I haven’t found that to be the case with Newman. That said I do run a CC Buttercomb through his coat daily. I accept that if I am to live with a long-haired pet that I have to maintain the coat. Otherwise a short-coated pet should be the choice.
I brush Louie’s teeth nightly with an enzymatic pet toothpaste and follow that with Healthy Mouth gel. Every morning I add Plaque Off to his food. Over the past 6 months his gingivitis has improved. The key is being very consistent with the dental care routine.
So we live and learn but our last cat before the current ones lived to nearly 20 yrs old on dry food Purina, Iams, something equally bad. He was strictly indoors for his whole life and never sick until he died of basically old age though I expect his kidneys were shot at the end. He was a gray...