Pets and teeth cleaning

As a pet owner, the care and safety of my dog is extremely important to me. She is a part of the family and we always do our best to make sure she is as happy and healthy as possible.

One issue that we do have with her though is how we go about dealing with her oral care. I believe that many dog and cat owners out there have many issues with this as well as it is a fairly overlooked part of their overall health.

Our dog had fairly bad breath, not horrible, but not good either. We had just accepted this as being "normal," but really it is not. Just like humans pets should not have bad breath, although it is more common in pets. The main cause of the bad breath is caused by bacteria trapped in the gums, that when left untreated can cause periodontal disease - a potential life threatening condition.

If your dog has bad breath, you definitely should treat it more seriously as you never know what could happen.

We began brushing our dogs teeth regularly in an attempt to curb the problem, but it just wouldn't quite do the trick; not to mention it was a great chore getting our dog to let us brush her teeth to begin with. We were very wary on taking her to the vet for a cleaning as they need to anesthetize the animal in order to properly complete it and it was somewhat expensive, but we ended up going forward with it and she came out fine with pearly white teeth and fresh breath.

Ever since then we have been brushing her teeth regularly and her breath and teeth have stayed clean and healthy.

Looking back, I do believe if we had brushed our dogs teeth regularly from the time we first got her, the oral care issues she had would probably have not occurred and the cleaning would not have been necessary.

You should treat your pet's oral hygiene as well if not better than you treat your own because unlike us they have no way of vocalizing or treating any issues or discomfort they might have.

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