>> AT ALL FOR PETS HERE TODAY.
THIS MORNING, MIKE PALMER IS
JOINING FROM US PREMIERE PET
SUPPLY IN LAVONIA.
HI MIKE.
>> GOOD MORNING.
HOW ARE YOU?
>> LIVING THE DREAM.
HOW ABOUT YOU?
>> DOING OKAY.
WE ARE DOING OKAY.
>> WE WERE TEXT INEARLIER.
I MADE FUN YOU.
BECAUSE I WAS LIKE OKAY, WE WERE
TALKING ABOUT DENTAL CARE.
I THOUGHT SMALLER DOG WILL HAVE
FEWER TEETH THAN BIGGER DOG.
BUT LIKE USUAL YOU TAUGHT ME
SOMETHING NEW?
>>YES.
WHAT WE FOUND IS THAT SMALLER
BREED DOGS FOR SOME REASON HAVE
MORE HEALTH ISSUES OR TEETH
ISSUES THAN LARGER BREED DOGS.
THE THOUGHT IS THAT MORE COMPACT
HEAD STRUCTURE, AND THE █SAME
AMOUNT OF TEETH IN SMALL BREED
DOG THAN LARGE BREED DOG LEADS
TO TIGHT SPACING THAT CAN LEAD
TO GREATER ISSUE WITH DIFFERENT
TYPES OF HEALTH ISSUES IN MOUTH.
WHAT TYPICALLY IS BIGGEST ISSUE
IS PERIODONTAL DISEASE.
80 PERCENT OF ALL DOGS HAVE SOME
FORM OF.
AND USUALLY SHOW IT AT TWO YEARS
OF AGE.
SOMETHING WE WANT TO GET AHEAD
OF.
>> I WOULD IMAGINE WITH SMALLER
DOG, IT IS JUST HARDER TO KEEP
THEIR MOUTH CLEAN BECAUSE IT IS
A SMALLER SPACE?
>> RIGHT.
THAT’S THE IDEA.
PLAQUE IS BACTERIA T BUILDS UP.
THAT COULD LEAD TO INFLAMMATION
OF THE GUMS.
BREAKDOWN OF THE TOOTH
STRUCTURE, WHEN YOU GET OLDER
DOGS WITH TOOTH EXTRACTIONS AND
TOOTH LOSS AND GET INTO
BLOODSTREAM AND AFFECT ORGANS
LIKE HEART.
SO THAT BACTERIA CAN BE
SOMETHING TO BE HUGE DETRIMENT
TO HEALTH OF THE DOGS.
SO SUPER IMPORTANT THAT WE MAKE
SURE WE MAINTAIN THE TEETH OF
THE DOG.
WE ARE SUPPOSED TO BRUSH OUR
TEETH A COUPLE TIMES A DAY.
IN A PERFECT WORLD WE WOULD DO
THAT WITH OUR PETS BUT IT IS NOT
MOST IDEAL THING OR MOST
CONVENIENT THICKED.
SO THERE IS DIFFERENT WAYS TO
CURB.
THAT YOU KNOW DOING DIFFERENT
TYPES OF CHEWS.
WHIMSY DOES GREAT JOB WITH DAILY
DENTAL CHEW.
LOW IN PROTEIN.
1 PERCENT.
2 PERCENT FAT. SOME OTHER
LEADING BRANDS UP TO 30 PERCENT
PROTEIN.
DO NOT GIVE THEM EVERY DAY.
WHIMSY SAID YOU CAN DO IT EVERY
DAY.
AND OKAY TO DO.
I AM SURE YOU ARE AWARE.
FEBRUARY IS PET DENTAL HEALTH
MONTH.
WE ARE AWARE THAT HAVE THIS
MONTH AT ALL THE STORES.
WE MAKE SURE WE HAVE GREAT
PRODUCTS.
PLAQUE O WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT
THAT.
POWDER SPRINKLED OVER THE FOOD.
COMES IN A BONE.
IT IS NEAT.
DO NOT HAVE TO PUT ON MUCH.
BREAKS DOWN.
PRETS FORM THAT.
PLAQUE AND TARTAR BOND FROM
FORMING IN MOUTH.
ACTUALLY DOING A GREAT JOB OF
OFFSETTING PLAQUE AND TARTAR TO
MAKE SURE TEETH ARE CLEAN AND
WHITE AND YOU ARE REDUCING THE
AMOUNT OF TARTAR IN MOUTH SURE.
OBVIOUSLY A LOT OF WAYS.
BRUSHING THE TEETH.
>> THAT WAS ANOTHER THING I WAS
GOING TO SAY.
BRUSHING TEETH MUST HELP AS
WELL?
>>YES.
CANNOT USE REGULAR TOOTHPASTE.
IT HAS FLUORIDE.
NO G USE ANYTHING WITH ENZYMES.
TO GET IN THOSE SMALLER MOUTHS
WITH FINGER TOOTHBRUSH IS GREAT.
MAKES IT EASIER TO FEEL WHERE
YOU ARE GETTING.
AND THEN USE THIS GENERAL
TOOTHBRUSH.
THAT WORKS.
SO WHAT A LOT OF PEOPLE DO NOT
REALIZE IS THAT YOU CAN GIVE
YOUR DOGS, SMALL BREED DOGS RAW
BONES TOO.
THOSE ARE GREAT.
HELPS TO KEEP TEETH CLEAN AND
WHITE.
DIFFERENT TREATS.
EVERY DAY IS TOOTH DAY.
CHARCOAL IN IT.
LOTS OF PRODUCTS HAVE BAKING
SODA.
TOOTH WIPES.
DO NOT HAVE TO BRUSH.
ALL THE PRODUCTS ARE 10 PERCENT
OFF THIS MONTH FOR DENTAL MONTH.
>> SAVE MONEY AND KEEP YOUR DOG
HEALTHY.
THANK YOU MIKE.