ChshreCat
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Who brushes their dogs teeth? I've got an electric brush that I use. My dog kinda likes it. How's that for lame.
ChshreCat
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We used to, but now we use CET chews. He gets one after dinner every night. We've used them for years and the vet says his teeth are perfect.
tre9er
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LMAO at some of these stories. This one really got me going.
My dog is the same. He likes to go outside where he's usually not allowed, so he'll look at me like, "Can I come, too?!?" when I open the side or front door. I let him sometimes and he doesn't really go anywhere, returns if I say "come", etc. But if a cat or squirrel catches his eye it's over. He ran after a cat once, cat didn't stand a chance to outrun him, stepped on the damned thing, freaked me out cause I'm thinking he's going to accidentally break a cat's spine one day "playing" with it, then I'll have pissed-off cat-owners and have to pay money, city involvement, etc. So I don't like having him outside the fence very often.
For the most part he just wants to be where you are, maybe do some sniffing nearby. Heck, I used to walk him without the leash, but the few times he ran after something worried me that the sheer momentum of a 70lb. dog going 30MPH hot after some varmint might take out a small child and land him/her on their noggin...Maybe I worry too much...?
tre9er
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I've thought about it, pawn. We have a few extra electrics we don't use any more.
I might have to look into the CET chews. Trooper's teeth have some plaque around the gums.
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tre9er
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Had another out-loud chuckle reading this and imagining it happened to me. Dogs are the best, in that they can be the worst, sometimes.
My Dobermutt just liked to hear the squirrels bones crunch, the she spit them on the floor so they could wiggle around some more. She always had the "Look what I gived to you daaaaad" look when she did it too. How do you get mad at that?
Bob
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ChshreCat said:
I have my girl on the raw diet. She has nice white teeth and never has nasty dog breath or smells anymore
I also have noticed that my GSD still has clean and pleasant puppy breath with the Blue Buffalo Adult dog large breed formula too. Definitely much better than other commercial foods available at the grocery. We feed her BB and make sure she has plenty of large shank bones to gnaw, and plush toys to clean between her teeth after meal times every day. Keeps her teeth nice and white with no unpleasant dog breath at all, and very little or no plaque or tartar on any of her teeth..
Wheelchair Bob
Wheelchair Bob
My dogs usually brush their teeth with bull penis...
That just reminded me. My folks once gave me a package of doggie breath strips. Like those ones for people where you put them on your tongue and they dissolve. I thought it was absurd but the pups loved them. Pretty funny.
I got these large dog teeth/breath chew treats that were supposed to help gums, teeth and whatnot but there is no way the two bites it takes Harper to destroy one of those it is doing any good, lol.
ChshreCat
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My dog knows how to win. I was just outside watering where I'd put down some grass seed and he walked over, so of course I sprayed him in the face with the hose. He responded by casually walking up to me and drying his face on my crotch. Well played, KB... well played.
Just brushed Marlee's teeth. She likes it. Easy job while watching the Tigers hammer on my Rays.
I have an old retired electric toothbrush I use.
She is talking about getting her teeth whitened. Maybe.
I have an old retired electric toothbrush I use.
She is talking about getting her teeth whitened. Maybe.
mikescooling
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My vet said I could use the dremmel tool on low to do my puppies nail's. It works well and it's easer to avoid hitting the quick. I give her treats as I do each paw.
ChshreCat
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I use a dremel for mine, though I have an attachment I got for it that makes it easier. It's adjustable so you don't go to far down the nail, plus it catches the dust.
edit: by mine... I mean my dog's nails. Not literally mine.
Though I've thought about it.
One thing Harper figured out early on is this passive/aggressive attention getter. If I ignore him, usually while I am working at my desk, he will do the chin in lap with puppy-dog eyes thing. If that doesn't work he will go get a nice long drink then come back and do it again... he is part Sharpei, he has jowls, big hanging jowls, yeah I end up with about a cup of water in my lap. He knows the attention might not always be good but he will get my attention with that trick.
Oh and Dremel... brilliant. I need to try that some time. I usually just use the clippers but they come out so rough when I do. Dremel might be better if he can stand it.
ChshreCat
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KB still turns into a little baby when I use the dremel on his nails, but it's better than the clippers. With the clippers, he would freak out each time I clipped a nail and I'd have to work to get his foot back and still enough to do the next one. I was fighting for each nail. With the dremel I still have to work to get his paws and get them still, but usually once I start I can do a whole paw at a time.
Make sure you don't over do it with the dremel. They recommend to use short strokes and take off small bits at a time, and no more than 3 or 4 strokes per nail or they start to heat up and hurt. If I hvaen't done his nails in a while and they're extra long, I have to do several sittings with him to shorten them up a bit at a time over a week or so.
Here's the attachment I have that really helps.
I went a little low once when my boy was a pup and he has never let me do it again. Luckily, when they start getting a little long, he will sit there and chew on them to bring them down. Even spits out the nail chunk he got off. He's weird.
The other 2 are more active and rarely need their nails clipped.
The other 2 are more active and rarely need their nails clipped.
CreamyGoodness
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Pjoyce, not that it matters either way, just curiosity, are you an American expat or a German national?
My dog managed to not only get herself sprayed by a skunk last night, but an innocent bystander (myself) was victimized as well!
What a night. I felt horrible. Between the spraying, the hose treatment, the bath treatment, and spending the night outside, I'm certain she was wondering what she was being punished for.
What a night. I felt horrible. Between the spraying, the hose treatment, the bath treatment, and spending the night outside, I'm certain she was wondering what she was being punished for.
CreamyGoodness
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Were you able to get a can of Sacramento tomato juice to bathe her (and you) in?
No, I had a good consult from my dog groomer friend and he instructed me to make a hydrogen peroxide/baking soda mixture and sponge it onto her coat. "Just keep it out of her nose and her eyes" was his only warning, along with informing me that it would likely dry out her coat for a week or so, and possibly lighten it a bit. It didn't lighten it at all, but it did get most of the smell out.
As far as me, I honestly think I found a new home remedy. It washed from my skin in the outdoor shower quite easily, but getting it out of my hair took multiple lathers of Selsun Blue. So now I don't smell like skunk, AND my dandruff is well controlled
As far as me, I honestly think I found a new home remedy. It washed from my skin in the outdoor shower quite easily, but getting it out of my hair took multiple lathers of Selsun Blue. So now I don't smell like skunk, AND my dandruff is well controlled
mikescooling
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LOL!! When I'm driving down the road, I actually like the smell of skunk. I've been feet away when one sprayed, the smell is over whelming, it burns, it is so bad. Did you get sprayed? or were you feet away from being sprayed?
She got a direct spray in her face. Because of how it went down I was pinned in about 3 feet away, so I didn't get directly, but no doubt my eyes were burning and watering. That close its more like pepper spray and garlic then the usual skunk smell, and it was stuck in my nostrils all night. I wanted to take a faucet brush and some pbw to my nostrils, but alas, I thought better of it.
Edit: how it went down is kinda funny too. She loves me and is an old dog, but when I'm working in the yard/garage/house she follows me obsessively. She followed me to the corner of the yard where my composter is, and I was holding the composter cover when right at my feet, it popped out of a drain pipe the connects from my front yard. I knew she would chase it (her chase instinct is strong), but I froze solid hoping not to provoke a spray at me. She didn't see it at first, but in slow motion, she saw it, and before I could get "stop!" out of my mouth (ironically, she's very disciplined on command words, but "stop" is not one of them) she moved in for it. I held the composter cover out as a shield and she yelped and ran away after the spraying. I was still trapped, but the skunk went back into the drainpipe and is still there for all I know. That's another project. I want it gone!
MMJfan
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Oh man, that sounds horrible!
Every once in a while I can smell a strong scent of a skunk in our neighborhood and when I do, the dogs stay in the house. One night last spring, the smell was so strong by our house, we had to close all of our windows. We have a lot of stray cats in our neighborhood and I'm wondering if one of them didn't get sprayed that night. It was awful, that's all I know and I can't imagine getting in that close of proximity to getting sprayed.
They sell a product at most grocery stores called tecnu, its great for skunk smell and poison ivy before you break out. It works on pets also.
