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Teeth care and bad breath

Zoey Dog

I’m smiling.   You can’t see me right now, but trust me, all my big pearly whites are sticking out.   I’ve caught my reflection in the oven door, and I wanted to check out my teeth to see what all the fuss has been about.

Lately, my owner has been sticking tasty paste on a small brush and rubbing it all over my teeth.   I lick and lick and try to catch it all, all the while she keeps telling me to sit still and stop licking! It’s a pretty hard thing for a girl like me to do. 

She‘s been doing this about three weeks now, ever since my last trip to the vet.   I thought I was going in to say hi to the doc, and instead my owner left me there early one morning.   Next thing I remember, I was waking up a little wobbly and confused.   My mouth tingled a bit, but the doc said my teeth were nice and pretty now and my breath would smell so good.   I got excited when my owner came to get me, and I barked out a hello to her.   I must say that I didn’t smell the usual cloud of odor when I bark.   Really, I never knew it was me that was the one smelling!

Oh, the smell had been there a while.   At first, my family would giggle and say I smelled.   ‘You’ve got bad breath, Zoey!’ they would squeal and push me away from them.   Bad breath? How did they know it was me and not them? I was quite sure it was the littlest kid who maybe needed his diaper changed.   Over time I noticed people ran from me when I came to give them kisses.   Nobody wanted me to lick their face anymore or sit close to them.   Was it something I had done?

Then I went to see the vet, and he took the smell away.   I guess it was me after all, and I only reluctantly now admit that.   But, I am a dog, so I can’t really help it all by myself.   You see, I heard the doc explain to my owner that we dogs simply cannot take care of our teeth.   We don’t eat bones and things like wild canines, and we live a lot more years than them too.   He told her that she and the family would have to do a better job of helping me out, or, and I gasp to think, I might loose my teeth!

Ever since that visit, my owner has brushed my teeth with that tasty paste.   Kind of reminds me of some of my dinner meals in fact.   I enjoy this time she spends with me, even if it’s only a few minutes.   She tries really hard to remember to do this everyday with me. 

Plus, she also gives me some of those hard chewing treats.   No bones or rawhide; the doc told her those weren’t so good for my tummy and could make me sick, but I’m getting a lot of special teeth biscuits and chewies.   I’m loving all of those. 

The best part of all, you ask.  Well, that would be that my family seems to like having me back around them.  Now if there is a smell, we know it’s not my teeth and may really be the baby’s diaper after all.

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