Teeth Cleaning

[Freedom]

What Ellie said.

[Alysser]

We have done it to Mikey before, the groomers simply brushed his teeth. I am sure they did a great job, but I do that at least once a week anyway! Mikey also would never bite someone out of fear (at least humans!) so it wasn't a danger.

If there's a risk Taggart would bite, I wouldn't do it. I am not sure how much the Vet cleanings are but I'd just save up for that. They may be expensive but they are much more thorough and although not permanent they do last a lot longer! I knew someone who did it about every 6 months, so twice a year for her dog. Had the nicest teeth I ever saw!

[Taz_Zoee]

Zoee goes to the groomer on a regular (sort of) basis. And a couple times they have told me she needs to see a vet to have her teeth cleaned. I asked the vet about it and they did a scraping of her teeth, which was cheaper and without anesthesia. But if Taggart won't let someone else touch him like that then it probably would be best to get it done while he's under. I'm waiting for Zoee to have to go under for something else and I'll have them do a teeth cleaning at the same time. Unless her teeth get really bad, of course. And we are avoiding surgery on her leg right now too. So hopefully she won't have to go under for anything anytime soon.
My Taggart has the cleanest teeth I've seen on an adult dog, then again I don't go around checking dogs teeth. And they've never been cleaned, that I know of. I do give them carrots on a daily basis. That might help with some of the build up. ??

[kaycountrygal]

I agree with those who said "save your money & go to vet". At my local vet they a week set aside and it's called "Dental Week" and costs less during this time. Maybe your vet does that also.

[Taz_Zoee]

I agree with those who said "save your money & go to vet". At my local vet they a week set aside and it's called "Dental Week" and costs less during this time. Maybe your vet does that also.

February is National Dental Month. So my vet offers a discount that month. It's only like a 10% discount. But every little bit helps, right?

[robinh]

None of mine would even think of letting me brush their teeth. I tried and learned that was NOT an option. So I take each of mine in for a dental every year. Not all at once - my budget will not allow that, but about every 10 weeks somebody goes in for their dental. Molly the yorkie seems to lose teeth every so often time, but she's prone to it. The rest have great teeth.

[Varga]

Bugger. Looks like a vet teeth cleaning it is then. I hoped at least the groomers did somewhat of a more thorough job.
I don't think his teeth are that bad yet, I haven't seen him ever show any discomfort with eating or anything like that, so I suppose we have some time to work it into our budget. I know waiting too long is just going to get worse, because then he will most likely end up having to have teeth pulled and whatnot and that can't be cheap or very pleasant for him.

I do brush his teeth but I suppose it hasn't been good enough since plaque has still managed to build up I'm guessing one of the main reasons is that he simply does not like to chew things. Tiki went through at least half of her life without me ever brushing her teeth (because I just didn't know that that's something you do ) and still her teeth looked better at age 12 than his do now and that was probably because she loved rawhides and anything she could chew. Taggart just doesn't have the attention span to chew on things for more than a few minutes... silly dog.

[SWHouston]

HA, yea, if they could only talk, they'd probably tell us to mind our own business ! (or mine would anyway)

My guys are little "Time Clocks", and regardless of the day of the week, are giving me numerous kisses (most times right in the eye) to get me up to go running by the Bayou.

I think I'll go with Mint, weather they like it or not.

[SWHouston]

YUM YUM.. Vanilla Mint !

Sounds so good, it's tempting to get some for me !

Thanks Jessika.

[Jessika]

Really glad to have helped! The vanilla mint is not a popular flavor at the clinic... Pets don't like it as much as poultry. I think it's more for us than them (I would rather smell my pet's minty fresh breath than her poultry fresh breath haha).