When you find that the dog has bad breath, it means that the bad breath has been a problem for a while. Generally speaking, the dog’s mouth stinks because of two reasons.
There is something wrong with the mouth itself.
Dogs eat dog food and rice with insufficient hardness for a long time, which leads to the accumulation of bacteria in the teeth, and the owner neglects to clean the dog’s teeth. Food residues and calcium deposits in saliva cause problems such as plaque, calculus, and gum recession.
There is a problem with the digestive tract.
Dogs can’t digest what they eat, and their gastrointestinal motility is weakened, resulting in bad mouth odor.
So how do we solve the bad breath caused by these two problems?
The first thing is to clean the dog’s teeth regularly. If you use a toothbrush on a dog for the first time, the dog will be more resistant. You must let it get used to it slowly. You cannot force it to brush its teeth, which will cause conditioned aversion to it.
There are also special tooth cleaning sticks, tooth cleaning tablets, chewing gums for dogs, etc., and usually give dogs more bites to help reduce the accumulation of dental bacteria. It should be noted that the food that the dog eats must have a certain hardness. The dog can chew and grind off the dirt on the teeth. If you keep eating soft food such as rice, the food residue will be left on the teeth. Teeth cause bad breath.
If the calculus is very bad, you can go to a professional hospital to clean your teeth. However, a general examination should be done before scaling to see if the dog’s body can withstand anesthesia scaling.
Gastrointestinal bad breath requires the owner to improve the dog’s food structure, replace the original food with digestible food, mix meat and food in a balanced way, or add some probiotics to the food to promote digestion.
Do not ignore the oral problems of dogs! The oral health is healthy, and the dog and owner can play more happily.
