PetLab Co. ProBright Dental Powder – Dog Breath Freshener – Teeth Cleaning Made Easy – Targets Tartar & Bad Breath – Formulated for Small Dogs

Doggy death breath? Try this!
PROS:* Works. Full stop.CONS:* Price. Can be a bit pricey for the dosing instructions.Use:My dogs have had their teeth cleaned on the regular for years. At least once a year, but usually twice. Its expensive if you don’t have a “health plan” (thankfully I do).But my doggies are getting old and one of them is now considered at risk of not waking up from the anesthesia required to clean their teeth.Even with regular cleaning, my doggies breath would become atrociously rancid to the point that directional breathing toward me would induce a vomiting reflex. I didn’t of course, but it was that gnarly.We tried water additives. Various and myriad chew toys. Along with the cleanings, they did help and sometimes for stretches of time. But then it would always return. We do try and brush our dogs teeth, but it really seems stressful for them so we don’t do it often especially on the lil old lady.Then we saw this product advertised everywhere. Read the ingredient list which seemed innocuous enough and decided to give it a go.Results?- Week 1 – a noticeable improvement. Walking around their breath wafts of death were less imminent death.- Week 2 – they could give me kisses or sleep/sit near by (within inches vs meters) and I couldn’t smell but trace hints of death.- Week 3 – we did the lip lift to check the gums and we noticed less irritation and the tartar build up, though present, was clearly diminished.- Week 4 and beyond – we let out lil old lady sleep with us again, and the corgi well we can play fetch with him without worry of keeling over due to his bad breath. Though both never had difficulty with bowel movements, I can see a noticeable difference in color, size, and texture. For the lil old schnauzer, it’s almost night and day: from dispersed deer pellet pooping pattern to a few contiguous logs. They both seem happier and healthier than they’ve been in a while – we had almost forgotten this facet of their personalities.Be a skeptic, it’s okay. Buy the smallest one and try it out for two weeks, at a minimum. I would recommend this to anyone who has similar problems with their doggie breath (or other symptoms this product may improve).

Works great but be warned
The only thing I changed in my dog’s diet was adding this powder to his food daily for about 3 months. Prior to that he had been on the same food for 3 years. While the product does what it promises in terms of reducing bad breath and keeping his teeth clean, my dog did develop bladder stones for the first time since I’ve had him. I’m not 100% sure that this is related but again, it’s the only thing in his diet that had changed. So I have to stop using it in case that’s what contributed to his stones. I just thought I would share as his surgery will be very costly.

Prevention
Although this product is expensive, if it saves my dogs from having to undergo anesthetized teeth cleaning, it is worth the cost. My dogs cannot detect it in their food, so they eat it right up.

It really seems to work
I am usually skeptical of things advertised on social media but I was getting desperate. So I researched and decided to try this. Her back molars were gross and she refuses to let me get at her teeth to brush them. We have tried all sorts of chew things that are supposed to work.So after the first jar was used up, there was definitely less tartar in the back molars. And the rest of the teeth are looking whiter. The powder smells kind of tea like and was not sure the pup would eat her food with it but she does and licks up any stuck in the bottom of her bowl.We have been to the vet since she started this and she said her teeth were looking good and keep up doing whatever it is we were doing.Also using Perlab probiotic which I think has helped her not chew in the feet as much.