Guest Anonymous Posted September 8, 2003 Share Posted September 8, 2003 Can I give him something for his breath? hes 7 weeks..it's horrible! my brother inlaws dog doesn't even have stink breath. any options? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ferky1 Posted September 8, 2003 Share Posted September 8, 2003 I'd be interested in hearing other people's opinions, but personally I would give a call to your vet and see if he/she thinks it is related to a medical problem. Generally, puppies have very nice smelling breath. Puppy breath means something good, dog breath does not! And 7 weeks is definitely a puppy. What do you feed him? I know that there are a ton of products for dogs to make their breath smell fresh, but I would hesitate giving anything to such a young puppy without first consulting my vet. If your vet does give you the go-ahead, I highly recommend greenies. They aren't minty nor do they smell good to humans (at least to me), but they do take the nasty dog breath smell away and leave the dog odor-free. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alicat613 Posted September 8, 2003 Share Posted September 8, 2003 Well as Ferky said...puppy breath should be a beautiful, warm kinda earthy smell. So either he has stinky breath or you don't like puppy breath. As I said in the other thread I would be highly concerned about the kind of breeder who lets a 7 week old pup leave...which in turn makes me very concerned about the breeding and the health of these dogs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted September 11, 2003 Share Posted September 11, 2003 Hi Ferky, I feed him Perina One.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imported_Kat Posted September 11, 2003 Share Posted September 11, 2003 One thing you should rule out is roundworms. Worms can give a sweet sickly smell to Puppys breaths, so make sure that your pup is wormed on a regular basis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DogPaddle Posted September 11, 2003 Share Posted September 11, 2003 Purina One: Chicken, brewers rice, [color=darkblue]whole grain corn[/color], [color=blue]corn gluten meal[/color], [color=red]poultry by-product meal[/color], [color=darkblue]whole grain wheat[/color], beef [color=indigo]tallow[/color] preserved with mixedtocopherols (source of Vitamin E), natural [color=blue]flavors[/color], dicalcium phosphate, [color=red]salt[/color], potassium chloride, choline chloride, L-Lysine monohydrochloride, vitamin supplements (E, A, B-12, D-3), zinc sulfate, ferrous sulfate, riboflavin supplement, niacin, calcium pantothenate, manganese sulfate, biotin, thiamine mononitrate, folic acid, copper sulfate, pyridoxine hydrochloride, garlic oil, menadione sodium bisulfite complex (source of Vitamin K activity), calcium iodate, sodium selenite. Some ingredient splitting, by-products, salt, corn gluten meal, unidentified poultry, "flavor". You'd probably find at least some improvement in breath and health if you switched to a dog food without by-products, salt, gluten, "flavour", and with good quality recognizable protien sources high on the ingredient list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nadooshkinz Posted September 11, 2003 Share Posted September 11, 2003 is he to young for brushing teeth? :-? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aonir Posted September 11, 2003 Share Posted September 11, 2003 Do you have kitties? My puppy has puppy breath until he gets into the kitty-litter box :o Then it takes a little while to get it back to puppy breath... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted September 11, 2003 Share Posted September 11, 2003 Hello, no i don't have any kitties..and I'm not sure if hes too young to brush teeth.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imported_Kat Posted September 12, 2003 Share Posted September 12, 2003 7 weeks is not too young to start making motions of brushing your puppies teeth. Puppies should be handled from an early age and between the ages of 7 and 12 weeks is when they learn most and this is therefore the best time to start interacting with your pup. Make a game out of it and be very gentle just using a very soft bristled brush, but at his age I am very sure it won't be his teeth. As I said previously make sure he is wormed every week or every 2nd week, as even though you can't see worms in his motions does not necessarily mean that worms are not present in his gut, and puppies that aren't wormed can deteriorate rapidly and result in fatality in a period of less than 24 hours. Thats why its so vital to make sue the pup is wormed by the breeder starting at 2 weeks of age then its equally important that you follow up on worming until he is about 14/16 weeks of age then 3 times per year when the dog is an adult. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted September 12, 2003 Share Posted September 12, 2003 Thank you Kat..it will be done :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alicat613 Posted September 13, 2003 Share Posted September 13, 2003 :o You really worm your dogs that often?? Wow. I prefer to run a fecal first, to see if they actually have worms!! My pup was wormed twice as a baby, and then we only do it if he were to get worms (as evidenced by symptoms then fecal). I'm strongly against using chemicals as a preventative. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imported_Kat Posted September 13, 2003 Share Posted September 13, 2003 Yes alicat My dogs are wormed every 4 months as doing a faecal test is unreliable and doesn't show up dormant worms. Prevention is better than cure, and a dog with worms isn't always obvious. Not all worms are passed routinely in faeces and some tapeworms have long life spans and can live for months growing and feeding off the contents of the dogs intestines. The reason why the worm isn't passed when the dog defaecates is due to the specialised hooks called a scolex on the tapeworms head which helps it to cling to the gut when peristalsis occurs. Worming tablets and injections work by targeting the worms reproductive, locomotory and alimentary actions and paralysing these functions to unnatach the worm and allow it to be passed in the faeces if the dog has worms in the first place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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