quickcluck Posted October 10, 2013 Author Share Posted October 10, 2013 A ready fresh supply! How lucky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lavenders_Blue Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 Bones do the trick here too. Harder bones like trotters and lamb bones are great when there's a bit of plaque build up, and chicken carcasses do the day to day cleaning - like a toothbrush for dogs! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 Yes, Cyrus's manky teeth and gums really cleaned up a treat once we got him and he started on a decent raw diet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quickcluck Posted October 10, 2013 Author Share Posted October 10, 2013 where do you get ribs from.... a butcher? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lavenders_Blue Posted October 10, 2013 Share Posted October 10, 2013 If you've got an amenable butcher, yes. My local butcher is totally unhelpful and strips every tiny bit of meat off rib bones (goodness only knows what it's used for ) and then offers the bare bones to dog owners.... Which are pretty useless! The bones need to be covered in meat. You can buy pork and lamb ribs from Morrisons, but that's an expensive way of doing it. I only buy them when Tango needs a bit of muck s"Ooops, word censored!"ing off her teeth, otherwise it's chicken carcass for her. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quickcluck Posted October 10, 2013 Author Share Posted October 10, 2013 hmmmmmm might look into them at the supermarket. Far too traumatic to go to a butcher! Might be a good thing to do while they can still spend time in the garden! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted October 11, 2013 Share Posted October 11, 2013 My butcher is amazing; he makes up frozen dog mince for me, and also chicken carcasses, rabbits, and lamb ribs. So cheap too. Mine get their evening bones while sat on an old dog towel in the kitchen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lavenders_Blue Posted October 11, 2013 Share Posted October 11, 2013 If you have a decent amount of freezer space then you can look at ordering from some of the online raw suppliers for dogs. It's not usually cost effective if you only want a few things, but I order about 4 months worth of food for Tango, and then I go and collect as my nearest supplier is only about 15 miles away from me. Sadly he doesn't do lamb bones though By the way, I am a veggie too.... You do get over the raw meat grossness factor after a while! (Thick rubber gloves help ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
