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Old 04-06-2008, 12:46 PM   #1
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Default Teeth cleaning~ I'm amazed!

I think I found (thanks to other YT members) just about the best thing for dental care for our Yorkies.

I'm ashamed to admit (not as much NOW )that Max's teeth were really looking bad. When I first got him, I didn't realize that I actually needed to clean his teeth; I thought his kibble would take care of that.
I found out when he went to the vet once for something when he was a little over a year, that his teeth shouldn't be so "dirty".....and I just dreaded to have him put under a gen. anesthetic to have his teeth cleaned. So I started trying to brush his teeth with one of the enzyme toothpastes and a finger brush....Max was pretty unhappy with that, and I could never get to his back teeth (which were the worst)anyway. I wanted to try PetzLife, but with his prior bout of pancreatitis, I was concerned about how it would affect him, and I resolved to be more assertive in doing his teeth brushing. I tried using the gauze on the finger idea.....that worked a little better, but I still didn't see much improvement. I was getting to the point where I was going to schedule him for a tooth cleaning appointment when my friend told me that she'd just bought her Yorkie some MARROW BONES.....and she brought one over for Max when she dropped by.....I scraped the marrow out (he doesn't need the fat) and gave him it and he went CRAZY! He loved it, so I bought a package of them and gave him one every couple of days.

I WISH I had thought to take before and after photos...the difference is incredible! His teeth really had so much tartar and plaque on them; his back large tooth was totally brown....his teeth are all practically completely WHITE now.....there is hardly ANY tartar or plaque on them anymore! I am just amazed that it worked so well! And I'd say it's not been over a month that I've been giving him these bones!

I just wanted to share this with everyone b/c it's something that's so CHEAP to buy, you can freeze them and just take them out when you want them, the dogs adore them and they work so well and so FAST!

I have to say, that there must be a lot of people who much already know about them, b/c they're often sold out of them at the grocery store...and the last 2 pkgs I got, the bones are cut about twice as wide as the original ones I was getting; the poor dogs have to lug them all over the house, LOL.
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