On Sun, 11 Jan 2009 02:37:04 GMT, notbob > wrote:

>Mom's in the hospital, I'm stuck with the dog. Not a bad dog, overall, jes
>got dog breath that would etch glass. Any suggestions on how to turn it?
>
>nb

I feel your pain. Our little dachshund
(http://i41.tinypic.com/xnta53.jpg) has some of the foulest breath
ever. I mean he can wake you up from a sound sleep with one yawn.

The vet gave us some dog toothpaste. Actually, he sold it to us. He
gives nothing away. Enzadent is the brand name, and the label says
it's "enzymatic." Whatever that means in this context. It came with
a rubber finger sleeve I was supposed to use to rub his teeth, but I
never had any luck with it.

So a few days ago, when his breath was robbing all pleasure from my
life, I got an old, but basically clean human toothbrush out and
schmeared a tiny bit of the doggy enzyme paste on it. It took a
little patience, but after letting him sniff it and get interested, I
was able to do a minor bit of brushing on both sides of his mouth.

Then came the interesting part. He wanted the brush. So I gave it to
him. Off he trotted with his new chew toy. For the next few minutes,
he brushed his own teeth -- at least he chewed on the bristles.

His breath is much improved.

Seems the paste tastes good. It looks like anchovy paste. Last
night, I did it again, and again he chewed on it afterwards. When I
took the brush away, he waited till I was out of the room and climbed
up on the couch and got it back from a side table. D had to chase him
down to get it back.
--
modom

ambitious when it comes to fiddling with meat