SHADOW WITH ALMOST NO TEETH LEFT!

I HAD TAKEN SHADOW TO THE VET FOR SOME UPDATED SHOTS A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO.  HE CHECKED SHADOWS MOUTH AND SAID THAT SHE NEEDED HER TEETH CLEANED AND THEIR WAS SOME INFECTION IN HER GUMS.  THIS WAS SUCH A SURPRISE TO ME BECAUSE SHADOW HAS ALWAYS EATEN CRUNCHY DOG FOOD AND NEVER TABLE FOOD.  WE ALWAYS THOUGHT THIS WOULD HELP KEEP HER TEETH CLEAN.

I MADE AN APPOINTMENT LAST WEEK AND TOOK HER BACK FOR THE CLEANING.  IT'S ALWAYS A LITTLE SCARY TO HAVE YOUR SPECIAL PET PUT OUT BUT OF COURSE IT'S NECESSARY FOR THE CLEANING.  I GOT A PHONE CALL FROM THE VET WHILE SHADOW WAS OUT AND SHE SAID THAT HER MOUTH WAS REALLY IN BAD SHAPE.  FOURTEEN TEETH HAD FALLEN OUT AND SHE NEEDED TO PULL 16 MORE SINCE THEY WERE SO BAD AND INFECTED.  I COULDN'T BELIEVE THIS.  SHADOW NEVER SHOWED ANY SYMPTOMS ABOUT BEING UNCOMFORTABLE OR IN PAIN.  SHE ALSO DIDN'T HAVE BAD BREATH TO GIVE US A CLUE THAT SHE WASN'T FEELING GOOD  OR HAD AN INFECTED MOUTH.

I TOLD HER TO DO WHAT SHE HAD TO DO TO HELP HER STAY HEALTHY.  IT ENDED UP COSTING US $715.00 AND THAT WAS WITH A SENIOR DISCOUNT.  SHADOW NOW HAS 12 TEETH TO CHEW HER FOOD.  WE ARE  GOING TO FEED HER A LITTLE SOFTER FOOD AS WELL AS PUT WATER IN HER CRUNCHY FOOD SO THAT SHE CAN EAT THIS.

THAT'S A LOT OF MONEY TO SPEND ON A DOG BUT SHE IS WORTH EVERY CENT. SHE IS OUR MIRACLE DOG THAT CAME INTO OUR LIVES 6 YEARS AGO.  THIS LITTLE DOG HAS GIVEN US SO MUCH JOY AND LOVE.  HOW CAN YOU PUT A PRICE TAG ON THIS?   HOWEVER,  I'M SURE GLAD THAT DON IS STILL WORKING!!

I DID ASK THE VET WHY HER TEETH WERE SO BAD.  SHE TOLD ME THAT  HER BREED  HAS A TENDENCY TO HAVE BAD TEETH.  DIDN'T KNOW THIS.  I LEARN SOMETHING NEW EVERY DAY.