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Barbara92021 · 02-17-2010, 02:24 PM

Our little ShyAnne had her teeth cleaned this morning. I hate it that they have to be anesthesized to have this work done!! Oh well! She came out of it just fine and is doing very well. The vet's dental hygienist said ShyAnne was absolutely perfect to work on and that it took her only 1/2 the time she expected it to!!

My older furbaby, Ginger, has to have hers done in about 6 mos. I will be able to take better care of their teeth now by brushing and using the gels b/c I can do everything better now. My probs with the MS symptoms have been taken care of since Oct 20/09 and I am out of the wheelchair!! I might even be able to walk with them a bit now if our Spring really has sprung and the winter roads are over and done with!! I am sure hoping so!!

Do any of you have any tricks to brushing these little ones' teeth? I did get shown how today and I hope that when I try myself it will go as well!! Ginger sat really good and let the lady put her fingers in her mouth and rub her gums and teeth! No fuss! Hoping ShyAnne will do the same for me tomorrow.

I'll be back to check to see if anyone has added anything and I will definitely post a thread for help IF need be!! Now that the teeth are clean I want to keep them that way.

It's Dental month for dogs so we were given a free bag of each Medi-Cal's Dental food and Hill's Prescription Diet "Small Bites". They are both about 3x larger than their regular Medi-Cal dry tidbit food so I don't know if ShyAnne will eat either one! She is so picky!! Even her treats have to be broken down to smaller sizes. I'm supposed to mix these new foods up with their regular food until we use the last of that one up. Then they will only have the 2 new foods together. See how it goes! They also get a bit of Medi-Cal's wet food every nite at suppertime. The dry food is left for free feeding all day.

02-17-2010, 02:24 PM	#1
Barbara92021 Donating Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: BC Canada Posts: 74	ShyAnne had dental work done Our little ShyAnne had her teeth cleaned this morning. I hate it that they have to be anesthesized to have this work done!! Oh well! She came out of it just fine and is doing very well. The vet's dental hygienist said ShyAnne was absolutely perfect to work on and that it took her only 1/2 the time she expected it to!! My older furbaby, Ginger, has to have hers done in about 6 mos. I will be able to take better care of their teeth now by brushing and using the gels b/c I can do everything better now. My probs with the MS symptoms have been taken care of since Oct 20/09 and I am out of the wheelchair!! I might even be able to walk with them a bit now if our Spring really has sprung and the winter roads are over and done with!! I am sure hoping so!! Do any of you have any tricks to brushing these little ones' teeth? I did get shown how today and I hope that when I try myself it will go as well!! Ginger sat really good and let the lady put her fingers in her mouth and rub her gums and teeth! No fuss! Hoping ShyAnne will do the same for me tomorrow. I'll be back to check to see if anyone has added anything and I will definitely post a thread for help IF need be!! Now that the teeth are clean I want to keep them that way. It's Dental month for dogs so we were given a free bag of each Medi-Cal's Dental food and Hill's Prescription Diet "Small Bites". They are both about 3x larger than their regular Medi-Cal dry tidbit food so I don't know if ShyAnne will eat either one! She is so picky!! Even her treats have to be broken down to smaller sizes. I'm supposed to mix these new foods up with their regular food until we use the last of that one up. Then they will only have the 2 new foods together. See how it goes! They also get a bit of Medi-Cal's wet food every nite at suppertime. The dry food is left for free feeding all day. __________________ Great surprises come in small packages!