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Originally Posted by Harrysmum   Ohhh, how I agree with you - the Devil made me join in!!! 
For 50+ years I've had dogs...big, small, mutts, pedigrees...
From teensy to big - every dog I've ever 'owned' has lived 14+ years. We didn't use to feed them 'designer' dog food - we used to give them cans of (apparently) crap, mixed with 'mixer'. If they were lucky, they got a bowl of boiled mince, maybe stewed up with some bones, occasionally. Years ago (and I mean 40+) our Poodle used to love hot chocolate in a saucer...it was his bed-time treat...  And he lived 'til 14....
I've never, ever (before) had to have a dental done on any of my dogs...I'm really not too sure about ANY of it.... |
SOMEBODY's got some 'splainin to do!!!! THAT is how we used to feed dogs years ago....and NONE of my dogs had horrific teeth, and all lived to be double digit ages!!! Most of the larger ones ate Purina kibble, especially GRAVY TRAIN!!! Can you imagine!!!! All the small breeds were privy to boiled chicken + rice + veggies! They got a dropper of ViDaylin vitamins once a week....and all those little ones lived double digit lives, except one little female that eventually bled to death after a vet gave her a "shot that will stop her from coming into heat"....my poor momma thought this was a wonderful advancement in birth control for female dogs, and when little Christy suffered her eventual demise, she was horrified, angry, and then totally devastated that she gave the OK for something that killed that little dog.......she never got over that.