Introducing Dental CareAn article from PET BUSINESS February 2005 Edition |
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If you go home with new dental care products and try to work on your dog’ or cat’s teeth, the animal is apt to protest. Here are some tips on how to introduce this new care regime:
Repeat these training steps once a day for several days. At this point, the goal is not to clean teeth but simply get your pet used to the activity. After several days of practice, begin actually cleaning the teeth but only do one quarter of the mouth. Do another quarter the next day and so on. It may be several weeks before the entire mouth can be done in one cleaning. The ultimate situation of course would be to start this process when your pet is a puppy or a kitten, but with patience, even older dogs can be taught to allow a thorough teeth cleaning.
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