{"id":18,"date":"2010-11-15T00:47:07","date_gmt":"2010-11-15T07:47:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluefairyotterhounds.com\/?p=18"},"modified":"2026-01-11T10:28:18","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T18:28:18","slug":"teeth-cleaning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bluefairyotterhounds.com\/?p=18","title":{"rendered":"Teeth Cleaning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align:justify\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/bluefairyotterhounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/The-Tooth-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-114\" title=\"The Tooth (2)\" src=\"https:\/\/bluefairyotterhounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/The-Tooth-2-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluefairyotterhounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/The-Tooth-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/bluefairyotterhounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/The-Tooth-2-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/bluefairyotterhounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/The-Tooth-2-59x59.jpg 59w, https:\/\/bluefairyotterhounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/The-Tooth-2-141x141.jpg 141w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>Dogs get a buildup of plaque on their teeth over time and keeping teeth clean is important.  We beleive in a balanced approach: keep it simple for us and entertaining for the dogs. What a concept \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n<p>Our dogs get chewies and raw bones on a regular basis to keep their teeth in good shape and plaque-free.  It has been working for us very well!  Mamba and Leeloo have healthy white teeth at almost 5 years old!  And their kids:  Ozzy &#038; Bella mostly enjoy the treats.. well their teeth are just getting started \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bluefairyotterhounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Addie-Bella-4a.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bluefairyotterhounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Addie-Bella-4a-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Addie &amp; Bella (August 2012)\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-6450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluefairyotterhounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Addie-Bella-4a-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/bluefairyotterhounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Addie-Bella-4a-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/bluefairyotterhounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Addie-Bella-4a-59x59.jpg 59w, https:\/\/bluefairyotterhounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Addie-Bella-4a-141x141.jpg 141w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>Starr had her teeth cleaned one time  at 3 years old via Gentle Dental network (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gentledentalforpets.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Gentle Dental for Pets<\/a><\/span>). It was important to us to find an alternative to dental services offered by our vet that involved anesthesia. We were not sure if &#8216;no anesthesia&#8217; approach would work with our Starr &#8211; we expected growling, barking and an abrupt end to the procedure. Instead, we got a happy girl with pearly white teeth after about a 30 minutes with the dental tech. Needless to say, the cost was significantly less (&lt;$100) then what the vet quoted (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">&gt;<\/span>$500).<br \/>\n<\/br><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bluefairyotterhounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Mamba-1st-Bone-Wk-8.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bluefairyotterhounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Mamba-1st-Bone-Wk-8-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Mamba 1st Bone - Wk 8\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-932\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluefairyotterhounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Mamba-1st-Bone-Wk-8-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/bluefairyotterhounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Mamba-1st-Bone-Wk-8-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/bluefairyotterhounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Mamba-1st-Bone-Wk-8-59x59.jpg 59w, https:\/\/bluefairyotterhounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Mamba-1st-Bone-Wk-8-141x141.jpg 141w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>  <a href=\"https:\/\/bluefairyotterhounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Mamba-X.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bluefairyotterhounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Mamba-X-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Mamba w\/chewie @ 18 mo\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-933\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluefairyotterhounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Mamba-X-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/bluefairyotterhounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Mamba-X-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/bluefairyotterhounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Mamba-X-59x59.jpg 59w, https:\/\/bluefairyotterhounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Mamba-X-141x141.jpg 141w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>  <a href=\"https:\/\/bluefairyotterhounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Dogs-Bones-7.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bluefairyotterhounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Dogs-Bones-7-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Bella &amp; Raw Bone (August 2012)\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-6451\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bluefairyotterhounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Dogs-Bones-7-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/bluefairyotterhounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Dogs-Bones-7-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/bluefairyotterhounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Dogs-Bones-7-59x59.jpg 59w, https:\/\/bluefairyotterhounds.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/11\/Dogs-Bones-7-141x141.jpg 141w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Y77P76SmO-s?si=0yHnsE-BuSpxAJ4j\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9ZpHcqbwXfc?si=lUopKYGmk3rBbwTw\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dogs get a buildup of plaque on their teeth over time and keeping teeth clean is important. We beleive in a balanced approach: keep it simple for us and entertaining for the dogs. What a concept \ud83d\ude09 Our dogs get chewies and raw bones on a regular basis to keep their teeth in good shape [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":863,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tips-opinions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluefairyotterhounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluefairyotterhounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluefairyotterhounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluefairyotterhounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluefairyotterhounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18"}],"version-history":[{"count":24,"href":"https:\/\/bluefairyotterhounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15872,"href":"https:\/\/bluefairyotterhounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18\/revisions\/15872"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluefairyotterhounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/863"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluefairyotterhounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluefairyotterhounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluefairyotterhounds.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}