Dental and spay on 10 year old yorkie?

[melissandavid]

Did they have any teeth pulled

[melissandavid]

Originally Posted by BiewerYorkie

My Chihuahua, Twinkie is almost 11. He will be getting a dental on Tuesday. I did not realize how bad his teeth were. He is very snappy and you can not begin to open and look in his mouth, you will get bit. One tooth I KNOW is really bad. And I think there is some infection. He is on antibiotics now before the surgery.

My vets have been in practice since 1979. They are NOT vets with fancy offices. They KNOW how to do what they do and you don't overpay to pay for their fancy office and equipment. I trust them completely.

I suspect his teeth are hurting him and the only option is surgery, as much as I hate to do it to an old dog. I will be praying that he comes through it OK.

If it has to be done, it has to be done. We really don't have a choice. I KNOW everyone here will be praying for our babies.

Louise and Zachary

They havent gave Abby any antibiotics shes supposed to have hers done Tuesday, Were not sure if she has infection or not so that gives me another question to ask them tomorrow! Abby dont seem like hers are bothering her they just look really bad and prolly will eventually cause her problems, Good Luck with your baby let me know how everything goes, will be praying!

[melissandavid]

Originally Posted by 107barney

Mine underwent dentals this year and are 12. I didn't worry about the sedation - I felt that they needed the procedures and therefore the benefit was greater than the small risks. Good luck, she will feel much better with her teeth clean and disease removed.

Did your babies have to have antibiotics days before their surgery?

[capt_noonie]

It's not uncommon for them to need some teeth pulled. Make sure you ask how much extra extractions will be. Some vets don't charge extra if it's only one tooth. Mine doesn't.

As for bloodwork, yes if it comes back normal that means liver can handle the anesthetic and you don't have to worry.

[107barney]

Sorry I did not realize you had questions for me....
The anesthetics our vets used on our older dogs were:
induction with propofol and maintainance with isoflourane. Anesthesia was monitored the entire time and they had an IV placed with fluids through the procedure.
My one dog has many medical problems and when she was 10 I took her to a specialist veterinary hospital for the dental and paid extra for an anesthesia consult and that was what they recommended for her. She also has kidney disease and this year I was a little more worried but she was fine. She recovers faster than my 1 year old dog and was running around that evening. She came home on pain meds for a few days and had dissolvable stitches in her mouth from her extractions.

Feel free to PM me if you have other questions

[107barney]

Originally Posted by melissandavid

Did it take long for them to recover? How long was it before they were able to eat?

They ate the same evening. I gave them soft food and a small meal the night after surgery. They had early morning procedures so it was ok to give the food that night. If she has a lot of extractions she may not eat that day or if she is spayed. One of my younger males had 7 extractions and was able to eat same night.

[melissandavid]

Originally Posted by BiewerYorkie

My Chihuahua, Twinkie is almost 11. He will be getting a dental on Tuesday. I did not realize how bad his teeth were. He is very snappy and you can not begin to open and look in his mouth, you will get bit. One tooth I KNOW is really bad. And I think there is some infection. He is on antibiotics now before the surgery.

My vets have been in practice since 1979. They are NOT vets with fancy offices. They KNOW how to do what they do and you don't overpay to pay for their fancy office and equipment. I trust them completely.

I suspect his teeth are hurting him and the only option is surgery, as much as I hate to do it to an old dog. I will be praying that he comes through it OK.

If it has to be done, it has to be done. We really don't have a choice. I KNOW everyone here will be praying for our babies.

Louise and Zachary

Praying for ur baby today keep us posted!

[BiewerYorkie]

We dropped Twinkie off at 7 AM this morning. We told the vet to just do whatever he needs to do with his mouth (usually they call and see if you want something done that isn't scheduled before they do it). We are to call at noon to see how he is doing. Will let you know what's going on when I find something out. I think I worry more about an old dog going under an anesthetic than a puppy.

Thanks for your thoughts and prayers everyone.

Louise

[BiewerYorkie]

Twinkie did very well today. They pulled two loose teeth is all and his breath, that we thought was "poop breath" (yes, Twinkie eats poop) no longer stinks.

We picked him up at 4 and on the way home we stopped and got him French Fries which he ate. My vet said we could feed him anything, that dogs don't feel the pain like people do after getting teeth pulled. Obviously, he was right because after the French fries, Twinkie ate his usual dinner. Shocked the heck out of us! We just have to finish up the antibiotic is all.

In February, my Terrier/X Gizmo will get her teeth done. I won't wait as long as we did on Twinkie. l Her teeth look pretty good but she is almost 7 so she is due.

Thanks for all the prayers.

Louise and Zachary

[yorkietalkjilly]

Originally Posted by melissandavid

Praying for ur baby today keep us posted!

Did your little one have the dental/spay yet? I was kind of worried having a dental and spay with no antibiotics first with the vet saying there was no certainty of tooth infection or not. Never did know a vet who would work on a possibly infected area in the mouth w/out a course of antibiotics first.

[yorkietalkjilly]

Originally Posted by BiewerYorkie

Twinkie did very well today. They pulled two loose teeth is all and his breath, that we thought was "poop breath" (yes, Twinkie eats poop) no longer stinks.

We picked him up at 4 and on the way home we stopped and got him French Fries which he ate. My vet said we could feed him anything, that dogs don't feel the pain like people do after getting teeth pulled. Obviously, he was right because after the French fries, Twinkie ate his usual dinner. Shocked the heck out of us! We just have to finish up the antibiotic is all.

In February, my Terrier/X Gizmo will get her teeth done. I won't wait as long as we did on Twinkie. l Her teeth look pretty good but she is almost 7 so she is due.

Thanks for all the prayers.

Louise and Zachary

That's wonderful to hear! Love those routine, positive outcomes!

[melissandavid]

Originally Posted by BiewerYorkie

Twinkie did very well today. They pulled two loose teeth is all and his breath, that we thought was "poop breath" (yes, Twinkie eats poop) no longer stinks.

We picked him up at 4 and on the way home we stopped and got him French Fries which he ate. My vet said we could feed him anything, that dogs don't feel the pain like people do after getting teeth pulled. Obviously, he was right because after the French fries, Twinkie ate his usual dinner. Shocked the heck out of us! We just have to finish up the antibiotic is all.

In February, my Terrier/X Gizmo will get her teeth done. I won't wait as long as we did on Twinkie. l Her teeth look pretty good but she is almost 7 so she is due.

Thanks for all the prayers.

Louise and Zachary

Yea Im so glad! I rescheduled Abbys appointment till this Friday hope everything goes good with her. Glad Twinkie got it over with and everything went well!

[melissandavid]

Originally Posted by yorkietalkjilly

Did your little one have the dental/spay yet? I was kind of worried having a dental and spay with no antibiotics first with the vet saying there was no certainty of tooth infection or not. Never did know a vet who would work on a possibly infected area in the mouth w/out a course of antibiotics first.

No I rescheduled her for this Friday, had to many questions, so i called and talked to them today and they said they give them an antibiotic injection when they get there that it starts working really fast and will work thru the dental and after, someone gave me a link to look at about the anthesitics and surgery and they do everthing that the link had said, so i feel alot better now, but still scared i know i have worried them to death lol, they said they see alot of older dogs come in for dentals, but then im worried with the spay too, but alot of ppl ive talked to said theyve done both at the same time too and everything went good, so I pray everything does for her!

[yorkietalkjilly]

Originally Posted by melissandavid

No I rescheduled her for this Friday, had to many questions, so i called and talked to them today and they said they give them an antibiotic injection when they get there that it starts working really fast and will work thru the dental and after, someone gave me a link to look at about the anthesitics and surgery and they do everthing that the link had said, so i feel alot better now, but still scared i know i have worried them to death lol, they said they see alot of older dogs come in for dentals, but then im worried with the spay too, but alot of ppl ive talked to said theyve done both at the same time too and everything went good, so I pray everything does for her!

Well, sounds like you're all set. Let us know the minute you hear that baby is awake and okay. I'll sure be praying both both of you.

[melissandavid]

Originally Posted by yorkietalkjilly

Well, sounds like you're all set. Let us know the minute you hear that baby is awake and okay. I'll sure be praying both both of you.

Thank u so much, I will, cant wait till its over n shes back home.