Dog teeth cleaning

ene

Hi
My cocker spaniel is 2 years old and has developed a good bit of plaque on his teeth. He is fed orijin food and loves that.
Any ideas how to get his teeth cleaner- what treats are best? Is orijin good for teeth? Anything else i can do?
I brush his teeth occasionally but he just ends up eating the toothpaste!

cocker5

ene wrote: »

Hi
My cocker spaniel is 2 years old and has developed a good bit of plaque on his teeth. He is fed orijin food and loves that.
Any ideas how to get his teeth cleaner- what treats are best? Is orijin good for teeth? Anything else i can do?
I brush his teeth occasionally but he just ends up eating the toothpaste!

Are you using normal human toothpaste?

Have you looked at getting some plaque off

http://www.petcara.ie/dog/dog-medicines-healthcare/dog-dental-care/plaque-off

Do you ever give him fresh bones to chew on?

Latatian

Eating the toothpaste isn't a problem if it's dog toothpaste. Don't use human toothpaste for him. Brushing their teeth is very good for them.

You can also get them cleaned in the vet's if they're bad.

ene

no its dog tooth paste! we used to raw feed him so he got an occasional bone but that isn't practical at the moment which is why we went to dry food.

cocker5

ene wrote: »

no its dog tooth paste! we used to raw feed him so he got an occasional bone but that isn't practical at the moment which is why we went to dry food.

Try the plaque off it does help breaks down plaque..it gets sprinkled on top of their food each day. just on the bones , doesn't matter if your feeding raw or not you can still give him bones to chew on etc.

Otherwise the vets do offer full teeth cleaning if I remember correctly it costs me around €150 (my guy was asleep etc)

Best of luck!

janja

Make sure it's an enzymatic toothpaste

tk123

Have they gotten grotty since switching to the dry food?

If he'll let you - try the toothpaste on some gauze and rub it into his teeth.

ene

I think they have gotten worse- I am wondering would t be due to using a slow feeder bowl- the big green one- he kinda just licks up his food rather then chews it.

mymo

Zooplus do great dog toothpaste and a liquid you put on cloth and rub on teeth. Plaque off is also good, my small dog has awful bad teeth, I alternate between methods and use for few weeks at a time. She get veggies, raw bones, wet and dry food, but nothing makes a big difference only brushing, her mouth is small and she has Jaws of steel (stubborn little bitch).
Thankfully my other dog has perfect white teeth, and he'd let me brush them anytime, but I don't need to, typical!

tk123

The lintbells YuCare one is good - it's got salmon oil in it so tasty for them and you rub it on with a microfibre finger brush. You can make a paste with coconut oil and rub it in with gauze for a similar affect I'd say. I'm trying Tropiclean (peanut butter flavour) gel atm with Lucy too see if it'll shift the plaque on her lower canines which I can't really get at with my finger/a brush the way her gum lies but it's only been a week so too early to decide if it's working or not.... if not I'll just scrape it off with the scaler . Her canines are the only ones that get dirty and always have even when she was a baby.

Bailey's teeth got really dirty when he had all his jaw troubles and was being fed meat soup! The raw food was blamed of course :rolleyes: - I must have imagined the spotless teeth he had before on it ... but once he was allowed to chew stuff again they cleaned up great. Even once his mince wasn't watered down they improved! One of his teeth gets a little bit dirty on the side with the piece of jaw missing so I'd give that a rub every now and again and it cleans up fine.

ene

I brushed his teeth today- it says specifically non enzymatic toothpaste so should i buy a different one? I will try the plaque off and he has been happily munching on pizzles and algae dental sticks the past couple of days. still no improvement but i think it is a long road!

tk123

Ah thanks for replying - you just reminded me to do Lucy's gel!! :pac: I had a look earlier and the tiny patch of plaque seems to have gone a lighter colour so I'll continue for a few more days before I attack it!

Funnily enough a vet told me just last week 'never give him dentasticks!!!!' He was talking about some patient they had in that day to the nurse so assuming it had mucky teeth! I lol'd and told him I don't but give something he probably wouldn't like either - BONES!!!

ene

oh definitely not the pedigree dental sticks- i found some that are hypoallergenic few ingredients and mainly algae- oh the things you do for your dog!

janja

ene wrote: »

oh definitely not the pedigree dental sticks- i found some that are hypoallergenic few ingredients and mainly algae- oh the things you do for your dog!

What brand are they ? I was told the Pedigree were full of sugar so I changed to a new brand ( name escapes me but they are in Tesco ) no added sugar and the ladies love them.

ene

they are from maxi zoo! I don't have the packaging but will check next time i am in!