I've never heard of that either so I'll be watching for other's answers and I'll try to remember to ask my vet the next time we go. I am VERY adamant that Tatum gets dry food only. She's never even eaten any table food (unless a pea or something fell on the floor). I learned the hard way with my toy poodle. I started him out on hard food but we lived next door to my grandparents and he stayed there during the day. Well, my grandpa fed their poodle canned food and so that's what my poodle, Dax, got used to. Wouldn't eat dry food for me. Didn't know about the problems it would cause in the future so I didn't force it on him. He ended up having pretty bad teeth in his old age and by the time he finally passed away (15 years old), he only had 4 teeth left - although it never bothered him one bit to not have a full set of chompers. The others had to be pulled over the years. The vet said that although small breeds like that have a tendency for teeth problems, giving him soft food all those years definitely sped up the problem. I may be going overboard now with Tatum but I only want the best for her. I'm interested in hearing more about the dry food issue though.
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