Biscuits Aimed At Fighting Mouth Disease
Hartz is working to make healthy biscuits that are aimed at fighting mouth disease. Check it out…
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We have been using this product fro about a month and it does seem to be making a difference. Goodness knows I’ve been trying to brush Molly teeth and she doesn’t make it easy so these biscuits do help. They smell pretty good too, the taste is nothing to write home about but Molly would disagree on that. (Don’t tell me that none of you out there have never tasted you dog’s treats before).
Around $3.00 a box at WalMart, not a bad buy.
It’s about time something like that came out. Just got to get Morning Dawn to think it’s great to chew.
I don’t like the biscuits, but maybe it is because I am picky & have old lady teeth, Sophie Bean seems to like them.
There are a lot of more healthy treats that do the same thing. Unfortunately these biscuits have corn…corn=startch=sugar, so it causes teeth to rot. (Unfortunately corn based foods cause a lot of these problems and more)
Try a raw meaty bone; its healthy and will keep tarter off. Your local butcher shop can cut them to your dog’s size and it contains calcium! Even Nylabone makes dental sticks without gluten. There are several wipe on tooth cleaners and Greenies (which is reformulated without gluten) makes a biscuit that works just fine.
Cool idea, but they are already out there…also check the ingredients…find out what they are truly putting in the biscuits!
These seem to be the only ones with real “science” behind them. There are lots of dental biscuits etc… but they don’t have any active ingredients – the only remove some tartar by the dog chewing the biscuits. These seem to have an actual ACTIVE ingredient (the box says developed at Indiana University) that actually does something beyond what others do. Greenies and others I have seen don’t have anything special in them for the teeth.
I have tried them, and Emily loves the taste – We’ll see if her teeth stay cleaner next time we go to the vet!
I like the idea of a reputable company developing a product with a special preventive ingredient. My old dog can’t chew bones any more, but could probably manage one of these biscuits. I confess to not doing well with the doggie tooth brushing, so I’m going to give this a try. Thanks for the heads up!
The biscuits do have corn starch in them, but it’s way down the list of ingredients, they’re not corn based. There’s no gluten in them either. I do read the ingredients on the food and treats I buy Molly and these biscuits are more acceptable to me than others that are readily
available. And for bones, as the dog chews them they can splinter and cause injury to the dog’s mouth. Other than calcium the bones have no other nutritional value.
Also with bones, when they get gnawed down to a certain point they can become a choking hazard. And they must be thoroughly cleaned to make sure there’s no residue of old meat on them.
Agree with Laura on most parts. However, I wouldn’t feed greenies either. Even with corn being low on the list of ingredients there is no reason for it to be in there. Looking at the ingredient list I would not feed them.
Mollydog, there are some points of your post which I don’t completely agree with and all raw feeders wouldn’t either. We feed bones usually everyday. A raw meaty bone is a wonderful thing. It is globs of meat and some bone all served raw. The bones won’t splinter and choosing the appropriate sized raw meaty bone is always important as with any treat.
As for bones being a choking hazard, any item including treats and kibble could possibly be a choking hazard.
Raw meaty bones are by far a better choice then these treats. Even a bullystick, moo tube, or Texas toothpick would be a much, much better choice. I would have no issue feeding any of those but wouldn’t feed these.
I would NEVER purchase a product for my pups created by Hartz. Sorry. Frozen, thick marrow bones for us and regular teeth brushing
Dear Tucker
Sorry your pups are going to miss out on this healthy treat. Our Maltese, Lulu, LOVES them and she’s not usually a treat lady. Plus I read they contain the same tartar-fighting ingredient that’s in my favorite toothpaste, Crest Pro Health (also originating at Indiana Univ). What’s good enough for this old lady is good enough for our little lady! Plus, I’m all for anything that can help her avoid losing teeth and getting gum disease. Try them. I recommend them.