There are a number of things you can do for your dog's mouth to keep it healthy and to prevent it from becoming stinky. First of all, you can encourage your dog to chew. Rawhide chews, dog biscuits, (safe) bones, and chew toys can all be great for encouraging chewing. hewing is not only fun for your pet, but it also helps scrape the teeth clean.

Rawhide chews and dog buscuits, however, can be a bit fattening. You might want to avoid these chew treats, particularly if your dog is already struggling with its weight. Any dog biscuits you do give to your dog should be large. Small ones can be swallowed up quckly and require very little chewing, so they don;t do your dog's mouth much good.

Bones can also be a risk because cooked bones or bones fed to older dogs can cause constipation. Some bones can also splinter or be easily swallowed whole, which can cause harm to the intestine. Overly dry bones can cause fraturing of the teeth an spoiled bones can lead to food poisoning. It is far better to give your dog chew toys, there are often the best choice for encouraging chewing. These toys are made oto endure being chewed by your dog without causing it harm. In addition, some are made especailly for use with doggie dental toothpaste. You can put some of the toothpaste, which is meat flavored, on the chew toy and watch your dog brush its own teeth.

Of cours you can and should also set aside time each day or week to brush your dog's teeth. It is best to start this when your dog is young so it gets used to it. Make sure you give plenty of praise and affection and before long your dog will be happy to let you bruch its teeth.

There are steps that your veterinarian can take to help correct if your pet has reached this stage. There is little hope on getting your dog's mouth back to normal. Advanced periodntal disease is also very painful for your dog. If your dog teeth haven;t fallen out they may need to be removed in order to prevent further damage.

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