I heard to never give chicken bones because they could splinter in their
intestines-- jus passing this along.
Hugs,
Sheila
In a message dated 2/5/2008 7:12:43 P.M. Central Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Petzlife spray did wonders for my senior dog who required frequent scalings.
– em J
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]<WB Chihuah ChihOn Behalf Of
shynaught
Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2008 3:54 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ch
Subject: [ [<ST1] 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:[email protected]) ,
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
>
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