February is Pet Dental Health Awareness Month! Sugar and I would like to remind everyone the importance of regular dental health maintenance for your dog.
Brush Up on Your Dog’s Dental Health
Are you paying attention to your dog’s dental care? Does your dog have bad “stinky” breath? Bad breath is caused by bacteria in your dog’s mouth. Periodontal disease begins when bacteria in your dog’s mouth form a substance called plaque. As layers of plaque accumulate, dental tartar is formed. Plaque is soft and can be brushed away. However, tartar forms a hard deposit on teeth and traps bacteria in and under the gumline.
Studies show that over 80 percent of dogs and 70 percent of cats show signs of dental disease by three years of age. Banfield Pet Hospital, located inside a PetSmart ® store, offers a Dental Health Status Report. Make sure to get a copy, it’s a great resource when evaluating your dog’s dental health.
To prevent periodontal disease, you have to start early to care for your dog’s dental health. Brushing you dog’s teeth regularly helps prevent tooth and gum disease. Since this task can be challenging for many pet parents, other home dental care options have been developed. Special dental treats are made to clean your dog’s teeth and help minimize plaque build-up.
PetSmart has variety of dog dental treats, such as Greenies, Blue, Bones, WHIMZEESTM , Milk‐Bone Brushing Chews, Dentistix and Authority Dental Stick, that freshens your dog’s breath and assists in preventing tartar.
WHIMZEES Dental Treats
WHIMZEES is one of Sugar’s favorite dental treats. WHIMZEES is a company of dog-lovers, people-lovers and Earth-lovers. They are obsessed with bringing only the best, healthiest and most-fun dog products to the world.
5 Reasons Why WHIMZEES dental treats are “Simply Better”?
1) WHIMZEES makes Dental Health FUN by creating interesting dental dog chews shapes. Currently, WHIMZEES offers 7 shapes: stix, hedgehog, cross bone, alligator, ear, bone and toothbrush.
2) WHIMZEES dental treats are made in Holland with the finest ingredients, manufactured to the highest standards. WHIMZEES has six natural, functional and no artificial ingredients, colors, flavors, preservatives, GMOs, gluten, or meat. These dental treats are high in fiber and low in calories and sugars.
3) No Plaque, No Tartar, Just SMILES! WHIMZEES’ unique shapes ensure proper blood flow through the gums and prevent bad breath and the build-up of tartar. Check Sugar’s chewing Alligator WHIMZEES video below.
4) WHIMZEES are committed to a healthy world and caring for your dog’ dental health.
5) Your DOG deserves the very best! “Good Dogs Chew on Whimz!”
Make Everyday a Whimzday!
WHIMZEES fun shaped toothbrush is available in extra small, small, medium, large and 3 colors: green, brown, orange. When we visited PetSmart, the large toothbrush seems to be popular, it’s all out. I purchased a multi-pack Medium toothbrush and two single large alligator dental treats. Can you guess which one is Sugar’s favorite? Sugar enjoyed both but the WHIMZEES alligator dental treats definitely provided more chewing time.
Did you know that dogs that chew actively have less plaque build-up? From mechanical action of chewing, dog dental chew treats can help remove the bacterial plaque that can harden into tartar, stimulate gums and freshen breath. Next time you visit PetSmart, make sure to include WHIMZEES dental chew treats in your shopping cart.
” Put some FUN in your Dog’s Routine. Make Everyday a Whimzday!”
Sugar! You sure have done a superb job explaining all of the things we need to know about dental health! Thank you for sharing all of your fabulous pictures with us!! LOVE those smiles!
We are always looking for something for the pups to chew on. We will have to try Whimzees. We worry more about Harlow, since her jaw is so mismatched – we are already seeing problems on some of her teeth.
Monty and Harlow
I’m gonna have to get Mom to get herself to PetsMart and get us some of those cool chewy things before all my teethies fall out…..
You certainly made fast work of that treat! Glad you didn’t eat all 3 treats at the same time.
Great post about dog dental health, Sugar! I love Whimzees too…they are my favorite dental chew. You know I love the alligators!
Oz
Great review! Whimzees seem like a great option for between brushing! Love the fun shapes too!
WE get our teefs BRUSHED with Chicken Paste…
Look at those pearly whites
Lily & Edward
Dakota is supposed to have his FIRST dental this month, we may have to try that brand!
We LOVE dental treats and that alligator is just up our bayou! BOL!
You almost make ME want to try them. MOL!
We have one every morning but sadly we can get the greenies over here. Have a marvellous Monday.
Best wishes Molly
Sugar what a great post. Mom needs to see if there are some dental chews I WILL use.
Brushing was a bust…mom said she should have started that when I was a kitten.
Hugs madi your bfff
We had never heard of Whimzees, so we chose a different product, but they look fun.
You sure make those chews look fun to eat. I never acquired the taste for Whimzees but they sure come in cute shapes
Oh, Rita has some gator and hedgehog Whimzees! She loves them!
Oh my gosh Sugar you are DARLING!
No doubt your breath is fresh and lovely, just like you. 3-paws up to your Mommy and her good dental routine for you!
Great job on this post, very informative! I didn’t realize Banfield offers Dental Health Status Report, what a great idea. Good dental health is really important to our pets’ overall health.
Whimzees look awesome!
Those WHIMZEES look so neat. I don’t think I have even seen them, but I am sure that they were there on the shelf. I might need to try some because they are so stinkin’ fun!
Sugar is adorable! Even though we use dental treats daily, I haven’t tried these particular dental chews yet. They are on my list for my next shopping trip though! I love the “numbies”, if that is what you call all the bumps and bristles. They look like they would do a wonderful job!
You make anything look good Sugar 🙂 I really like these dental chews because they are so natural. I love the company too because they like to have fun…as evidenced by the fun-shaped chews they make!