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Originally Posted by ljcrawford  Hi
I have a 6 year old female, Emily, and we have had problems with her teeth. I have her teeth cleaned when she gets her yearly shots. And for the passed 3 yrs. our vet has had to extract teeth. Yesturday he pulled 5. I asked him if there was anything I could do to help this problem and he said no. Even get it done twice a year, he said no, that it is a common problem with yorkies. Does anyone have any advice that may help? I give her chewies, but that hasn't help. |
Haven't they even suggested brushing?
I never brushed Ellie's teeth and at six years old a couple fell out and she had to have nine extracted. Now I brush everyday and use OraVet once a week and she hasn't had to have any more pulled.