[107barney]

Some of us don't buy into the hype of raw food cleaning teeth. I've fed a home cooked soft diet and have one dog who didn't need a dental until age 11. Another dog eating the identical diet needs a dental every year. So it's genetics. And despite your promise that raw food is safe, I respectfully disagree. You cannot kill pathogenic microbes in meat without fully cooking it. And freezing doesn't kill bacteria, it suspends it. It also does nothing for parasites. So you may feel its safe, I don't and not one vet I've ever met has ever thought positively of raw food but all support my holistic way of feeding home cooked organic food. I think you're playing with fire and I could go off for an hour on pork processing and why that would be my last choice but I know it won't change your mind so ill leave it at this -- dental cleanings under anesthesia are safe as long as your vet is progressive and using appropriate anesthesia and monitoring. $900 for a dental is high, but your dogs teeth must have been pretty bad. I would be concerned with cleaning below the gum lines - pork ribs can't do that.