Love to Chew
A fun activity that also helps keep their teeth clean
The pups have a good chance of having healthy teeth for longer, given that they eat whole, unprocessed foods. Still, dental hygiene can’t be ignored.
Check out this post for an interesting study on dog dental health!
Stray Dogs Have Better Teeth Than Pet Dogs?
Dachshunds are notorious for having bad teeth. The pain from toothaches can be unbearable. Even worse is that they can’t communicate with us about how much pain they are in. Since their bone density decreases as they get older, extracting all of the teeth can cause their jaws to break. Just the risk of putting old dogs under for surgery is worrisome as well.
I don’t brush their teeth daily, but they chew for probably around 30 minutes a day. The chew stick helps scrape their teeth clean, and ser…
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