Has anybody here got any experience with non-anesthetic teeth cleaning with dogs? I know Taggart needs a professional teeth cleaning some time soon, but obviously it costs a lot of money to do at a vet's office. I heard that pet groomers also do teeth cleanings, so I thought that might be a good idea, at least for now, to get back in control of his bad breath. Any brushing or spray or gel just doesn't do much to get rid of his bad breath.
I just don't know if it's worth doing a teeth cleaning at a place like that though, since I'm sure they can't do as good a job as a vet doing it under full anesthesia, so maybe it's a better idea to just save the money and put it towards that...?
Also, do they even take dogs who fight the teeth cleaning? Taggart is a high energy dog and that high energy transforms quickly into high levels of anxiety if he's in an unfamiliar situation. He trusts me to prod and poke him and give him baths and brush his teeth... but it tooks months, even years, for us to get to this point. If it's a stranger doing those things? He will panic and he will bite. I don't even bother letting any veterinarians try and do an exam or whatever without a muzzle anymore. He gets so stressed that it's a lot more humane to just put on a muzzle and get it done and over with as quickly as possible... So yeah, I dunno if it's ever realistic to expect a pet groomer to do a teeth cleaning on him while he's fully awake and panicky :/
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