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| Chicken flavored toothpaste... yum, right? :-) |
I've tried a regular tooth brush first but Winnie just wanted to chew on it. I had hoped that a finger style brush would give me more control and when she started to "chew" I would (for obvious reasons) be more immediate in my response to tell her "gentle"... so far I've been right. I liked the idea of this finger brush extending down to your palm for a better grip and more control.
I picked the Drs. Foster & Smith toothpaste because unlike the other toothpastes I found that just "polish" the tarter off the tooth this one includes an special enzyme that helps actually "break it down." Maybe that's total crap but it seems like a sound concept.
The packaging included some good advice about how to introduce your pup to the idea of brushing her teeth so I won't belabor the point anymore. I took a short clip "Winnie Meets Toothbrush" just so you could see how it all looks. Winnie seemed to like it... I guess time will tell! Enjoy.
Oh! Did I mention that the toothbrush is dishwasher safe? Bonus! Okay... bring on the slobber.
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It's interesting that your vet has such a "wait and see" approach to Winnie's chipped tooth. Wilson has managed to get what my vet called a slab fracture on the same molar on each top side, and both times he said the tooth needed to be pulled to prevent infection....hmmmmm....
I know. She really gave the tooth a good poke and it didn't seem to bother Winnie. Maybe her "wait and see" is because it would be such a hard tooth to pull? I'm not sure. But I feel better knowing that it's there and now I can keep an eye on it.
How is it these pups get into such tooth trouble?
Years ago, my first Cardigan Dylan broke the same molar that Wilson has broken both of. The vet I used at the time sent me to a vet whose specialty was dentistry. (It was fun to see all the pictures on his walls of lions and tigers, etc., that he had treated over the years.) He told me that breaking that particular tooth was something he saw alot of in corgis. He said their jaw strength was often too much for the tooth and when chewing something really hard, they had the power to fracture the tooth. So far 2 out of 3 of my corgis have proven him right unfortunately!
huh... that is really something. They'er just too strong for their own good. Is this why you switched to Moose Antlers? (I've wondered in the past week or so if it was the deer antler that did it.) Do you think a calcium supliment would help future breakage? All things to ponder I guess.
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