So have I ?(gentle answers please) - I've come back from the vets today having been 'persuaded' with a tube of cat toothpaste which I'm supposed to use daily with a cotton bud until my kitten gets older then upgrade to a cat toothbrush.....
PP ~ my first dog (GSD/Bullmastiff) used to escape from our garden and have a day out enjoying himself. He always came home stinking of something nasty. He would arrive home, be let in and then he would automatically go up the stairs and into the bath.
Yes. If a cat or dog is fed correctly they should not need their teeth cleaned. I have had show dogs and pet cats for more years than I care to remember and have never cleaned a tooth on any of them. My vet is so good that when I took a newly picked up rescue in today to have a jab to stop her coming in season he even gave her a spray with some flea spray he had there rather than try to sell me some.
My vet once suggested I give my cat toothpaste and he gave me a free trial sachet of chicken flavour feline toothpaste that you just smear onto their lips and they lick like mad. Never bought it. That cat lived until his kidneys failed at 14 and never had any oral issues.
I once gave my dog Pedigree Dentistix, I dug them all up last Autumn when I was lifting the potatoes from my vegetable patch. Her gnashers are in fine form.
My guess is the vets was called 'I Saw You Coming' is based in Notting Hill and run by a bloke called Harry Enfield:-). By the way, would you like to purchase a bucket of blue steam?