Opdent Electric Toothbrush for Dogs

I didn’t know what I was doing but I have been finger brushing my dogs teeth for a few weeks now to mostly get him used to having my hands in his mouth with tools. He’s a chihuahua and three years old, I had noticed green in between his teeth and they looked so caked up with tartar it was bad. I got the hang of this and HE DID NOT LIKE IT but we got through it. I gave him a triple dose of holistic calming treats and he was still wide away. A lot of positive reinforcement and treats got us through it and once I “accidentally” got a big first chunk of plaque off, I was hooked. I thought I had broke his tooth it looks so thick and bad. His gum was bleeding but it stopped. I’m being gory with the details because I don’t want anyone to be fooled that this is a cakewalk like in the videos. His teeth are really good other than the top front ones. The back have mild plaque that I will attack next go but again. I’ve been brushing his teeth for months since we adopted him, he’s 3 years old and likely never had a cleaning. I didn’t like the idea of the vet putting him under or telling me “he needed teeth pulled” mid cleaning and there was nothing I could do about it (I had heard horror stories) so I took matters into my own hands. The results are fantastic but the effort from us both was daunting lol. My advise is to watch videos. I used a combo of the hand tools with this and I was not expecting to use hand tools but he trusted me more with those so I could target specific areas well. The scaler was to break it down. There will be stress and some blood so load your baby up on treats and “good boys”. My chi is very smart and knows “it’s okay” and I just kept saying it over again. Now he’s got pearly whites back!