dog teeth cleaning

I visited my vet yesterday for his yearly jab and she told me he has tartar on his teeth, we give him dentenoke stick every night.
Is there a dry food I can give that helps as I don't fancy using a tooth brush on him.
Sorry if I have spelt Dentenoke wrong.

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why do you not like to use a tooth brush ? i dont clean my dogs teeth regular but this morning i thought she had something stuck in her teeth so out came the tooth brush, she didnt mind .

I give a handful of wags food every day and im sure thats helping to keep her teeth clean . Soft meat seems to build up in the crevices .

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I don't clean mine, but I give a really crunchy carrot twice a day and my vet says the girls teeth are fabulous. Betty chihuahua particularly good as Chis teeth are notorious but hers are lovely and clean.

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Ellie loves a carrot too .

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How bad is the tartar? If it is bad, I would say it is best to let the vet clean it off before it affects her gums.

They say a raw diet is best to keep teeth clean, or raw meaty marrow bones.
You would still have to clean the tartar off first though.
There is a product called 'Plaque Off' for dogs (and cats) which only a natural seaweed, I have heard one or two good reports of this.

I may be wrong, but personally, I can't see how giving dry biscuit type food will ever clean teeth - does eating biscuits clean yours?

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Hi Reggie I don't like the dental sticks.
Carrots are a good thing to chew on as already suggested.

You can buy something called Logic from the vet/online which you put in your dog's mouth to prevent tartar.

I clean my dogs teeth every other day with a toothbrush and doggy toothpaste or herbal human toothpaste from the health food shop which smells nice and contains no fluoride which is harmful too dogs .
My dog doesn't mind having her teeth cleaned at all

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When we got our Minnie, her teeth badly needed cleaning, so we had it done.
Now we give her a half of a Dental stick (she is small) every evening after her feed.
I took her to the vet yesterday for her booster injection, and the vet gave her the OK.
He said that I have to take her back in 4 weeks for another jab (no extra charge) as he said this is a must have.
Something about an extra precaution.
Anyone also heard of this?

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Yes happened to us this year too, seems the manufacturers want it done and there was no charge so we did it.

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EJ the Leptospirosis vaccination changed a couple of years back and the first time you have it two doses are required then it should be back to one.

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Chewing cats - bones and all - would surely do the trick ?