Brushing their teeth will be far superior to anything you can give them....
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It really depends. Usually, the first session lasts anywhere from 45 minutes to an hour....
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The biggest tip that I have is to start slow. Don't go on day one and think that you'll be able to fully brush your dog's teeth....
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If your dog has just ingested something and he gets sick shortly afterward, you have to be suspicious that it might be some toxicity....
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In our practice, usually about an hour and a half. We always take blood and do pre-anesthetic blood work before cleaning the teeth....
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Depending on what the situation is, if a dog needs a tooth extracted or some other type of procedure, we will send home pain medicine....
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If your dog throws up or has a loose stool after you feed them, or they have excessive gas or excessive salivation after eating, then you're probab...
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I'm certain that all of you who are looking at this video have had your teeth cleaned at the dentist's....
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Some people don't like dental cleanings either, but unlike people, dogs are not going to sit still for us to clean their teeth....
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Absolutely, yes. We know for sure in veterinary medicine that our patients recover much more quickly if we control their pain, so absolutely....
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That's a good question, and we can't always tell. We do a lot of things to increase the safety of our anesthetic procedures....
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For sure....
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In our case, it's my assistant and me, but we do that with electronic monitoring....
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We use a couple of different types of anesthesia for these procedures....
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Grapes and raisins have been determined to be toxic to dogs....
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Just think of yourself. To take care of your teeth, you brush them a minimum of twice a day....
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That's a big question because we use elimination diets to find food intolerances and food allergies....
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Yes. We use sevoflurane anesthesia, and we administer that through an endotracheal tube that we place when we induce the anesthesia with an iv....
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This is true....
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Truthfully, in my opinion, it's okay, but it should be only a supplement to your pet's complete and balanced diet....