Turkey necks are cartilagenous not bones. And all my dogs love them. I usually buy one neck and have the butcher divide in three - that is for the large beasties. For Razzle divide in 6 pieces. I freeze the necks, and give them individually maybe twice a week.
Then a knuckle beef bone for the big ones a week or a Bison thigh bone. I have friend who buys me the bones from a Bison farm.
Now my caveat being some dogs can chew all day on a bone, and some like my Zoey loses interest in 20 minutes of chewing! Piffle
In any case pick up the discarded bones - don't leave around especially outside.
Raw food. When Zoey got sick I started cooking their diet because of her compromised immune system. I did notice an uptick in tartar build up. I really need to go back to just raw - I haven't yet for some unknown reason.
I also use healthy mouth - but Magic won't drink his water that has Healthy Mouth in it I tried different dilution rates etc. He does like Suzie's Tartar Liquid and it does a pretty good job.
The oral gels work fine if I am consistent with them; at least 3x per week plus all the other stuff
And Yorkie Mom1 I am with you on time! I'd rather be walking, training, and dematting my fur machine then brushing teeth!
I am watching this thread with interest
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