Have you caught the post about fish above yours? In general, any kind of fish is ok to feed but it's best to avoid heavy mercury laden fish!
Yes, lamb is expensive and even on sale it's still around 4 dollars per pound so I only feed that sometimes. What you're doing is exactly right for scrubbing those teeth. A more dense bone will not help the process along but could actually chip a tooth! *Horribly diseased* teeth and gums will take about 3-6 months of prey model feeding to look good so give your dog some time!
Fresh tripe looks like a furry, green/brown blanket and does nothing for teeth cleaning but is indeed very good to feed to our dogs! Green, unbleached tripe is the only kind that has nutritional value and it's against the law to sell it this way for human consumption. So what you're seeing at your grocery store is bleached, cleaned and processed tripe. Unless you have access to a slaughterhouse or local farmer, you will have to order green tripe online. My local raw food coop sells this and while I don't purchase anything else from them, tripe is what I do buy and one of the only things that I will feed ground. I found out about my coop by joining the raw feeders supplier's list on yahoo groups. Here are some online places you can order from:
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Originally Posted by tjdmom  The fish idea is interesting and maybe it's because I am frequently up at the lake. Does it depend on the kind of fish? My kids are always catching small sunfish and perch. Would they be all right to feed my dogs are would you only feed something you would eat yourself. I mean, the sunfish are not typically too large and by the time you cleaned them, there would not be a whole lot of meat left and I'm also not sure how good sunnies are.
On a different note.... I've been feeding the girls chicken and pork so far. I'm looking for some lamb but haven't been able to find it reasonable priced. Anyways, my collies teeth are looking a lot better already but I'm just wondering what would be the absolute best thing to feed her to help with her teeth or am I doing ok with what I feed? My goal is for the vet to tell me her teeth look good as last year, they said that they wanted me to start thinking about having her put under for a teeth cleaning.
Finally, I know some people have talked about tripe, not sure if that's good for the teeth or not. And if you buy tripe at the grocery store, is that ok or are there different kinds of tripe?
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