what a battle we have with that area! Buckeye gets his teeth cleaned once a year. brushing is difficult even for him (he usually will let me do anything to him). Ahia, on the other hand, sees the brush, then runs and hides. when the pups were born, I tried each day to go in their mouth, run my hands all over them, brushed the hair, clipped nails, etc. only thing they don't like is the brush in the mouth. my finger does ok. they dont' want the brush!