Can Vet's Best products replace brushing my dog's teeth?

No, brushing remains the most effective way to manage your dog's dental health. Products like Dental Foam are designed to support a brushing routine between sessions, not to replace it.

Is the Bitter Cherry Spray safe to use around the house?

It's designed to be applied to surfaces or objects rather than directly to your dog, to discourage chewing on things like furniture or cables. Follow the instructions on the packaging for where it's intended to be used.

Will a calming chew fix my dog's separation anxiety?

Products like this are generally aimed at everyday stressful moments rather than diagnosed anxiety conditions, which usually need a proper behavioural assessment. If your dog has ongoing anxiety, speak to your vet about the right approach rather than relying on a chew alone.

Vet's Best pet care

Vet's Best is a pet care brand built around natural-ingredient formulas for everyday grooming and care jobs — dental hygiene, eye and ear cleaning, and calming support. We carry a selection covering all three areas, including dental foam, eye and ear cleaning pads, and a calming chew.

What's in the range

The Vet's Best products we stock include Dental Foam and Dental Breath Fresh for everyday oral hygiene between brushing, Eye Cleaning Soft Pads and Ear Cleaning Finger Pads for routine grooming, a Bitter Cherry Spray often used to discourage chewing on furniture, cables or bandages, and Comfort Calm and Daily Soft Chews aimed at supporting a dog through stressful moments.

These are everyday care and grooming products rather than medical treatments, and they're meant to sit alongside your normal routine — brushing, regular vet check-ups and general care — rather than replace any of it.

Where each product fits in

Dental products like the foam are typically used between toothbrush sessions to help manage everyday plaque and breath, not as a substitute for brushing itself, which remains the most effective thing you can do for your dog's teeth. Eye and ear cleaning pads are for routine, gentle maintenance rather than treating an existing infection or irritation, which needs a vet's attention instead.

The Bitter Cherry Spray works on the principle that most dogs dislike the taste, so it's applied to surfaces or items you want your dog to leave alone rather than to your dog directly, and Comfort Calm and the calming chews are aimed at everyday stress, such as travel or fireworks, rather than a diagnosed anxiety condition.

Building these into a routine

Most of this range works best used little and often rather than reached for occasionally — dental foam alongside a regular brushing schedule, eye and ear pads as part of a weekly grooming check, and a calming chew given ahead of a known stressful event like a car journey or a fireworks night rather than after your dog is already distressed.

If your dog has ongoing eye discharge, ear odour or redness, sore gums, or anxiety that seems to be getting worse rather than better, those are signs to get your dog examined properly rather than to keep managing at home with a grooming product.

The range

Everything below is in stock with us, priced with delivery worked out, and packed and posted by hand in the UK.

Vet's Best Dental Breath Fresh

A water additive that freshens dogs' and cats' breath, added daily to the bowl

£9.75

Vet's Best Dental Finger Pads

50 finger pads for daily dog teeth cleaning, an alternative to a toothbrush and paste

£6.49

Vet's Best Dental Foam Dog

An oxygenated enzyme dental foam for dogs, massaged around the gum line

£11.99

Vet's Best Ear Cleaning Finger Pads

Finger-worn ear wipes for dogs, for weekly wax and dirt removal, not an infection fix

£6.75

Vet's Best Eye Cleaning Soft Pads

A pack of 100 eye cleaning pads for dogs, with Aloe Vera to remove dirt and tear stains

£6.75

Vet's Best Comfort Calm Dog

Calming tablets for dogs, for travel, fireworks and time spent home alone

£17.29

Hatchwells Vet Toothbrush

Vet-recommended soft-bristle toothbrush for daily dog and cat dental care

£3.59

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BambooStick Dog Ear Cleaning Buds — Vet-Designed, Eco-Friendly

Large bamboo cotton buds specially designed by vets for safe, effective cleaning and care of your dog's ears.

£6.99

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Vetiq Teething Gel Puppies

A teething gel for puppies with chamomile, peppermint and clove oils, applied direct to the gums

£7.54

Natural Vetcare Daily Dental Powder

A daily powder supplement for dogs' teeth, with seaweed, postbiotics and microalgae

£24.99

Vetiq Denti-care Granules

VETIQ Denti-Care granules for cats and dogs from 12 weeks, with seaweed, pomegranate and peppermint oil

£7.16

Vetiq Denti-Care Solution

A pomegranate-extract water additive to help reduce oral bacteria, no brushing needed

£6.89

Common questions

Can Vet's Best products replace brushing my dog's teeth?: No, brushing remains the most effective way to manage your dog's dental health. Products like Dental Foam are designed to support a brushing routine between sessions, not to replace it.
Is the Bitter Cherry Spray safe to use around the house?: It's designed to be applied to surfaces or objects rather than directly to your dog, to discourage chewing on things like furniture or cables. Follow the instructions on the packaging for where it's intended to be used.
Will a calming chew fix my dog's separation anxiety?: Products like this are generally aimed at everyday stressful moments rather than diagnosed anxiety conditions, which usually need a proper behavioural assessment. If your dog has ongoing anxiety, speak to your vet about the right approach rather than relying on a chew alone.

Written by Matt Garnett, who runs Giddy Pets and is a lifelong pet owner — not a vet. This is general information, not veterinary advice, and it cannot replace an examination by the vet who knows your animal. How we write these guides.