a good girl and tolerates it. Luckily she doesn't fight me! But poor thing especially didn't like the powder lol.
 
Brush with it and then allow chewing action. We are looking great with teeth and gums plus it helps his rumbly tummy better than any product.
 
EJHUNTL said:
I'm with you Melli. I'm watching the Puppy Peaks ( S. garrett) training videos and she uses raw chicken necks and pieces as treats or training aids. She has it in metal bowls, but it gets put on the carpet or in the crate, she handles it and then handles the dog toy and the dog. I can't see how that can be safe without a whole lot of disinfecting going on. I'm really careful with raw meat in my kitchen - so not goingthere either.
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Am sure most of bacterias and viruses existed well before humankind. While it is important to have healthy respect for them it is important to know that all those ¨nasty¨ things have been around for long time and it is our healthy immune system that keeps ¨nasty things¨ at bay. Once we change priorities to eating wholesome healthy foods and keeping our body well with healthy lifestyle maybe bleach cleaning veggies before selling them in the stores will not be as fashionable. Oh yeah, and we did not discover vitamin B 12 deficiency till we started to bleach and power wash our veggies. Because those specks of dirt that come with veggies from your garden is all vit B 12 your body needs...
Anyway, lack of common sense in public education is big pet peeve of mine...
Washing hands is the safest procedure one can stick to and remain happy and healthy.
 
I did train both dogs to chew their bones on towels which then go into the wash. I could probably handle raw meaty bones now that they have a clean routine. However, there again, I shop once every 2, 3, or 4 weeks and there is simply no room in the freezer/fridge for extra.

Yes, it is true that bacteria have existed forever and we have sterilized our way right into bad health.
 
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