Help with ad breath!

[adahl]

We have an nine week old puppy and her breath is a killer! I need some help, I can hardly stand it! Any suggestions?

[patty58]

Is it just puppy breath? I know some people don't mind the smell, but I hate puppy breath.

[Cinq1964]

Yeah, some puppy breath is really bad!!! I am not a professionaly by far, but this is what I did. I was told to feed them lamb & rice. I was feeding Nolee chicken & rice. It defintely did help. When changing food, change gradually over 7 days.

[puppy_Love08]

Originally Posted by adahl

We have an nine week old puppy and her breath is a killer! I need some help, I can hardly stand it! Any suggestions?

My Yorkie has killer breath, too - almost bad enough to make a person puke! I did discover that he eats poop if he has an accident indoors (to hide it??), but he doesn't eat it outside. So that doesn't help his breath. I started brushing his teeth, and that has helped.

[MICKEYK]

ditto here my layla is 6months and her breath is just killing me lately.i think she is teething and i hope it gos away soon

[Nancy1999]

Yeah, there a lot of posts on teething, but if your puppy still has his milk teeth and gets his permanent teeth too, food gets stuck and bacteria will grow in between the two sets. Same thing can happen when he loses a baby tooth, food gets caught it the gums until it's had a chance to heal over. Actually puppy breath is good, if they're not teething. Now's a good time to get them use to tooth brushing. Yorkies are known to have a lot of problems with their teeth.

[puppy_Love08]

Originally Posted by Nancy1999

Yeah, there a lot of posts on teething, but if your puppy still has his milk teeth and gets his permanent teeth too, food gets stuck and bacteria will grow in between the two sets. Same thing can happen when he loses a baby tooth, food gets caught it the gums until it's had a chance to heal over. Actually puppy breath is good, if they're not teething. Now's a good time to get them use to tooth brushing. Yorkies are known to have a lot of problems with their teeth.

When should all the baby teeth be gone? Logan has two rows of upper teeth. He's 7 months old. When I brushed his teeth the first time last week, a baby tooth fell out

[kwaymon]

Could the vet clean his teeth? I don't know if this will help or not. Tucker has bad breath, but he's teething at 6 months. I brush his teeth everyday, but it smells like a combination of fish and blood.

[Nancy1999]

Originally Posted by puppy_Love08

When should all the baby teeth be gone? Logan has two rows of upper teeth. He's 7 months old. When I brushed his teeth the first time last week, a baby tooth fell out

For some reason many yorkies have trouble losing there baby teeth. Joey's vet pulled 5 baby teeth when he was neutered. This is very common. If you allow the two sets to remain the permanent set becomes decayed.

Originally Posted by kwaymon

Could the vet clean his teeth? I don't know if this will help or not. Tucker has bad breath, but he's teething at 6 months. I brush his teeth everyday, but it smells like a combination of fish and blood.

They usually don't clean the teeth this early. Not sure where the fish smell comes from, but the blood smell is from teething. Like I said above, baby teeth might need to be pulled if he's not losing them on his own. Make sure he has lots of chew toys and I use PetzLife spray to help ensure good dental hygiene along with brushing.