Forgot to mention also in addition to brushing I give him the smallest Greenie chew (cut in half longwise) in the morning. I have to give him half because he is prone to gain weight.
--- In [email protected], Teacher Bunny <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Do you use toothpastes for dogs? > > Maxx doesn't seem to have enough teeth to brush yet. I don't think > any of his teeth are fully grown yet. There are more gums than teeth > still. I can't manage to take a picture of it. I should try and > wait for him to yawn! > > Yes, he loves his Breath Busters, too. I give him probably half a > cookie the entire day split into several pieces. He has gotten > pretty good at nibbling and biting them now. Feeding him dry food as > others suggested in this list has really helped and it's just been > about a week since I started him on that. It used to be that he'd > play with it until it was moist enough to just melt in his mouth. > > He loves them so much that he's learned to sit before I hand it out > to him and he'd do a happy dance around it first before nibbling it. > If he doesn't want to eat it though (say I've given him more than > what he wants), he'll hide it under his blanket in the bed and eat it > the next day. > > He also enjoys this organic chew bone that I got him. I think it was > made of vegetable or maybe not, but it was green. The reason I got > it was not so much that it was organic but it seemed to be the only > thing available that was small enough that he could lift and move > around. He was able to nibble off its tip already. > > > On Oct 7, 2007, at 9:21 AM, Leslie wrote: > > > > > I brush Clancey's teeth every couple of days. Probably should do more > > often; would love to hear what others say. I give breath Busters > > (1/5th > > of l) cookies once a day but does no good except make him really > > happy. > > > > Leslie SoCalif > " Lets talk about our wonderful little friends! Join today! " Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Chihuahuas/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Chihuahuas/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
