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03-10-2014, 04:10 PM | #1 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: Sparks, NV, USA
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| Tips for teeth brushing My Franklin hates ehen i brush his teeth. Literally fights me until i give up. He's tiny at 3 lbs so i am afraid to hold him down in fear of hurting him. He lets me put my fingers in his mouth and isn't weird about the tooth paste, he actually likes the taste, but the tooth brushing part he won't let me do. Clenched his mouth and shakes his head until i give up. Had anyone else had this issue or know how to get him to let me brush them?! |
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03-10-2014, 05:29 PM | #2 |
♥ Love My Tibbe! ♥ Donating Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: D/FW, Texas
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| Just treat him for a few days every time you show him the toothbrush a few times each day. In a few days, gently and quickly touch it to his mouth and remove it, treating him quickly and getting up and letting him go his way. Repeat this a few times a day - just a touch on the mouth and a treat and it's over. In time, you can wrap him in a towel to secure him and gently open his mouth and touch the brush to a tooth, then unwrap him quickly and treat him, let him go. Repeat, repeat, repeat - keeping each session all very upbeat and frequently repeating them often during the day or evening and weekends. In time, brush a tooth or two, then unwrap the dog, treat him and let him go. Keep repeating these sessions, keep them very short and slowly work up to the dog allowing you to brush one whole side of his mouth, then both uppers and then adding sections of the lower teeth until you've gotten through the whole mouth. In time your dog will become desensitized gradually to the process and grow to accept it as a part of his daily life and you will forever be grateful that you took the time to teach him how to accept toothbrushing as it will keep his teeth and breath fresh. Don't forget to have the vet check your dogs teeth and gums twice yearly as Yorkies need the expertise of a professional to assess their dental health and tell you when it's time for a professional cleaning.
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03-10-2014, 07:38 PM | #3 | |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: Sparks, NV, USA
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Thanks for that amazing tutorial! I will definitely get on it. | |
03-11-2014, 08:00 AM | #4 |
♥ Love My Tibbe! ♥ Donating Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: D/FW, Texas
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| I've had tiny terrierists just that size so I know how hard it can be to try to wrangle with one so the best way is just gradually sneak up on them and teach them to accept it over time! If you go slowly and keep it happy, upbeat and make it very positive and say things like it's time to "Brush for Treats!" or something like that, he'll think it's a fun if weird game and the short little sessions will gradually lesson the fear and teach him it won't hurt him, which is what his fighting is all about. In time if you go step by step and stay patient and loving, a dog will allow you to do all sorts of things to them they used to fear. Serial treating and big celebrating his accomplishment is always in order after those first few full-mouth brushings - which don't need to be long as you are brushing so often at first. After a while, you can slowly work up to 2 full minutes of brushing time and he will allow it because he's no longer in fear, because you brush very, very gently with a soft, new brush(new every 90 days) and because he knows he'll get a big reward and party with mommie afterward. Even now, Tibbe still gets the party treatment after we've brushed his teeth.
__________________ Jeanie and Tibbe One must do the best one can. You may get some marks for a very imperfect answer: you will certainly get none for leaving the question alone. C. S. Lewis |
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