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Bad breath in 14 year old jack russell

Posted By Bridget (Hull, UK) on 03/23/2009

Hi I have just found his website and would really like some advice from all you guys - I have a 14 1/2 year old jack russell cross who was originally a rescue dog. She used to have the sweetest breath but now it is simply awful due to her bad teeth. she has never been fed on sweet things by us in the last 10 years or so since we had her - but now she has teeth covered with plaque and it is effecting her gums. The vet won't do anything about it manually because of her age and she has a heart murmour. She is very fit and exercised well daily and is very perky but I know her teeth bother her because she does this displacement thing of licking her front legs when they hurt and sometimes she drops the ball she's carry during a game of ball and I can see that her mouth is paining her. Any ideas at all? I wondered about anything homeopathic - or would apple cider vinegar help do you think?

EC: You may find some helpful remedies on this page: https://www.earthclinic.com/pets/mouth-and-teeth-issues.html

Replied by Bill (Memphis, Tn) on 12/03/2009

Bridget, you might want to try giving your dog a raw chicken neck daily. I had a malamute whose teeth got covered with plaque, I fed him raw turkey necks and that just scaled the plaque right off. Raw bones won't splinter.

Replied by (ingrid (Brighton, Ontario, Canada) on 05/09/2010

Take liquid Bee Propolis and put it on your dogs gums with a Q-tip the gums will heal in 2-3 days also puts some drops in their food. Bee Propolis is anti-septic anti-fungal, anti-microbial anti-viral anti-bacterial.

Any kind of injuries you can put Bee Propolis on and it will heal in a matter of days( same for people )

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