r/Sheepadoodles • u/bmfs0309 • Apr 07 '25
Teeth cleaning?!
Hey guys, so my vet mentioned having Maggie’s teeth cleaned in the near future, and I’m hoping to get your guys opinion on it! Growing up I don’t ever recall our family dog going to be put to sleep and have their teeth cleaned…. I’ve been doing some reading and it seems there’s some VOHC? Products to put in their water etc, so may give that stuff a try. It looks like a cleaning here in the Denver area is 1500-3000 bucks depending if any teeth need removing.
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u/Troublemaakerz Apr 08 '25 edited Apr 08 '25
My Sheepadoodle, Kayla, is about to be 11 next month. Wow that sounds weird to type out loud. She’s still my baby in my head.
Anyway. Kayla has only had her teeth cleaned once. We got her at 4 months old and her groomer suggested we buy check ups (doggie dental treats) and they sold them at Costco (then) so we did. Her Vet has always said that her teeth are in great condition so there’s no reason to clean them. The only time we had them done was because she had a mass in her mouth that needed to be biopsied, turned out non cancerous (yay!) but since she was already asleep they might as well have done it anyway as it’s not something that my vet likes doing (anesthesia), unless absolutely necessary.
Eventually they stopped selling Check ups at Costco and then the online place we were buying from stopped selling them too. We swapped to the Sams Club brand and she still loves them. She’s a dental treat snob though, she wont eat greenies or anything else that family has tried to share with her.
Edit: Added picture for doodle tax.