Unhealthy teeth or inflamed gums can bring unpleasant moments to the four-legged pet and us. The animal has bad breath, it has to go to the vet and we'll pay for it all. Isn't it better to start brushing your teeth?
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Clean and healthy teeth are as important to the animal as they are to us and we should therefore give it sufficient care. Warning signs are swollen to bloody gums, bad breath, yellowish-brown coating on the teeth or difficulty during biting. Small and medium-sized dog breeds suffer the most in dogs for dental problems. In addition, proper oral care will help them prevent diseases of the immune system and especially in dogs with heart, kidney and liver diseases.
Tartar, that's a bugger.
Tartar can cause painful gingenitis due to the accumulation of minerals, and in older dogs tooth loss or general poor health of the body. Good home care for dog teeth also prevents unpleasant removal of tartar under anesthesis at the veterinarian. However, the cleaning itself will no longer remove tartar, it acts mainly preventively, so if the dog already suffers from gingent or tartar inflammation, it is necessary to remove it by ultrasound at a specialist.
The reward is certain.
About brushing your teeth, winged: What you learn in your youth, in old age, as when you find it. Therefore, with dental hygiene, it is good to start from a puppy and a kitten to make it a ritual. From three months to get used to you touching their mouths. Cleaning will not surprise them. In addition, you can motivate them with some reward, for example, a walk or a treat. He will like glutched dog breeds and cats. Cleaning is usually the biggest problem for them.
How often and with
Most often it is recommended to clean at least once a week after feeding. But it's up to the animal. Some have their teeth clean for two weeks, while others need to increase the frequency to twice a week. Interestingly, caries tend to be less common in dogs than humans. It is important to take appropriate dental aids to help. They can be brushes with bristles or rubber protrusions that are put on the finger. The size should correspond to the size of the muzzle of the animal. Keep the pastes also animal. Human can unpleasantly irritate the animal's stomach, and in addition, they do not taste good. The animal has a reduced fluorine content and is flavored. If you hit it, the pet will look forward to cleaning. In our country he leads a poultry, which the dog cheerfully licks. You can also use special refreshing gels and foams, which help from an unpleasant smell, and in addition protect your teeth from tartar and coating. "If you already have an older dog that can not bear brush cleaning, then a good alternative are special natural preparations that you can add to the feed. For example, fresh preparations containing seaweed and enzymes are excellent. It is also important that the dog regularly chews functional treats," says Martin Pučá
The cheapest dog cleaning treat is dried bread. But it only works for glutched and unmljusted animals.
Treats and bread will help
Chewing treats are recommended as a supplement for healthy teeth. "Recently, natural treats from buffaloes have proved very successful. However, these are not skin-type treats, but really functional treats that help remove tartar plaque and stone. The use of extruded granules is also optimal. They're hard, so they have to bite the dog and keep their teeth. If you have a puppy-age dog, you can soak the granules a little. It is also not recommended for puppies to use chewy treats in the tooth," adds Martin Pučálka. As the cheapest variant of brushing teeth in dogs, they recommend cutting ordinary bread into larger cubes. You let them dry and give to the dog. When grunting, it removes plaque and stone. But it's a solution only for glutched and unsathed animals.
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