NWR: My dog's breath STINKS! HELP!

I don't know if she's old enough to need it or not, but we take our dog to the vet to have her teeth cleaned each year. They are given general anesthesia and she can get a really good cleaning while she snoozes. Her breath always smells so much better afterwards. It could also be other health issues that cause her breath to stink. It might not be coming from her mouth, but from somewhere deeper. I'd suggest getting her a check up at the vet and asking a professional.

Is she on any medicines right now, i.e. antibiotics? When my dog was taking an antibiotic for some infection he had, his breath was AWFUL. I couldn't figure out what it was until I realized he was on a medicine and that was the only thing different. The bad breath went away when he was done with all the pills.

I have a cat with all kinds of dental problems. One sign of infection is bad breath so I would take her back to the vet.

It could be because of her food. I know that when we had our hound on puppy food he had bad breath and farted a lot and it smelled horrible! But once we switched to Science Diet for adults he stopped having bad breath and the farts don't smell as bad now. But our Yorkie/Maltese doesn't have any problems with the Science Diet for puppies.

Thanks y'all She's a year old cutie pie. She's soon due for a check up, so I'll be sure to ask the vet about cleaning her teeth We have been pahsing her out of the Puppy Chow into the ProPac, but she's not eating it!!! It's expensive food too! LOL I have a picky eater in my hands

They make several treats that freshen breath. I'd do for those. My little boy loves them.

LOL!!! You made me laugh with your headline! Thanks for that. Umm, my cat has really smelly breath. Vet says she's fine, just stinky breath and stinky poop to match. Sorry I couldn't help....

My dog is SO picky when it comes to dog food. I tried about 7 different types before finding Halo. It was expensive, but some companies will send you samples for free and some pet stores even carry sample bags (free or 25 cents each).

Cool! Thanks dks64!

We have started giving her prepared food since she's not eating the pebble food. Boiled chicken/beef, canned veggies mixed in and such. I think she's getting used to that tho... lol She's so spoiled!

I work for a vet clinic. We do a lot of dentals on dogs. Probably for that very reason. There may be some decay in there, like people get. Your dentist may be able to find the problem that way? Just a thought

I used to do that too, but she wasn't eating her dog food at all which is vitamin/mineral fortified, so I had to stop. It's hard not to spoil animals, especially when they're so darn cute and give you puppy eyes.

My dogs eat Purina Pro Plan for sensitive skin and stomach. Whatever is in it really helps to keep my dog's tummy problems at bay. Generally, and someone else said this, bad breath starts at the tummy. Something that settles her tummy may help to keep the stomach acids from rishing (I guess?) and being stinky on her breath. It's hard to say! Foods do have a huge impact on every doggie feature, though.

You know, Tracy, my doggie does have some sort of reflux... which I had just noticed a couple days ago and was going to talk to the vet about Maybe I'll try the food you give your pups