My poor Joey, I JUST picked him up from the veterinarian's office. He had oral surgery today for periodontal disease.
Turned out he had it very severe. Infections, abscesses, his tonsils were even swollen with infection. He'd already lost 14 teeth and they had to remove the remainder - 27 of them!!! We knew his teeth needed cleaning but had no idea he was this bad off. He never acted like he was pain, would eat everything. I feel terrible because he was probably in a lot of pain and for quite a while. He'll be on pain meds & antibiotics for 10 days or so. I'm hoping he's one of the little dogs that live to nearly 20 years - fingers crossed. He was just groomed yesterday and yet he looks very disheveled in this picture. He's still woozy with pain meds, won't eat or drink so far. Poor Joey. Entirely my fault.
Be (a LOT) smarter than me guys and have your dog's teeth cleaned regularly, ESPECIALLY the little dogs. I've always owned big dogs so I didn't know but Vet says the little ones don't have the bite strength to truly gnaw chew toys to clean their teeth themselves.
