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Never to early Winnie gets her teeth brush everyday. Took to it easier then brushing. Hopefully she will have no Tarter, plague or gum disease like her big Brother Moki. IME brushing every day saves there teeth. Won't need dental as often..just deep cleaning but no extractions. best and easies thing you can do with you puppy. It becomes routine like hair brushing. JME http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f9...psapyvjzvl.jpg http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f9...pswllmyfje.jpg http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f9...pss1t4m37o.jpg |
You are so right! So easy to slowly desensitize them to tooth brushing over time. Most never really truly learn to like it but they tolerate it as part of their day and the positive reinforcement they get afterward. And with a mouthful of healthy teeth and gums, they can eat anything and protect themselves better during an attack. |
Easy for them when they are babies. Just getting her use to the brush and paste. Her teeth are probably itchy and tender gums. But when the adult teeth are in she will be ready. But if you wait till they have gun disease it to late they will never let you |
The routine brushing hair and teeth Like a wild animal for 2 weeks. Brushing teeth is easier the the hair still. Always a battle. But everyday little at a time she will give in. I will WIN |
Although brushing is good for them. It's really mostly about genetics. There have been many people who brushed daily but there yorkies still needed dentals sometimes yearly. |
Genetics may play a part. But Genetics don't keep them clean??? Brushing is different to all ppl. Putting a brush in there mouth and letting there dog chew or actually brushing each tooth. Reason I say this is I've seen what ppl call brushing. JMO |
Still gonna need deep cleanings |
Getting that plaque off daily can't help but leave less gunk for the bacteria to grow in. Once I went almost three weeks without brushing Tibbe's teeth and they actually looked brown-coated. He's really just geared to make gunk in his mouth. When I got him at age 9 months, his little teeth had almost a brown film on them and even though he was still young, he had bad breath. I'd never seen a dog that young with brown-coated teeth like he had. He's just a sitting duck for dental caries. I had his teeth professionally cleaned right after I first got him and yearly after that, brush them daily to 6 out of 7 days a week sometimes and they stayed white until I had surgery and let them go - and they got right back brown-looking again in no time until I was able to start brushing them daily again. I know that stuff was growing bacteria in it so some dogs just have to have daily or almost daily brushings. I hate to think how few teeth he would have by now, at age 7 1/2 years, if he only had yearly cleanings. |
Yorkies mouths are like plague traps. Brushing and chewing with deep cleanings. Works. I've had big dogs all they needed was to chew and there teeth stayed white..Seems all the small dogs I've had are like tarter mouth if you can't keep up on it. |
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Totally genetics. I brush everyone dai@y. One was 8 and another 11.5 when had first dentals. The baby has had 3 dentals in his four years and goes for one this week. I'm lucky I can make it last 6-8 months in between but if I didn't brush he would need to go probably every 3 months and I sure can't afford that. |
Winnie is adorable. :) I think brushing helps, even for those dogs who have genetics against them. Same as humans. Good for the gums too. |
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