Anything is possible. My old Phoebe has a broken canine tooth, which does not bother her at all. Who knows how it broke? Certainly, if you feed nothing but kibble, and your dog never chews on anything hard, you will avoid ever having a chipped tooth maybe.
Of course, by feeding kibble you may get decaying, yellow teeth and poor gum health too which can cause heart problems, suppress the immune response and compromise kidney functioning. Take your pick!
I am absolutely amazed by the bones my dogs can eat and pass out the other end in small, crumbly droppings.
I feed them beef ribs as recreational bones rather than beef leg or knuckle bones. Large, weight-bearing bones such as these are inherently harder and it’s possible over time that they might chip a tooth. You can safely feed rib bones to large dogs or beef neck bones to smaller dogs for recreational chewing purposes. Smaller bones like beef necks might be a quick meal for a large dog, but it would be a recreational bone for a small dog. Your dog will let you know which is which! Rule of thumb: if they eat it up, it’s nutrition. If they gnaw on it for hours without really ingesting it, that’s recreation.
You should do periodic checks of your dog’s teeth and watch out for signs of discomfort or sudden unwillingness to chew. Look for signs of uneven or excessive wear. Some dogs have thinner or softer enamel and it may be smart to give them more ground RMBs or softer RMBs rather than big beef femur bones.
I have given my dogs large raw bones to chew on for many years and no dog in my care has ever had dental problems as a result.
Now, by combining the sheer cleaning power of gnawing on bones with the benefits of a raw food diet, they have even better dental health as well as overall health and no cleaning bills too!
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