Do you take your pet in for a teeth cleaning and fillings?
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December 29th, 2010
My bichon has awful breath so when she was spayed they cleaned her teeth and problem solved. Now years later the same problem. But I hear it’s $500 for a cleaning?? Is that right? In fact, I’ve read it can run $750! The reason is putting them to sleep first.
So, do you get your dog’s teeth cleaned? She isn’t interested in chew toys. Maybe they hurt her gums. I can’t brush them because she struggles away from me when I just LOOK at her teeth.
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Aster I had Spunky’s done approx 3 years ago, and it was a couple hundred dollars. But, I live in an area where the cost of living is one of the lowest. I’m not much help. You might googled it.
I keep trying, but the vet keeps denying! lol
He doesn’t need it, but I get one free cleaning a year with my pet insurance.
Try raw bones or Greenies. They really do help.
$90/month. Covers 75% of everything except spay/neuter. (Which is an additional $6/month)
I’m very happy with it. I’ve always outspent the amount I pay. When my baby attempted suicide a couple years ago, it was a saving grace.
Wow… how did that happen?
A combination of many circumstances. First, we never leave meds out. Second, we never leave our bedroom door open. Well, mu husband had a headache and opened a brand new bottle of ibuprofen, tooke two and left it by the bed. I was in a rush in the morning, and left the door open. I came home to two pills and some paste on my bed. He ate all the others! It was awful. I brought a client home, and had to pass her off to my co-worker friend mid-drive to the vet. (After I pumped him with hydrogen peroxide to make him puke.)
He was a million dollar miracle, though. Not a speck of kidney damage! (I don’t think I would have gotten over the guilt, either.)
Dang… that is bizarre! I would not want to ever face that… I know you are like me.. i love Sadie as much as myself.
@BoBo1946 Google is where I was Boggled with the $500=$750 price to clean. I hope I get more answers. If I don’t , I’ll assume it’s rare to get a dog’s teeth cleaned.
$90 a month pet insurance? EGADS !! Happy New Year, Boo.
Happy New Years to you MsA!
I used to take my pom’ to the vet every 6mos. for cleanings which were about $300. ea because they put him under. In the past 5yrs then I have a person come to me who works on his teeth while he’s awake and it’s $100. This person has a way with animals because he just lays still, doesn’t squirm or bug out his eyes. We like this way A LOT better.
@Neizvestnaya Your dog allows someone to clean his teeth while he’s wide awake. Now I’ve heard everything!!
@Aster: A coworker recommended this person to me and I didn’t believe in it at first. The person wrapped my dog in a towel like a papoose baby and then cradled him in the bundle between her knees. He was totally relaxed and submissive which had ME mesmerized to where I hovered the whole time, just in case. I wish everyone had a person like this for their pets in their city. He gets the whole treatment too, scraping, polishing, flossing, brushing.
Yes, I have 2 bullmastiffs and a pit bull and only one of them have mouth issues, so I get his teeth cleaned. It’s about $475 for us, but if you have a pet you also have the responsibility of taking care of it.
No. My dogs get their teeth checked at routine check-ups and they get teeth cleaning treats. I check their teeth myself on a regular basis and as long as their breath isn’t bad and their gums look fine I don’t worry too much.
Obviously if they had problems then I would pay to have them treated, I’m sure my insurance covers that if it costs me over £60.
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