Hello... My lil guy is 4 yrs old... I brush his teeth with a doggy toothbrush and toothpaste chicken flavored... every day since I had first gotten him... I know he is due for a professional cleaning but I dread the thought of him being put under... I hear so many stories that some dogs just dont come out of it... I'm afraid but I know I have to do it to him soon..... but brush your furbaby's teeth for now until you decide what you want to do.....