With Reflexologist Nuria Weaver
Home Remedies for Dog Breath
"Dogs are men's best friends." Yes, the quote is old but it still means the same. In ancient days, men used to keep pet dogs for their help but nowadays dogs are most likely to be family members to us. When we have a pet, only in few days we are attached to the dog that we feel it is a part of our family and that is why we provide all the facilities required to the dog. We take care of its health and other problems. Dog's bad breath is one of the most common problems found in dogs. In this article, we have helped on this by discussing some home remedies for dog breath.
Dogs do not brush their teeth daily neither they use mouthwash to fight bad breath. They eat different types of things daily from non-vegetarian food to protein diet but some part of the food is stuck in their teeth and they are not able to wash it off. Later it turns into the problem of bad breath. Here are some tips and remedies that may help you to get you rid of this problem if followed.
Before discussing home remedies, let us discuss symptoms and causes for the same.
Symptoms: In most of the cases, there are no other prominent symptoms aside from a bad odor emanating from the mouth of the pet. If it is a disease in the mouth causing the odor, they may be other apparent symptoms like; pawing at the mouth, facing problem in eating (anorexia), looseness of teeth and excessive drooling of the pet, which may have traces of blood sometimes.
Causes: A variety of conditions may go ahead to halitosis, which include metabolic disorders like; Diabetes Mellitus commonly known as blood sugar diabetes or problems in respiration such as inflammation inside the nose or in nasal passages (rhinitis); inflammation of the sinusitis and gastrointestinal problems.
Treatment: Once you get to know the specific cause of halitosis, various therapies can be used to treat the problem. In some cases, there may be multiple causes to be blamed for this. It may also be a problem of presence of a foreign object in the mouth.
From managing diet to the treatment, it is completely up to you to treat the problem of your dog. Below are some suggestions and remedies to help you out on this.
Living and Management: You need to continue to remain observant of the symptoms in your dog. It is important to provide consistently proper and professional dental care to your dog, as well as treat this with at homemade tooth care remedies. Daily brushing the teeth of the dog can help in preventing the plaque stuck that leads to related halitosis. You may also need to prevent your lovely dog from eating out-side or bad-smelling foods, such as garbage. Cleaning the yard of your home frequently will also keep away from incidences of coprophagia.
Home Remedies for Dog Breath: Using a soft bristled brush for dog's teeth with toothpaste that does not need to rinse is a good idea to treat the bad breath problem. If you do this treatment regularly, your dog will become adapted to it.
You should give the dog a bone to play and chew. That will help remove plaque from teeth. Raw and peeled carrots can also be used for the same purpose.
For dogs, you can use mint or parsley. These are mouth sweeteners as well as mouth fresheners so will minimize problem of bad breath.
In your own kitchen, you can prepare dog breath biscuits to help you to treat this problem. Here we discuss the recipe for the same so that you can prepare a solution at home. For these biscuits, you need to mix one cup of rice flour with half cup of water and one tablespoon of activated charcoal. Activated charcoal is available from any health food shop. Take some fresh parsley mint and chop it to add in the mixture of biscuits. Add one beaten egg and three tablespoons of vegetable oil to it. Drop it in a baking sheet using a teaspoon.
Bake the mixture for 15 - 20 minutes at 4oo degrees temperature. Take the baking sheet out; here your biscuits are ready. These biscuits can be stored for up to one year and can be used as food for your dog. These biscuits are great in taste so your dog is going to love it. Dogs like things they can munch so biscuits will obviously be a good thing to keep them busy and treating the bad breath along with it.
Whenever your dog consumes meat or chicken, you should brush its teeth as it will become a big cause of bad breath if stuck in its teeth.
Keep the garbage baskets out of the reach from your pet. If the garbage baskets are available to the pet, they may try to seek food in it, which is a common cause of bad breath.
Dogs normally drag their backsides to carpets and rug to give them a good clean; however, this will be a problem if you do not have any such carpets at the home. Keep one or two mats near your dog's place to provide him with the same.
Your simple steps of care and general management can work a lot to minimize the problem. Home remedies for dog breath are here to help you fight with this.
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