chicken broth, which is jewish penicillin and will help to heal it....and
personally i would feed her whatever she can eat.....

if she struggles, try something else....

i'd be afraid to suggest ground as it might settle into the new hole that isn't healed yet.

 

What was she chewing on that broke her teeth like that?

 

*sigh* A beef bone. It was a weight bearing bone and while I've read they can be dangerous I have always given them to my dogs so I didn't worry too much about it. She really did a good job on it too, she chipped off the whole bottom piece and cracked the rest of it all the way up to her gum.
She doesn't seem to be having any trouble eating. She chews on the other side of her mouth and plays with all of her toys as if nothing's wrong.
No more bones for the girls

 

Yeah, I understand and can sympathize with having broken teeth to deal with. Our husky mix broke one of hers a few years ago and now tartar builds up on that side since she doesn't chew on that side much anymore. Best of luck through it all!

 

Me too, I'm sorry it happened. Sucks. I've just had the same sort of thing happen to my dog, but they managed to save her tooth (during surgery) as it had split but hadn't exposed the pulp.
I had been told, prior to surgery, that she would need to be on a soft food diet for 2 weeks.

 

Thanks for the replies!
I think I'll definitely start with something soft for the first couple of days and then I'll let her choose what she wants. She's remarkably good at avoiding chewing on that side of her mouth because the tooth has been loose but about a week but is still hanging in there! I guess I'll have to ask the vet and brace myself for the conversation. She has posters and articles all over the clinic about the negative side effects of a raw diet and yet she can't get over how my almost 5 year old shepherd's teeth look the same as my 8 month old pup. I would change vets if she wasn't, by far, the most natural vet within 50km (with the exception of feeding, it would appear).

Tartar build up on that side of her mouth is a real concern of mine, especially seeing as just in the past week I've noticed a difference on that side of her mouth. Oh well....
Hope everyone has a good day, I'll post back about what ends up working out.

 

gee, dr. vet. i just don't know HOW this happened......sob sob....: )

 

Almost
Trust me, "I don't know" was on the tip of my tongue...

 

Just wanted to let everyone know that everything went well. She's still a bit out of it but at least she's home and in her bed
She's not yet interested in food yet but when she's ready to eat we'll see how she manages.
Thanks for all the responses!

 

Just had a tooth taken out of my dog. There is a stitch or two in there. I fed her pork roast the first night she was fine. I did soft for the next day,can't remember what for sure I fed, I think canned fish then probably pork roast again or beef. The next morning turkey backs. She did fine. I think she is even using both sides.

 

I wish she was that easy
I couldn't get her to eat anything, even this morning. After trying beef, chicken, fish and ground turkey and even tripe I decided to try a can of food which she finally ate after I added warm water to it so she could just lap it up. That will work for now, it seems to still be bleeding quite a bit so she can be difficult for the moment. I would have just waited until tonight but she needs to eat before being given the anti-inflammatory/pain killer.
I'll try real food again tonight and hopefully she'll be more interested but if not at least she'll eat the can.
Any suggestions for what kind of can would be easiest on her system? Merrick B4 grain seems to be the best I found.
Thanks again!

 

when malia's tooth had to go...and the vet said she had a cavity that went to her brain....just a little exaggeration...probably to justify the bill....: )

we gave her beef broth and/ or chicken broth, with just the tiniest amount of salt added to help start the healing for her....and then that triggered her hunger bell and then she ate.

 

Went to her brain.... wow, who knew? =/ Why on earth do you think that was an exaggeration? heheh
I was actually pretty impressed with the price. I had her fixed at the same time but the tooth itself only cost $104.00 ... and that's Canadian =P
I'll try the broth tonight, the sooner she gets back to her normal food the better, I don't imagine 4 1/2 cans a day is going to do any wonders for her stool

 

he charged me 500.00 for that tooth....

broth has always worked on my dogs...just add a little salt, maybe a touch of garlic to give it smell.....

it doesn't take long, just boil the meat or chicken for an hour or two......

 

Well I guess my girl is a pig.Has to have that supper, bad tooth or not. Hopefully what magicre suggested will help, sounds good to me. I'm not sure my dogs tooth was that big so they probably didn't have to dig that far into her gums.

I get to feeling bad because allot of you seem to be able to get much better prices on your meat, but I think I make it up with Vet bills. I had to have her ears flushed, they did a test to see if there was any bacteria left,a tooth extraction and pain killers for $155.58. But what I've payed to get rid of this ear infection has made up for all that. Good luck and I hope she starts to eat soon or she'll be throwing up from the pain killers.