Petzlife spray did wonders for my senior dog who required frequent scalings. - em :-)
_____ From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of shynaught Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2008 3:54 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [Chihuahuas] Breath Help I just learned from the vet to first make sure our chi would allow us to passively put our finger in his mouth, all the way on the outside of his teeth, in the far, far back (yes - there are teeth way back in there). Then she suggested taking a soft cloth (she used a gauze pad) and wrapping in around your finger and again rubbing the outside of his teeth, all the way back, along the outside (she said the tongue did a pretty good job of cleaning the inside of the teeth). Of course, at any resistance to the process, stop, and try again later. Fortunately, our dog had no problem with either of those methods. I then bought the toothbrush and vanilla mint toothpast from the vet - it greatly improves breath odor! They had liver smell too, but it just didn't work for me . . . She said I could give rawhides too, but to only let him chew on them for 20 min. or so, then put them in the window sill to dry for a day and offer again next time. She was concerned about weight gain from eating them. Deb --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:Chihuahuas%40yahoogroups.com> ups.com, Ruby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > what about breath smell what can you do for that?? > > Check out the teeth. does the dog need dental work, teeth cleaned? Food > can cause bad breath just as it does in us too*G* Maybe he/she is eating > something that doesnt agree with them. > > When Bridgette has an upset tummy she has the worst breath, plus she > eats squirrel poo and who knows what if she gets the chance. > > Chis seem to have dental trouble so if the breath is bad and the teeth > look like they have a lot of build up you probably need to see the vet. > Raw bones help keep them clean and act like dental floss if they have > some meat attached. Some feed chicken wings, but mine dont like those at > all but they do like a cow tail end or something like that to chew up. > The raw meat wont hurt them and the bones are ok when they are raw, not > cooked. > > Ruby > Bridgette and Gogo, we had venison bones today, yummy yummy >
