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Rotten dog breath
« on: March 07, 2014, 07:45:31 PM »
What works?  Short of duct taping over his butthole, I haven't had any luck.  I've tried a couple of "breath treats" from the pet store but he doesn't like them.
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Re: Rotten dog breath
« Reply #1 on: March 07, 2014, 09:19:19 PM »
What works?  Short of duct taping over his butthole, I haven't had any luck.  I've tried a couple of "breath treats" from the pet store but he doesn't like them.

Have you asked a vet?  We have three retrievers...they all eat the same food.  Two do not have dog breath but the one who wants to chase a dirty tennis ball all day does.  He also drinks a ton of water.  They all have good teeth too.

 
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Re: Rotten dog breath
« Reply #2 on: March 07, 2014, 09:29:11 PM »
This is my brother's dog... I don't know who he uses for a vet.  His teeth are okay, he drinks plenty of water, but he likes to lick his ass.  It's the only thing I can come up with.
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Re: Rotten dog breath
« Reply #3 on: March 07, 2014, 09:43:08 PM »
This is my brother's dog... I don't know who he uses for a vet.  His teeth are okay, he drinks plenty of water, but he likes to lick his ass.  It's the only thing I can come up with.

lol.....All dogs and cats do that.  I don't think that causes bad breath.
Our guy who has the bad breath rarely does that.

What does he eat?


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Re: Rotten dog breath
« Reply #4 on: March 07, 2014, 09:48:24 PM »
My dog's breath smells of fecal matter if she's managed to get something she shouldn't and swallow it such as a chicken bone.  The smell is caused by the intestinal blockage caused by the object.  Once the object finally makes it through her system, the smell goes away.  My vet says it's normal in this particular dog's case as she is a master at swallowing odd things.
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Re: Rotten dog breath
« Reply #5 on: March 07, 2014, 09:50:35 PM »
What does he eat?
He gets fed Wilderness Blue, a high-protein dog food.
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Re: Rotten dog breath
« Reply #6 on: March 08, 2014, 01:54:00 AM »
My golden used to love having his teeth brushed.
We know because as soon as he saw us brushing, he would sidle up.
If you so much as moved away a fraction of a step, he would re sidle.
His breath smelled so good when we finished brushing his teeth.
He also knew that when his teeth brushing was complete, he was entitled to a dab of toothpaste as a treat.
We used doggie toothpaste.
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Re: Rotten dog breath
« Reply #7 on: March 08, 2014, 06:08:01 AM »
My golden used to love having his teeth brushed.
We know because as soon as he saw us brushing, he would sidle up.
If you so much as moved away a fraction of a step, he would re sidle.
His breath smelled so good when we finished brushing his teeth.
He also knew that when his teeth brushing was complete, he was entitled to a dab of toothpaste as a treat.
We used doggie toothpaste.

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Re: Rotten dog breath
« Reply #8 on: March 08, 2014, 11:29:01 AM »
I suppose that would be a heluva endorsement for Colgate or Crest . . . !

You probably mean this in jest, but it's a big mistake brushing a dog's teeth with toothpaste made for people.

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Re: Rotten dog breath
« Reply #9 on: March 08, 2014, 11:41:37 AM »
He gets fed Wilderness Blue, a high-protein dog food.

I looked at a vet-med website.  They say it's usually caused by either their teeth or a digestive tract problem.  Also could be a symptom of something more serious.

Sounds like maybe a vet trip is in order or a change in diet, to something that's easier for him to digest.





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Re: Rotten dog breath
« Reply #10 on: March 13, 2014, 09:31:53 AM »
I looked at a vet-med website.  They say it's usually caused by either their teeth or a digestive tract problem.  Also could be a symptom of something more serious.

Sounds like maybe a vet trip is in order or a change in diet, to something that's easier for him to digest.


Same with people, a bad smell means a condition of something gone wrong in the body.

Be it gum disease or a liver problem the smell can become quite strong.

We  had one dog that had a breath smell that was strong enough for us to pull back from.  We tried dog breath mints and they did not work.   

The Vet was giving the dog antibiotics and charging us a fortune.  Poor dog, we ended up paying over $800 to have all his teeth pulled at age 12, then later along came another dog, young at 3 years old that began to smell like the first.

What were we feeding the dogs, good so called expensive dry food.   I at witt's end called a breeder and she told me to give my dogs beef marrow bones to clean their teeth at least once a week.

Now these beef bones are expensive and are in grocery stores for beef stock for humans.

Seems to work, My dogs love them and gone is the smell and teeth are clean and only problem is the weight gain from the marrow.   

There are products on the market to cause a dog to chew and clean their teeth, but the best I have found is to give them a bone to do what is natural, crunch away at the bone and clean their own teeth as nature intended them to.