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View Poll Results: What do you do for dental hygiene? Select as many as apply | |||
Brush teeth | 58 | 69.88% | |
Scale teeth | 14 | 16.87% | |
Give bone | 36 | 43.37% | |
Give Greenies | 12 | 14.46% | |
Let the vet take care of it all | 5 | 6.02% | |
Nothing, yet (havent gotten around to it) | 6 | 7.23% | |
Give dog a rinse | 13 | 15.66% | |
Use food additive meant to eliminate bad breath and build up | 21 | 25.30% | |
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 83. You may not vote on this poll |
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05-14-2010, 09:49 PM | #1 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: California
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| What do you do for dental hygiene? So i just started brushing my yorkies teeth every other day, and just bought a teeth scaler, to clean his teeth. He has gotten so used to it now it a breeze. I also give him greenies, although i dont see what they dog (but he loves them!) so yea what do you do for your yorkies teeth? and if you have used greenies how do they work for you? |
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05-14-2010, 10:57 PM | #2 |
Donating YT 2000 Club Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: USA
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| Petzlife, brush teeth and an occasional dental chew. |
05-15-2010, 06:20 AM | #3 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Fall River, MA
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| I absolutly refuse to use greenies... When Sasha was about 8 months old I got one for her... Just the little toy sized one. Well, she liked it so much she swallowed it whole right there in front of me. Gone! Finito! She didn't eat anything else for 4 days... She didn't even poop for 3... It was a little scary! |
05-15-2010, 06:24 AM | #4 |
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| Brush almost daily. OraVet weekly. MaxiGuard occasionally. Floos sometimes. Dentals as needed. Don't like Greenies, their reputation, or the company. Would not use them. Don't scare here because they need to be buffed after. Only scaled during dental.
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05-15-2010, 07:13 AM | #5 | |
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05-15-2010, 08:23 AM | #6 |
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| Our future Yorkie will get regualr dental cleanings at the Vet, as well as us brusging her teeth. A good deep cleaning is the way to go every year or so. To never do it is a cause for possible vacterial infections, loose teeth, and gun disease. |
05-15-2010, 09:14 AM | #8 |
I ♥ Joey & Ralphie! Donating Member | We use Petzlife 3 times a week and that is said to soften tartar. We brush teeth twice a week, and Joey uses a bullystick nightly. When he's using it, it's almost like he scraping his teeth. Also, his brand of kibble says it has things in it that help prevent tartar. At almost 4, he still doesn't need a professional tooth cleaning, and his teeth are white, and breath smells great!
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05-15-2010, 12:05 PM | #9 | |
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05-15-2010, 12:09 PM | #10 | |
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Thats scary that she swallowed the whole thing! thank God she is alright! because i have read some horror stories regarding them. Im very particular about when i give greenies to Shia because he gobbles them so quickley, so i do what another poster said and i hold it while he chews. | |
05-15-2010, 12:11 PM | #11 | |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: California
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what would be used for buffering? I didnt know they needed to be buffed (guess i need to do more research of scaling teeth.) so far however ive only needed to do it on his really back teeth because there is this tiny tooth in the back of his mouth that looked horrible... (i didnt even know the tooth existed.. ) its all better now however lol. | |
05-15-2010, 03:01 PM | #12 |
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05-15-2010, 03:29 PM | #13 |
I ♥ Armani & Chloe Donating Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Upstate NY
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| I brush daily and use petzlife gel every third day. Armani is about to turn three and still has perfectly white teeth.
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05-15-2010, 11:57 PM | #14 |
Banning Thread Dictator Donating Member | Eddie just turned 6 and I've tried to brush daily since he was a pup. At checkups, they always said his teeth looked great, and one vet even said it looked like he'd had a recent cleaning. This year, the vet said he had mild gum disease and would benefit from a cleaning. I did it, and the tech who did the cleaning said he wasn't bad at all, just some tartar on the back teeth that cleaned right up. His teeth are pearly white once again. I'm a firm believer in daily brushing. It literaly takes me less than a minute with a finger brush.
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05-16-2010, 07:01 AM | #15 | |
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