About Tartar Shield Pet Products
Tartar Shield was founded by Dr. George K. Stookey, a pioneer in the oral-care industry, and the company is still family-owned and operated today. It's a dedicated pet dental-care specialist rather than a general treat maker that added a dental line: the catalogue is built entirely around at-home preventive care, including soft rawhide dental chews, dental treats, a PRO CARE toothpaste with brush kits, DentaTabs water additive, and food-topper sprinkles for dogs and cats. Products are manufactured in the American Midwest from domestically sourced ingredients.
The brand's flagship Soft Rawhide Chews for Dogs earned an independent VOHC Seal of Acceptance for tartar control in 2007, and its PRO CARE Natural Pet Toothpaste earned its own VOHC tartar-control seal in 2025 -- real third-party validation from the Veterinary Oral Health Council that sits behind the company's dental science, even though those two seals cover the dog chew and the toothpaste rather than the cat treat we feature below.
Brand website: tartarshield.com
What Tartar Shield Pet Products makes
Tartar Shield Pet Products's range runs wider than the products we review. The lines we know best from our own testing are marked with a star:
Cat Dental Treats
crunchy hypoallergenic dental treats for cats, the line we feature in our reviews — featured on House of Mittens
Soft Rawhide Chews for Dogs
the brand's flagship product, VOHC-accepted for tartar control since 2007
PRO CARE Natural Pet Toothpaste
toothpaste for dogs and cats, VOHC-accepted for tartar control in 2025, sold alone or as a kit with a toothbrush and finger brush
DentaTabs
a water additive sold as a multi-month supply for daily dental maintenance
Sprinkles food topper
a powder topper aimed at picky eaters who won't take a chew or treat
Why we recognized Tartar Shield Pet Products
The House of Mittens Top Brand recognition isn't paid for and can't be applied for. We award it to the brands whose products consistently stand out in our vet-reviewed category guides. Tartar Shield Pet Products earned it on the strength of the products below, evaluated the same way every product on this site is: assessed against feline-health criteria, used with real cats, and judged on merit.
Tartar Shield Pet Products products we rated highly
Tartar Shield Daily Dental Cat Treats, Chicken Flavor, 4.5 oz
In our testing this treat posted the lowest published calorie count on the page, 1 kcal per treat, leaving the most room in a daily dental routine of any product we reviewed that discloses a figure. Reviewers consistently reported a noticeable breath improvement within a few days, and the SKU carries 578 ratings at 4.5 stars, a solid record for a treat from a specialist dental brand rather than a mass-market treat line. Tartar Shield builds its treats around mechanical abrasion sized to be chewed, not swallowed. This particular SKU does not carry its own VOHC seal -- the brand's VOHC-accepted products are a dog rawhide chew and a pet toothpaste -- so we weigh its case on the calorie count, the reviewer-reported breath results, and the specialist focus of the company behind it.
Read the 10 Best Cat Dental Treats of 2026, Vet-Reviewed guide →What earned Tartar Shield Pet Products the recognition
- A top pick in our cat dental treats reviews for posting the lowest published calorie count on the page, 1 kcal per treat, and for consistent reviewer reports of noticeable breath improvement within days.
- A dedicated pet oral-care specialist, founded by Dr. George K. Stookey and still family-owned, rather than a general treat brand that added a dental line.
- The brand's Soft Rawhide Chews for Dogs carry an independent VOHC Seal of Acceptance for tartar control (awarded 2007), and its PRO CARE Natural Pet Toothpaste earned its own VOHC tartar-control seal in 2025 -- real third-party validation of the company's dental science.
- Manufactured in the American Midwest from domestically sourced ingredients.
- A solid real-world track record for a specialist product: 578 ratings at 4.5 stars on the cat treat SKU we reviewed.