Stinky Breath

[huski]

Cherry our little SWF is nearing ten years of age. She has always had skin problems, with terrible rash, hot spots etc - last year I changed her over to Royal Canin dried food and she is thriving, and is looking better than ever. She has a sensitive tummy and used to vomit a lot but this has stopped when she went on RC. She also gets some raw chicken bones but is a very, very picky eater and won't eat any bone bigger than a small chicken wing (anything bigger she will run away and hide, but won't really eat).

Anyway, her breath is terribly stinky. I have asked the vet about it before, but have not been able to find anything wrong that would indicate smelly breath. I have been thinking of changing her over to a higher quality dried food like Eagle Pack holistic to see if this would help her smelly breath?? All my animals eat RC, but with Cherry's smelly breath I have been looking at other avenues to test and see if there is any improvement.

I am going to take her to the vet in the next couple of weeks just for a general checkup and I will again get the vet to check out her stinky breath. But for the mean time - with her sensitive tummy, proneness to rashes and mature age - what would be the best Eagle Pack to try her on? Anything other diet recommendations?

[puggy_puggy]

Have they totally checked all of her teeth and mouth out? She could need a clean.

Could be anal glads. Yep breath can smell when they are blocked up.

Why don't you get some lamb ribs and chop thme up into single ribs for her.

[huski]

Have they totally checked all of her teeth and mouth out? She could need a clean.

Could be anal glads. Yep breath can smell when they are blocked up.

Why don't you get some lamb ribs and chop thme up into single ribs for her.

I've never thought of lamb ribs before! Might be good for her to chew on something a little bit smaller other than chicken bones.

Thanks for the tip about anal glands, I will ask the vet about all this when we go in the next week or two. I was just wondering if there was something I could do with her diet, that could possibly help stinky breath.

Edited July 29, 2008 by huski

[Pug Hugger]

Eagle pack has a seniors blend.

Most of the stockists I have come across have mini-sample bags that you can try for free. I tend to fin the seior one is the easiest to get a sample of so maybe try her with that. Truth be told though I don't know if changing her kibble will help her breath! Our old BC (who got to 18) had terrible breath it was just old rotting teeth and short of putting him under a GA to clean and/or remove them nothing we did would help.

[huski]

Eagle pack has a seniors blend.

Most of the stockists I have come across have mini-sample bags that you can try for free. I tend to fin the seior one is the easiest to get a sample of so maybe try her with that. Truth be told though I don't know if changing her kibble will help her breath! Our old BC (who got to 18) had terrible breath it was just old rotting teeth and short of putting him under a GA to clean and/or remove them nothing we did would help.

Yeah I wasn't sure it would, but I thought I'd ask in case there is much we can do with diet to help! I have been reading about Eagle Pack Holistic and although its more exxy than RC I have been thinking of trying Cherry bean on it to give her something a bit better quality.

[puggy_puggy]

Is she healthy otherwise. If it is her teeth that are rotten then it probably would be worth getting them removed and cleaned. Makes the dogs feel a whole lot better afterwards.

[huski]

Is she healthy otherwise. If it is her teeth that are rotten then it probably would be worth getting them removed and cleaned. Makes the dogs feel a whole lot better afterwards.

Relatively. She has bad back legs, but apart from that, she is fit and healthy for her age.

ETA: Will definitely ask the vet about removing teeth. There were no rotten teeth a few months ago the last time she was at the vet, but will definitely get her thoroughly checked over.

Edited July 29, 2008 by huski