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Bad breath in puppy.

Species: Dog
Breed: Maltese
Age: Less than 3 mon
My two month maltese male puppy has really bad breath, what can I do?
I'm worrying something might happen to him.




Online vet, Dr. Marie

Dr. Marie replied:

At this age, if a dog has bad breath it is not likely to be anything serious. Sometimes puppies can have what I call "puppy breath". We don't know what causes it.

By about 4-5 months of age we can see teething issues and there can be some minor bleeding in the mouth which can cause bad breath. Again, this is nothing to worry about.

With that being said, if your puppy's breath is horrendously bad then a vet visit is a good idea. I had one case of a young puppy with bad breath and it turned out that he had chewed on an electrical cord and had severe infected burns inside of his mouth.

I hope everything is ok!

Dr. Marie.

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