Hi,
I noticed that there are quite a lot of concerns on how to remove plague or tartar from your dog's teeth and I would very much share with you my success in maintaining a good dental health care for my dogs. I have also taken some photos and videos on how I have managed to remove the plague and tartar from my dogs' teeth. I hope you will find them useful.
Have a good day!
David Poh
I noticed that the bones work better for Jack than Ruby so I still continue to use the oral gel on Ruby.
Luckily, Ruby is co-operative and enjoys licking the gel but not Jack though!
It is likely to take some time before the tartar is soften to be removed.
Recently, I just use my finger nail to nick on Ruby's tartar to try to scrap it off. I managed to get a reasonable chunk out from his incisor or front tooth.
Here is a photo of it so do be patient on the whole process.
But it is still a long way to go but it definitely works .......
The most effective method that I have found for my dogs, is to give them a bone to chew.
Do you remember watching the 2 videos that I posted when I started this special blog?
This was recommended to me by my close friend who is also a dog lover and most experienced than I.
Importantly, no fish and chicken bones as ther are long and a bit sharp and will hurt them when swallowed.
Knuckle bones as shown here ...... I am referring to fresh or cooked bones and not toy or plastic bones. When the dog bites on the bones and cracked it, I believe the process will scrap the tartar and plague off their teeth, based on my observations.
I buy these fresh knuckle bones from the market and boiled or cooked them as I do not feed my dogs raw bones, like my friend does. I do this once every few months and still give them those plague or tartar control biscuit treats, as ongoing maintenance or to slow down the accummulation of the tartar or palgue on their teeth.
I also strongly urge you to observe or be present when you feed your dog bone. If I see that there is some splinter of bone, I will remove it as it may pierce its tummy. Also, I notice my 2 dogs are extremely posessive when they are chewing on their bones so be careful when you try to snatch their bone splinter as they may snap at you.....ha....ha..... I have to use a stick to help me with it as youcan see that I put Ruby in her crate and I leash Jack when they are chewing on their bones.
Well, try some of these options that I have shared with you and see which work for your dogs.
Good luck and take care....!!!
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During one of my visits to our regular pet shop, I found this Oral Care Gel sitting at the cashier counter and I thought I will have a go at it since I noticed that some plague have accummulated on Ruby's, my Corgi, teeth.
Here is a photo of the Oral Gel that I am referring to ....
There have gel and spray in different flavours. I bought salmon flavour for my dogs. I think spray could be difficult to apply.
Jack my Beagle does not like me brushing his teeth so I used it on Ruby my corgi instead.
After a few applications, I managed to scrap off some tartar from Ruby's front tooth ( the sharp tooth ) as it has soften or loosen up the plague. So it definitely worked.
I will post a video on how I brush this gel on Ruby's teeth using my finger.
Of course, I am sure that there are other similar oral care gel etc.... in the market but I have some success with this particular oral gel so you may just want to check it out or look for similar gels.
I believe there are quite a number of such treats that claim to have the capability to control plague or tartar.
Well, based on my observation, most of them are crunchy biscuits so it may work on the basis of friciton, and have some polishing effect on the teeth when they chew on the biscuits. So typically, we give them such a treat in the evening before we sleep; like brushing their teeth....?
I believe the biscuits sort of delay the accummulation fo the tartar or plague so we still buy them as treats for our dogs but I think that they are not effective inremoving any deposits accumulated on their teeth. I just take it as preventive or maintenace in dental care for the dogs.
Here are photos of such treats that we have bought for our dogs and they love it.
There is even an image of a toothbrush to indicate that it is for tartar or plague control....!
For this Denta stick, there is also an image of the toothbrush but also a statement at the bottom of the package, that it helps to control tartar and plague....
When I have Jack the Beagle, we were more concern about him eating well and getting accustomed to our family and environment, getting his shots etc.... and never really thought about his dental care.
But as we shopped for treats, we came across some treats that claimed to have tartar control capability so we bought such treats for Jack and Ruby too. Today, we still buy them such treats.
I saw a dog toothpaste in a petshop and bought it together with a special finger brush, refer to the photo below. Jack does not like to have his teeth brushed and I also found it difficult to stick my finger into his mouth especially when he is not co-operating. So I stopped brushing his teeth and rely on those special treats. BTW, you cannot use human toothpaste on your dog as the dog toothpaste is specially formulated and remember that the dog does not know how to gargle his mouth and spit the toothpaste. Instead, the dog will lick and swallow the dog toothpaste. That is why you cannot use human toothpaste on your dog!
Honestly, these treats were not very effective as the plague or tartar slowly accummulated and it became more obvious as the years went by.....
I was talking to my buddy who is another dog lover and was with me when I bought Jack and he suggested that I try ..........
I have found that letting my dogs have some bones once in a while helps to remove any stubborn plague or tartar from their teeth. It has been very effective on them, so far.
I will write more about it and other preventive measures I take in their dental care.
I have just created this blog early this Sunday morning. I woke up earlier than usual ( ha..ha.. should be sleeping in with my family members...) today.
After surfing the Internet and visitng a few dog forums, I decided to have a dedicated blog on How To Remove Plague On Dog's Teeth.
There seems to be quite a lot of concerns on this matter and I have some good experiences to share with you. I have also take some photos and make a video on brushing my Ruby the corgi teeth recently. I thought it would be helpful to compile all of these in this blog for sharing.
I will post all the relevant stuff in this blog over the next few days so please drop by again if you have a concern on removing plague or tartar from your dog's teeth.
Have a good weekend and Happy Mother's Day to all mother out there.....!!!
