Advice please!!

Hi guys, as a lot of you already know Steffi is losing teeth at the speed of light, currently she has about 3 teeth in the front and they are quite lose..

Her diet is dry food and raw chicken necks etc.. This morning and now again tonight when I have given her meals she kinda looks at like "OK mum and how am I spose to eat that?" Bless her she kinda gums it for a bit then walks away

My question is should I try her on softer food until her teeth come in?? Maybe soak her kibble or wet food?

wouldn't hurt to soften her kibble a little with some warm water and see what her reaction is poor little bugger

I've never bothered to do so but I'm sure it wouldn't hurt

Have you done some ice cubes Kat to help her along a little if her gums are sore

I'd splash a bit of water on it or drizzle something tasty like yogurt to encourage her to just get on with it !

Carrots are great for teething

Dave wrote:Have you done some ice cubes Kat to help her along a little if her gums are sore

I have been giving her frozen carrots, but I havent given her ice cubes.. Couple of days ago she had a frozen ice block as Dylan was having one, BUT, bout 20mins after having it she ran around like crazy biting everything, stealing shoes, chewed the already damaged wall.. I put that down to the sugar in the iceblock, so that was a great learning curve She will not be having anymore of them.. I have also rubbed infant teething gel on her gums, she looooves that I will defs try ice cubes when she wakes up..

Soaked kibble didn't work out, she turned her nose up at it She can be such a Diva..

Next question is How long until new teeth come through???

Jackieb wrote:I'd splash a bit of water on it or drizzle something tasty like yogurt to encourage her to just get on with it !

Carrots are great for teething

Been using frozen carrots.. YOGURT!! Why didn't I think of that, She loooves the stuff..

shouldn't take too long within the next couple of weeks I would say but we didn't really monitor ours , just noticed the nips didnt hurt quite as much.

Question - what is an "Ice Block" I am just thinking a block of ice so can't understand the sugar content so guessing its an english - oz translation thing like durex and thong

Dave wrote:shouldn't take too long within the next couple of weeks I would say but we didn't really monitor ours , just noticed the nips didnt hurt quite as much.

Question - what is an "Ice Block" I am just thinking a block of ice so can't understand the sugar content so guessing its an english - oz translation thing like durex and thong

So much gets lost in translation A frozen Ice confectionary..

Like this

ice lolly hence the sugar , Tilly and Tommy love these , and Ice pops (maybe popsicle??) just a long plastic tube with frozen juice inside, no stick

Dave wrote:ice lolly hence the sugar , Tilly and Tommy love these , and Ice pops (maybe popsicle??) just a long plastic tube with frozen juice inside, no stick

Yeah thats them we call the long plastic tube ones super doopers

As I said a lot gets lost in translation

rope toys are good for the chewing and helping the teath out. marleys came out and were replaced within a couple of days, amazing how quick they grow. was getting a bit worried with laska as some of her adult teath were growing next to the puppy ones, giving her quite a scarey grin. then just as I was about to take her to the vets they all started to fall out on there own.

A couple of days & she'll be eating properly again! Her gums are a bit sore, but it honestly won't take long.

Softening the kibble could give her a taste for softer food & she won't like it hard again!

axam102 wrote:rope toys are good for the chewing and helping the teath out. marleys came out and were replaced within a couple of days, amazing how quick they grow. was getting a bit worried with laska as some of her adult teath were growing next to the puppy ones, giving her quite a scarey grin. then just as I was about to take her to the vets they all started to fall out on there own.

Well Steffs have all come out at once She has everyther type of chew toy I can think of She is so gummy everytime I look at her I lol.. My son keeps telling me I'm mean for teasing her but I can't help it she looks soo weird, and her top lip keeps getting stuck up on her gums I'm sorry but it is hilarious

Caryll wrote:A couple of days & she'll be eating properly again! Her gums are a bit sore, but it honestly won't take long.

Softening the kibble could give her a taste for softer food & she won't like it hard again!

Thanks Caryll, I don't wanna mess with her meals as i have only just got her back to cleaning her bowl.. I'll give her a few days, I may try the yoghurt on her kibble in the morning, and an egg (it will be Sunday brekky after all) and I'm sure she will have no problem eating her sunday bacon

Clove oil is great for teething, not sure about dogs though???


Hi just checked its fine!!

Herewegoagain! wrote:Clove oil is great for teething, not sure about dogs though???


Hi just checked its fine!!

Thanks I'll check that out

im finding little teeth everywhere they grow up so quick

debbz37 wrote:im finding little teeth everywhere they grow up so quick

Ohh they really do I said it about my kids, but puppies grow so much faster, I haven't found any of Steffs teeth yet, they have just gone and she is my little gummy bear for now

Poor Steffi. Nothing got in the way of Loki and his food but softening her food a bit won't hurt

Well breakfast was devoured, early hours this morning she was sick and vomitted twice, so I'm thinking now it wasn't her teeth, she just felt sick.. Poor little girly..

have you tried frozen bananas? my girls love them not too often though. have also frozen yoghurt. tuna, garlic and water in plastic cup and they love those. just some soothes I use