Dental care for dogs what every owner should know.

Dental care for dogs is an important part of your general dog care, just as you clean your teeth you need to clean your dogs. Your dogs teeth accumulate tartar which can cause gum problems and tooth loss.

Dental diseases are known to often be responsible for causing serious illness in your dog. If gums are red, swollen, bleed or your dachshund has bad breath these are signs of gum problems and you need to consult your vet. Prevention – keeping teeth and gums healthy dachshund’s teeth should be cleaned daily or at least 3 or 4 times a week the more often you clean the less time the tartar has to build up.

• Dog tooth paste, there are several flavours (not human tooth paste as it needs to be edible)
• Dog tooth brush
• Nubby surfaced rubber cap (fits your finger)
• Wash cloth
• There are also some specialised breath freshener’s available, solutions,tablets,spray and natural products.

Triple Pet Dental Kit

This dental kit combines the TriplePet toothbrush and all natural toothpaste a great starter kit to dental hygiene for your dog.The TriplePet toothbrush has three flexible heads that maintain the proper pressure on all surfaces of the tooth.TriplePet toothpaste has a natural vanilla flavor, it contains a tartar control formula and a touch of tea tree oil for healthy gums.

These herbal breath drops provide quick and lasting relief from doggy bad breath,produced in the mouth or digestive tract. Made with a blend of breath-freshening herbs and a patented extract of Champignon mushrooms.

Greenies Regular 12 oz

Greenies specially designed shape and texture chews that aid the removal of tartar and plaque, enjoyable chewing while improves dental hygiene, contains no preservatives,artifical or flavors.

Dental care for dogs should be introduced slowly to your dachshund if your started right with your puppy he should happy for you to put your hand in his mouth, then start giving him a taste of tooth paste, you may need to use a treat. Some owners initially start cleaning with a sponge or pad and progress to the tooth brush. Start with just the front teeth and slowly work back until you are cleaning all the teeth.

How do you brush your dogs teeth?
Position your self to comfortably to access your dachshunds mouth, lift upper lip and brush in a circular motion, ensure you brush to the gum line, and right to the back teeth when finished the top, move to the bottom teeth. If your dachshund chews on the brush while you are brushing don’t worry, if the gums bleed a little, don’t use as much pressure, but after regular brushing this bleeding should stop, as the gums become healthy.Once the process is established it should only take a few minutes.

To support good dental care for dogs, feed dry kibble food, hard biscuits, rawhide and have hard chew toys these help keep plaque formation down.

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