I am going to admit that I am not the best at taking care of Toby! I don't brush his teeth, I don't bathe him as often as I should, I rarely get his nails clipped, I don't take him to get his daily exercise (hence the weight gain), etc. I love Toby and I do need to take care of him better but after Tuesday I felt like the worst pet owner!
Bear made an appt for Toby at the vet because he had really BAD breath and just thought we could take him in to get his teeth cleaned. That was not all! He had to go under anesthesia because there were more than likely going to have to pull a tooth which I was OK with because I have never had his teeth looked at. Well at 1pm the vets office calls me and tells me that Toby is doing just fine and waking up from the anesthesia and I breath a sigh of relief and then she tells me that he had to get 4 teeth pulled! I was stunned that he had to have that many teeth pulled. They said that his 4 bottom teeth were really bad and that were abscessed and that the infection was starting to get into his jaw. How horrible am I?!! Lesson learned is that I am going to start brushing his little teeth so he doesn't have to go through this again.
He must not feel any pain or something because he is running and jumping everywhere and even eating his hard dog food again! All I know is that when I go to the dentist my recovery isn't that fast but how I wish it was!
the best part is that he feels better and no more bad breath!!
