Keep Your Puppy In Good Health With Dog Dental Care
Most dogs don’t have wonderful smelling breath. Then again who could blame them, not surprisingly, your breath would smell too if you never brushed your teeth!
Taking the right care of your pets teeth is needed to battle bad dog breath, however a current study shows that there might be even more important benefits – ones that may be important to the life of your pet.
A study done by Dr Larry Glickman at Purdue University included the records of almost 120,000 dogs. The study included an identical amount of dogs with periodontal disease and those without it. The study revealed a link between gum disease and heart disease for dogs.
The biggest connection was with a form of heart disease called endocarditis or heart valve inflammation. In fact, only 0.01 percent of dogs that didn’t have gum disease got endocarditis but.15 percent of the dogs with stage 3 periodontal disease did get endocarditis.
As you can imagine, a great dog dental program is critical for the health and well being of your pet.
So, exactly how do you provide good dental care for your dog?
Needless to say, the first step is ensuring that your dog has clean teeth. You want to attempt to brush your dogs teeth each night with dog toothpaste and a dog toothbrush. It’s good to get in the habit of brushing on a daily basis. Daily brushing will aid in reducing tartar buildup and stave off gum disease.
Periodically, you will most likely have to take your pet to the vet for a dental scaling. Much like when you go to the dentist for a cleaning, the vet can clean the tarter from your dogs teeth.
There are also dog chews and treats that will help with your dog dental plan. Some of the chew toys like Nylabones are produced particularly to help scrape off plaque while your dog is chewing on them. Other treats have enzymes to aid in fighting bad dog breath.
Supplying good dental care for your pet will give him the best potential for a healthy long life. Excessive tarter and plaque can cause bacteria to run through your dogs system and this is likely to result in disease in any major organ.
Supplying great canine dental care for your pet can help him to live a longer and happier life. It only will take a couple of minutes each day to brush Fido’s pearly whites and the reward includes fresh smelling dog breath and a lot more healthy years added to your pets life.
Next, find out more about dog dental care and get tips on cleaning dogs teeth and how to avoid bad dog breath.