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Jasper crashing out after chasing a deer this morning gave me a good opportunity to get a pic of his teeth:

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This is the only significant staining/tartar he has. I suspect that to get rid of it would be quite a task, regarding daily attention - would it be worth it, or can I happily ignore it? He's five years old, has one or two chicken carcasses a day, and can't have any longer-lasting bones than them.
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Well spotted, and I'd say get after that before it gets bad.

I have read and understood about the chicken wings and nothing bigger :wink: though this would be the ideal job for breast of lamb. Is it because he swallows lumps, or some other reason that I have forgotten?

Would he allow some fiddling about? If so, I'd go with rubbing aloe vera gel on every day, getting it right up to the gumline if you can.
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Carcasses, not wings - he could probably swallow a wing whole :wink: The reason for nothing longer-lasting is because of his guarding - I don't want him deciding to eat it in a doorway, or by my feet, and me not being able to move, so it needs to be something I can shut him in a room or garden with and leave him in peace till it's gone. How long would a breast of lamb take him to eat (or a meal-sized portion, say 450g), and how often would he have to have one to make a difference? He did pass quite large, sharp bits of bone in the past when I gave him lamb ribs, so I'd also have to see how he got on with lamb breast (I assume we're talking bone-in lamb breast here).

I can try the aloe vera gel - depends if he likes the taste, I haven't found a dog toothpaste that he doesn't spit out yet.
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I know mine are greedy sods but takes about 5-10 mins maximum for them to eat 200g of lamb breast or lamb spine even if it's partly frozen still so can't imagine it would take Jas long.
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Might be worth a try then - thanks :D
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Actually, are lamb ribs the same thing as lamb breast?
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No, lamb breast is lamb ribs with meat on, and it's the meat that cleans the teeth as well as the bones/gristly bits. Avatar dog can finish a side of breast of lamb in less than 5 minutes, not hurrying, and she is smaller than Jas. The meat is very fatty so caution if he reacts to fatty meat - mine don't suffer with it at all as the bony bits seem to balance it all out. At the moment we get a lot of this so they have it about 3 times a week with no ill effects.
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Thanks - I bet the local supermarkets won't do it and the butcher will cost a couple of limbs as they sell local free-range... The fat might be a problem though. I remember what happened after he had duck mince two days running :lol:
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Sometimes supermarkets have it in the frozen-NZ-lamb section - and they might do some to order. Locally farmed might be too much, but another butcher could have some less exalted lamb (it's all free-range in UK). You could trim most of the fat off.
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Not sure which supermarket you use but our Morrisons sells it, albeit usually in smallish portions so might not be the cheapest option if you have to buy a few packs. We also get "lamb stock bones" from Morrisons fairly often at just over £1 per kg and they are quite bony but usually have a decent amount of meat on!

Picture from Google but we get the ones like the pack in the middle if we are running short on food for dogs.
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bendog wrote:We also get "lamb stock bones" from Morrisons fairly often at just over £1 per kg
:shock: I use Ocado online mostly - no lamb breast there but they do do lamb stock bones... at £6 a kilo! I'm going to have to shop around...
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Nettle, could you recommend an aloe vera gel, please? I've just been looking at one that claims to be 99.9% pure, but apparently the full ingredients list is 'Aqua
Aloe Barbadensis leaf juice, Glycerin, Carbomer, Sodium Hydroxide, Magnesium Chloride, Magnesium Nitrate, Citric Acid, Methylchloroisothiazolinone, Methylisothiazolinone, Potassium Sorbate, Sodium Benzoate' :shock: OK, there can't be very much of any of them, but I don't know if there's a better option.
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Bloomin' 'eck! What a list of ingredients!

Sorry can't recommend a particular make :( wish I could be more help. I used to have a plant but I felt cruel breaking its leaves off.
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Nettle wrote:I used to have a plant but I felt cruel breaking its leaves off.
You old softie you :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Get an aloe plant and then you know it is 100% pure! :D

I keep one in my garden and it has come in handy more times than I can count. I love those plants!!
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