Dog breath

[michael_JCWS]

Any suggestions on improving our dogs devil breath.

We clean his teeth and he eats dry dog food, anything we can do to improve his breath ?

[smithyithy]

What breed is he/she buddy?

Our Pug had bad breath for ages despite daily cleaning and good food. Due to his small mouth / jaw, he had too many teeth at the back and some inevitably went bad. After a fair bit of dental work to remove a good number of them, he has no bad breath whatsoever - the difference is night and day.

Hopefully it's not as serious, but something to consider maybe, persistent bad breath can be a sign of teeth / gum issues..

[Lotobear]

smithyithy said:

What breed is he/she buddy?

Our Pug had bad breath for ages despite daily cleaning and good food. Due to his small mouth / jaw, he had too many teeth at the back and some inevitably went bad. After a fair bit of dental work to remove a good number of them, he has no bad breath whatsoever - the difference is night and day.

Hopefully it's not as serious, but something to consider maybe, persistent bad breath can be a sign of teeth / gum issues..

I would concur with this - daughter's Scottie developed utterly evil breath around 6 years old. Gum disease was the cause and after having 13 teeth out he's fresh as a daisy.

She was feeding him on this horrid raw food that was like a paste - I'm sure it was sticking to his back teeth and contributing to the issue. She's now changed to cooked food.

[QuartzDad]

Plaqtiv+ Water Additive, been using it for about a year, does seem to make a difference.