My dogs have a toothbrush toy. It looks like a series of rubber gears, held together on both ends by a rubber knob. I put a speck of chicken-flavored canine toothpaste (which you can get at any pet store) between each gear and then give it to the dogs to gnaw. All three of them have beautiful white teeth.
Do you remember where you got it? Sounds like a great idea.
Maybe I just have a strange one, but my dog just loves cleaning his own ass. He has no shame.
This is the toy. I usually refuse to buy Hartz products, but this one was an exception. I found mine at a grocery store.
Aw, dammit! It’s not showing up. It’s called “VMX PetVantage™ Oral Hygiene™ K-9 Cleaner™ Dog Toy” I copied the image location: http://www.hartz.com/Our%20Products/Products200/3270099402.jpg
Let’s see if that works.
No, and it hasn’t ever occured to me to do so. My dog has this dental toy. That, along with bones and dry are keeping teeth clean so far.
Cool, thanks!
I don’t routinely wipe the cat’s butt, but I have done it if needed. He seems to have a somewhat fickle digestive system, causing bouts of messy poo. This really doesn’t happen very often, but you know, it’s one of those things that stands out when it does.
Mr. Del and I, however, have a disagreement about how to handle this. I will wipe. If the messy poo incident happens on Mr. Del’s watch, he refuses to wipe the cat and will instead fill the bathtub and bathe the cat. I think that’s silly, it’s a lot more work to deal with a wet cat (although I should add that the cat is pretty good about baths, he doesn’t fight it) than to just wipe him with a tissue. Mr. Del is taking the “in for a penny, in for a pound” approach and figures that if he has to do something as unpleasant as dealing with a cat’s butt up close and personal, he wants it to involve soap and water.
We also brush the cat’s teeth. The vet suggested it, but added it was mostly for our benefit – the cat had icky tooth breath all the time. Dry v. soft food didn’t help the issue. We’ve had a big improvement in the cat breath department after we started brushing.
They are called “Dirty Dogs,” the dogs not the owners.
My little Shih Tzu ‘comes clean’ most of the time.
If there is just one dingleberry or discolorization my wife insists on giving her bottom a bath.
Is that why you spent that year in college?
This can be really dangerous. If the string is long, a fair amount could still be up in his intestine, and pulling it out can cause major damage. It sounds like you knew how long the string was, but still, I’d be very careful.
As for the OP, absolutely not, except on very rare occasions where there is some…intestinal distress.
I thought I would choke when my husband suggested I do this for my toy poodle. But after hearing several anal (no pun intended) ppl do do it for thier beloved pets and if it keeps her from obsessively licking back there it certainly would be worth a try. Because that licking drives me banana’s !!!
Any ideas on how not to freak her out?
No. Aside from diarrhoea, it would never occur to me to do so.
Zombie dogs seldom need to be wiped.
My mom wipes her pug’s “bungalow” as she likes to call it.
Yes. When I saw the title I thought “And THAT’S why I’m a cat person.”
Over time I keep learning that dogs are disgusting in ways I never imagined. I’m not going to someday find out that it’s common for dog owners lick their pets balls for them, am I?
Lick them? No… but perhaps implant fake ones, and fondle them, yes. Please don’t ask for a cite.
The day I have to do this is the day I get rid of my dogs. They’re nice and all, but not worth that kind of effort.
This thread title makes me wish we had this smiley. Because that’s the face I made when I read it.
