They are wonderful: natural, safe, preservative free, odorless, depending on your dog they are long lasting chews.

I know of a Boston Terrier that goes through one every 4 months

What’s your dog’s name & breed?

So if the teeth are clean and healthy, I’d look at what’s going on further on.

As for the anesthesia-free cleaning, I am reading that while the teeth will look great, the main area of the problem is right at the gums. Cleaning that area is painful and cannot be done without anesthesia. That’s what I’m reading.

What do you do to eliminate dog bad breath?
Like, what are your tricks to keep doggy breath at bay?
any thoughts and comments would be really appreciated :)

I would love to hear from you :)

Like Meg said, low quality dog food really doesn’t help.
It all starts with good healthy food (raw is ultimately the best bet), lotsa recreational bones, tug games (ropies and that sort) and essentially regular dental checkups.

I think dog owners sometimes simply forget or are unaware that they need to keep their dog’s teeth clean.

JT do you give raw bones to your dogs?
How are they doing BTW?
Must be hard running in the heat sometimes?

A huge percentage of pet dogs eat kibble and canned food made by the Big Pet Food Manufacturers is what we attribute to bad teeth at an early age.

You’re right on Meg!!!
The Big Pet Food playas sometime market saying that their pet food is specially formulated to clean your dogs teeth – that one seriously kills me!
I mean how can this clean your dogs teeth?

Don’t believe all the hype about dry dog food cleaning your dogs teeth. Its not gonna happen folks. Kibbles are not strong enough to clean teeth. The poor quality in most commercial dog foods are mostly comprised of packed powders that can make things worse and get stuck in between teeth.

Anyways don’t get me started on the dog food corps … I could write an entire book.
I’m working on an article on that subject and I can’t seem to close it up cause there’s so much to say.

And yes I agree small dogs have worst teeth. I think, correct me if I’m wrong here, it has to do with the size of their mouth.
meaning the small mouth cannot kinda support all those teeth in it essentially.
Poor little cuties. That’s another reason why dog owners who have a small breed must keep their dog’s teeth in check.

I’m happy that you guys are guiding dog owners in the right direction about the importance of good dog food and especially proper dog oral hygiene :)
Keep up the awesome job Meg :)

How do you keep your BIG dog’s teeth suppa white?

Also, as a rule, we find that small dogs tend to have worse teeth earlier than large dogs. Even those who eat a healthy diet. We’re finding that educating the public (and the vets) on the benefits of maintenance cleaning without anesthesia can save many dogs’ teeth whose owners wouldn’t take them for a traditional anesthesia cleaning due to costs. I will always recommend someone take their dog to a vet if there are any loose teeth, x-rays are required or there is extreme gum disease. WE don’t pretend to be vets but 9 times out of 10, we can clean teeth as good as a vet if there are no underlying major problems.

Oops, sorry to be so wordy. I get that way when talking about this. :)
Meg

What do you think it’s attributed to?

I’m sure that Meg could maybe give us the insider goods on that ;)