[in the hills]

Ours is putty coloured and there are no bubbles/foamy stuff. No minty smell. Think it would be safe from your OH, Sandy. 


Vet also gave us a free sample bag of a special diet for healthy teeth. Said it was probably too expensive to feed a big dog on but we could try it out. They bite into the big chunks and it physically pushes the plaque off the teeth. Alf dutifully sunk his teeth in and chewed up the chunk. Pup swallowed it whole  . Thought she would choke but it must have gone down somehow. Think she must be like one of those snakes that can swallow things that are as big as themselves.

[happygolucky]

Ours is putty coloured and there are no bubbles/foamy stuff. No minty smell. Think it would be safe from your OH, Sandy. 

...well I will certainly find some around somewhere...not sure what my daughter uses but I have and do use dental sticks, Labradors do not chew slowly but our pup will love one tonight, supervised of course...I give our carrots on a regular basis.....they must help a bit........I have been looking at tooth brushes but want something that is completely different than ones I buy for me....I can see my using the dogs brush and they will be very unhappy as I love garlic!

[doganjo]

Poundland have a complete dental kit including two brushes, a round one and a normal one - for £1. 

The toothpaste I have for my dogs is beef flavoured and chicken flavoured.

[happygolucky]

I    poundland, I  bought a kit for ticks and a flea comb a long time ago, not been there for ages due to pup sitting, I only get out for short times when necessary and put pup in the car for dog walks......

[SteveHants]

My dogs have never had tartar etc, but they get lots of raw bones from all kinds of places. Picked up a pricket from the side of the road the other week....hadn't blown up...was almost tempted to eat it myself....

[Alistair]

Me very stupid, what's a pricket?

[happygolucky]

pricket

[SallyintNorth]

This is my Prickett - but she's named as her short straight horns are like those of a second-year stag, aka a pricket

[happygolucky]

    amazing to find one of them on the side of the road!   I know my dogs have had an odd bit of Deer that they have found on walks, usually a leg. I bought some dental chews, I often buy them for the dogs but as they are gone in 60 seconds cannot see they do much good, although the pup had it for a lot longer. I am almost tempted to chew one myself.....

[devonlad]

we've started doing our old springer as his breath would strip paint. not sure if its improving and the toothpaste is beef flavoured. anyway he seems to like it

[happygolucky]

A dog that we have no longer used to love collecting plastic bottles on walks, once I could smell beer breath and noticed he like the bottles that were alcohol in particular, he had bad breath but had some health condition that required him being PTS at 9 years old, I often wonder if it was due to his taste for alcohol!