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Tibbe was given Xylitol without my even knowing it was bad! Today I found a bottle of dog breath spray that I had completely forgotten about, called Petrodex Breath Spray, manufactured and distributed in the U. S. by Virbac AH, Inc., listed in Fort Worth, Texas. Because of this thread, I immediately read the label - Xylitol is listed! This company has a location in Canada for distribution there. It is sold to help cleaning teeth and gums, bad breath control, fighting bacteria causing plaque and soothing irritated gums.

Directions are to use this spray 3-4 times daily on the teeth, gums and mouth. The Xylitol is listed right after purified water and glycerin as an "other ingredient" in the stuff and not an active ingredient so probably the dosage a dog gets is probably very small - but so is my Tibbe! The same dosage is recommended for all sized dogs. I had bought this stuff about 1 1/2years back from a Dallas dog boutique to supplement his tooth brushing but it is now going in the trash!

Thankfully, Tibbe hasn't had any of this for many months as somehow it got pushed way back to the back of the shelf and I had forgotten about it. Tibbe gets almost daily tooth brushings and that plus the spraying, too, was not pupular so I stopped using it. I don't know if there was enough in the dosage(had used 1/3 of the bottle so far) to hurt Tibbe but thank goodness now he will never be given it or anything else containing Xylitol because of Shellie sharing her story. Tibbe had a full normal physical and lab check-up with his dental cleaning in January but with his coming June recheck, we will repeat all tests with this history.

I am keeping up the praying and good wishes for all 3 of you girls, Shellie. Much love from a grateful Yorkie lover. Jeanie