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Irish Wolfhound -
All About Louie
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Written by Hugh McManus
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Following his visit to get a teeth cleaning yesterday, Louie now gets his teeth brushed at home. The product that's used is a Petrodex Finger Toothbrush. There's a picture of the package on the left. Normally, Louie would be given raw bones on which to chew. Raw bones are good for keeping the teeth of an Irish Wolfhound clean. However, since he's in advanced renal failure, Louie is on a low protein diet, so no bones for him. He's also never been a big fan of Nylabones: those inert bones that take ages to grind down. Lír was content to chew on the things for hours. Rowdy had an old worn out Nylabone that she loved; she'd chew on that one for about thirty minues a day. Louie couldn't be bothered with the things. He's a bit of a lazy dog; Nylabones probably seemed like too much work with no immediate reward. An alternate solution to teeth cleaning was needed. In the past, attempts were made to use a normal canine toothbrush with Louie. It's tough. It takes a while to get the dog used to the thing. It's also difficult to get into the back teeth, particularly on the lingual surfaces. The Petrodex Finger Toothbrush is much better. You simply put the Toothbrush over the forefinger, apply canine toothpaste, then gently clean the teeth. I can't speak for other breeds, but it's really very easy to use this product on an Irish Wolfhound. Canine toothpaste is specially flavored; dogs like it. I wouldn't try to use regular, human toothpaste. By the way, the Petrodex Finger Toothbrushes is available at PetsMart. I also found them, at a more competitive price, on www.amazon.com. The Amazon price was about half of what PetsMart charged. The only drawback to using Amazon is that, even if you have signed up for free shipping, the company does tack on a $5.00 fee to shipments of the Finger Toothbrush. So, if you're going to use a lot of the, I'd order them all at once!
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