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Originally Posted by Nancy1999  Thanks for the information, I too, have read really great breeders say they scale their dog’s teeth yearly, and wondered why people here are so against it. Did he have any idea why the tooth came out? |
Nancy,
I scale all my dog's teeth, on the average of every 8 to 12 weeks or so. I was taught my my vet on how to perform this function, as he recommends it to keeps teeth cleaning down as well as that dreaded anthestia. Yes, one has to be careful on not going beneath the gum line and drawing blood as this can drop infection in other parts of the body, such as heart.
Keeping in mind that when you have your dog's teeth professionally cleaned to tune of $200.00 or more, your vet is not performing this function, the vet tech's are. That is why one of my first questions when interviewing a new vet, "do you perform all dental work or do your vet tech's do it? If the answer is vet tech I find another vet....I'm paying big money to have my dog's teeth worked on...I want the teeth cleaning to be done by the vet not the tech. It's not about saving money, but taking care of your dog's health.