We need larger kibble, any ideas for a good one?

[my2boyz]

I have used Fromm's Surf & Turf for a couple of years now and I am thrilled with the results...appearance and overall health...of my girls. However, the kibble pieces are tiny (about the size of a flat pea)...which was great when they were small and for Peanut...but my girls are now on the 'plus' side For Peanut the kibble is fine because his mouth is tiny and it probably gets the side surfaces of his teeth but with the girls the pieces are too tiny and they only chew them on the flat, top surface of their teeth so it doesn't help clean the sides at all. We need a bigger kibble for them to help clean their back teeth. I don't want to switch from Fromm's so does anyone know of an excellent kibble that has larger pieces that I could mix in with the Fromm's?

I talked with a Fromm's rep and she said they don't make the S&T in larger kibble..she was absolutely wonderful and even sent me bags of each of their grain free treats and the girls love them...but I would like to give them something more than a treat or two a day to help clean their teeth.

We tried the CET chews but they aren't chewers so that didn't work so well.

Anyone have any ideas?

[Britster]

Kibble does not really clean teeth that much. In essence, that is like telling a human eating hard pretzels every day will keep your teeth clean... which they won't. That's been a myth for a while. It MAY help a TINY bit with scraping off some tarter, but it's not a replacement for brushing teeth and other oral care and doesn't really help teeth that much.

I totally get what you're saying about the tiny kibble though. I have a 15lb boy and when I fed the tinier kibbles, I always felt like he basically swallowed them! Orijen and Acana have larger kibbles for sure. Some think they are TOO big for their little ones, but my friends 4 and 6lb yorkies eat them just fine. But Orijen and Acana are some of the bigger kibbles out there and IMO, you currently can't get much better than Champion Pet Foods in general! Wellness CORE and Wellness Super5Mix Adult also have fairly 'large' kibbles.

Here's an old thread:
http://www.yorkietalk.com/forums/yor...na+kibble+size

[my2boyz]

I understand and I'm not trying to find a 'replacement' for good oral care but the size of the kibble does help remove some tartar and it helps keep tartar from building up so quickly.

I'll check out the Acana and Orijen. Do they have a grain free formula?

[Britster]

Originally Posted by my2boyz

I understand and I'm not trying to find a 'replacement' for good oral care but the size of the kibble does help remove some tartar and it helps keep tartar from building up so quickly.

I'll check out the Acana and Orijen. Do they have a grain free formula?

I used to believe that, too, and I guess I still think it probably does somewhat help. But apparently it's been proven... I'll have to find that link I read. Who knows what to believe! I do still prefer to feed kibble over canned just in case because my common sense tells me anything harder and requires them to do more chewing would clean teeth, but then I read that it doesn't matter at all. Lol, I really don't know.

Anyways, yep! The only Acana available in the US is grain-free (3 flavors: Grasslands, Prairie Harvest and Pacifica, with a new one coming soon) and ALL Orijen is grain-free. They are truly an AMAZING food, and no I don't work for them, LOL. I just love Champion Pet Foods - it's pretty much the only food I'd trust to feed right now. Check out their site: Champion Petfoods | Home and you can see a really good video as to where all their food comes from and they have a really good "White Paper" with their beliefs on dog food, etc.