Do groomers around you actually scrape the teeth? I've worked with 3 groomers and all they ever did was put toothpaste on a toothbrush and brush for 10 seconds.. AKA huge ripoff.

lol yes they do! crazy huh? yea it is a rip off. Can you imagine a wiggly dog and some inexperienced person trying to scrape the teeth? kinda dangerous in ya ask me

Ahhh free dentals. I think that may be the perk I miss the most now that I no longer work as a vet tech!

Yeah I wouldn't trust a groomer doing anything dental related.

This is what Roxy's teeth have looked like in the front since we got her about four years ago from the shelter. The vet who did her initial check up said it would probably be nothing to worry about.

However, we have a new vet and they suggested we get them removed to prevent future diseases / infections. She just went under anesthesia about thirty minutes ago. I'm so stressed and worried about our baby!!! But I'm sure she'll be fine...

WOW thats a really bad mouth, she will be in a ton of pain after all that. try to keep her happy. how did she wear them down so much i wonder.... glad your getting it fixed up, sierra has one tooth next to the canine that needs to be removed

A woman I went to highschool with had actually adopted a dog from a shelter and said their dog's teeth were exactly like Roxy. Their dog had been caged its first year or so of life, and had ground the teeth down trying to get out of the cage.

Our shelter didn't have any history on Roxy, so I can only assume it's something similar to trying to get out of a cage.

They ended up having to take all eleven incisor teeth.

Poor thing hasn't been able to keep down any food - we got her some EVO in the can, and tried moistening her dog food, she would eat then get sick.

Finally we got her some steak. Yeah, that's staying down just fine. lol