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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 520550" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>First, I am NOT nuts. </p><p></p><p>did you sit down with the dog and tell her what you were going to do and why? Or did you just grab her and go for it? How would YOU react if someone grabbed you and pried your mouth open and stuck something in your mouth? Esp if it tasted nasty? I would clench my teeth too!</p><p></p><p>We ALWAYS tell our animals what we are going to do and why. It sounds nuts, but for the most part they DO understand that we are trying to help them. You will probably have to break this into small steps and gradually work your way up to train ehr to allow you to brush her teeth with-o a fight. Start with getting her calm, petting her and getting her to let you touch her mouth. they have sensitive mouths, from my experience, and a light touch always seemed to tickle and irritate our lab when I was a teen. (I did the dog training and most of the care even though she was gfgbro's dog because he taught her to be super rough and she kept hurting me by playing the way he taught her, so we did obedience classes together - dog and I did, gfgbro wasn't part of that.) Work with her until she will let you rub her gums with a finger - not hard but not super light either. Dogs actually find this relaxing once they know you won't hurt them. we worked with several trainers with one dog who was super hyper and skittish and it was pretty amazing once seh realized how great it felt. Then rub her gums wth a bit of the toothpaste, then work up to the brush.</p><p></p><p>You might be able to wrap her in a towel to hold her still and tehn brush her teeth, at least the outer parts, but it isn't easy. You would probably have to hold her and the towel with your legs while you hold her mouth with one hand and the toothbrush with the other.</p><p></p><p>break the task down into small steps - as small as possible, and use treats and praise to get her to want you to do it. It does work, but it takes patience and you must work with it every day.</p><p></p><p>chances are her teeth should be cleaned at the vet and tehn you can work on training her so that you can brush them at home. Home brushing just won't get all the stuff off that the vet can, but you can maintain it once it is done. just use lots of treats and praise. You might consider a "high value" treat like bits of cooked liver (if you can stand it) or meat, or even spray cheese - whatever she really really really likes. </p><p></p><p>ANY new thing you want your pet to do takes training and time. I know it sounds stupid to tell the dog that you are going to use this brush and this paste to get her teeth clean and it won't hurt and it will help keep her healthy, but it DOES help. our animals simply don't fight very much at all if we tell them before we try to do things, but if we don't? They freak out and are very upset with us. </p><p></p><p>You might want to skip the toothpaste at first and just use the dry brush or dip it into chicken or beef broth to help her get used to it. You can move to the toothpaste once she is not fighting the toothbrush.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 520550, member: 1233"] First, I am NOT nuts. did you sit down with the dog and tell her what you were going to do and why? Or did you just grab her and go for it? How would YOU react if someone grabbed you and pried your mouth open and stuck something in your mouth? Esp if it tasted nasty? I would clench my teeth too! We ALWAYS tell our animals what we are going to do and why. It sounds nuts, but for the most part they DO understand that we are trying to help them. You will probably have to break this into small steps and gradually work your way up to train ehr to allow you to brush her teeth with-o a fight. Start with getting her calm, petting her and getting her to let you touch her mouth. they have sensitive mouths, from my experience, and a light touch always seemed to tickle and irritate our lab when I was a teen. (I did the dog training and most of the care even though she was gfgbro's dog because he taught her to be super rough and she kept hurting me by playing the way he taught her, so we did obedience classes together - dog and I did, gfgbro wasn't part of that.) Work with her until she will let you rub her gums with a finger - not hard but not super light either. Dogs actually find this relaxing once they know you won't hurt them. we worked with several trainers with one dog who was super hyper and skittish and it was pretty amazing once seh realized how great it felt. Then rub her gums wth a bit of the toothpaste, then work up to the brush. You might be able to wrap her in a towel to hold her still and tehn brush her teeth, at least the outer parts, but it isn't easy. You would probably have to hold her and the towel with your legs while you hold her mouth with one hand and the toothbrush with the other. break the task down into small steps - as small as possible, and use treats and praise to get her to want you to do it. It does work, but it takes patience and you must work with it every day. chances are her teeth should be cleaned at the vet and tehn you can work on training her so that you can brush them at home. Home brushing just won't get all the stuff off that the vet can, but you can maintain it once it is done. just use lots of treats and praise. You might consider a "high value" treat like bits of cooked liver (if you can stand it) or meat, or even spray cheese - whatever she really really really likes. ANY new thing you want your pet to do takes training and time. I know it sounds stupid to tell the dog that you are going to use this brush and this paste to get her teeth clean and it won't hurt and it will help keep her healthy, but it DOES help. our animals simply don't fight very much at all if we tell them before we try to do things, but if we don't? They freak out and are very upset with us. You might want to skip the toothpaste at first and just use the dry brush or dip it into chicken or beef broth to help her get used to it. You can move to the toothpaste once she is not fighting the toothbrush. [/QUOTE]
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