Article From SubmitYOURArticle.com: How To Maintain Proper Dental Health In Canines

Dental health care is a very important part of
maintaining your dog's general health. Far too
many canine owners fail to understand the
importance of preventing the build up of tartar
on their dog's teeth. This build up can promote
the growth of bacteria.

The bacteria in the tartar can lead to gum
infections which in turn can lead to bleeding
gums. Here is the reason for the danger of poor
dental health in dogs (or for that matter in
humans as well). The bleeding gums can allow the
bacteria found in the tartar to access the blood
stream. When they enter the blood stream, they
can be carried and deposited into other organs.
There, they can multiply and cause serious
consequences to the animal.

The reason there are so many problems with
dental disease in dogs today is because of the
usage of softer and commercial foods. Even the
hard, chunky types of food served dry promote
the build up of tartar.

Wild canines like wolves and coyotes have not
issues with poor dental health usually. The
reason for this is the fact that they consume
their prey raw and in entirety. In other words,
they chew and consume the bones of their prey
too. This chewing of the live bone tissue acts to
keep the teeth clean in these wild cousins of
our domesticated pets.

However, it should be noted by canine owners
that it is not usually advisable to feed dogs
cooked bones. Cooking causes the bones to harden
and splinter as they are chewed. This
splintering can be dangerous and cause cause
damage to your pet.

Some canines today are fed a diet of raw meat.
In fact, whole, raw chickens can be ground up in
food grinders and fed safely to dogs. No, there
is no danger of food poisoning with this method.
Dogs have protection and not usually affected by
such things.

Feeding raw foods to pets will in fact offer
proper dental health, but it can be an expensive
means. Instead, there are lower cost and safe
methods to insure proper dental health for
canines.

There are all natural gels and sprays which can
be used to clean dog teeth effectively. They are
much safer and offer an alternative to the
dangerous and costly process of scaling performed
at the veterinarian's office. These products
contain all natural products and are highly
effective for ensuring proper dental health in
canines. Be sure to research these methods and
discuss them with our vet.

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Steve Weber has more information at his web site,
Cactus Canyon, about achieving maximum canine
dental health.
http://www.cactuscanyon.com/dog-teethcleaning.htm

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