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  • DebraDownSouthD

    I can't imagine paying $500 to clean even with sedation. Here it ranges from about $75 to $200 tops.

    Debra

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  • S

    Vetting up here in the PNW is very expensive. Just getting a female b fixed the vets start at $300. That is why I refer to a very good low cost spay/neuter clinic about 40 miles from me.
    Its less than $100 to fix a female b.

    Sharron Hurlbut

    BRAT, basenji rescue

    Evergreen basenji club

    Seattle Purebred Dog Rescue

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  • tanzaT

    @DebraDownSouth:

    I can't imagine paying $500 to clean even with sedation. Here it ranges from about $75 to $200 tops.

    Around my part of the country, you are lucky to get out under 750.00

    Pat Fragassi

    Tanza Basenjis

    www.tanzabasenjis.net

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  • DebraDownSouthD

    But Pat, you have superb weather. :)

    Debra

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  • tanzaT

    @DebraDownSouth:

    But Pat, you have superb weather. :)

    LOL …. so hmm... great weather = higher Vet costs... makes perfect sense to me!!!

    Pat Fragassi

    Tanza Basenjis

    www.tanzabasenjis.net

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  • T

    Friends of ours from Canada bought us a Christmas present of antlers. Their 5 year old basenji boy after chewing on his own for one month has the cleanest teeth I've ever seen. I have been allowing my kids to chew on them supervised and their teeth are cleaner than ever. I honestly think with this addition to brushing we may not need dogs put under for cleaning.
    We are lucky my dogs will let us or our vet scale teeth without putting them out. We start handling teeth very young to get to this point.
    Has anyone else had luck with antlers?
    Therese Leimback
    FoPaw's Basenjis
    www.fopawsbasenjipuppies.com

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  • KipawaK

    @Therese:

    Friends of ours from Canada bought us a Christmas present of antlers. Their 5 year old basenji boy after chewing on his own for one month has the cleanest teeth I've ever seen. I have been allowing my kids to chew on them supervised and their teeth are cleaner than ever. I honestly think with this addition to brushing we may not need dogs put under for cleaning.
    We are lucky my dogs will let us or our vet scale teeth without putting them out. We start handling teeth very young to get to this point.
    Has anyone else had luck with antlers?
    Therese Leimback
    FoPaw's Basenjis
    www.fopawsbasenjipuppies.com

    Therese, is it the finish on the antlers that make it effective? Or the chemical properties? What do you think it is? That is so interesting!

    Fran Harder, BAB

    With Barney in my heart

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  • T

    I'll have to take a photo of the one that is chewed on so you can see how it holds up. It doesn't splinter and I would guess it is the texture that chewing on it scrapes any plaque off the teeth. The dogs love it, it isn't messy and everything I have read so far says its safe.
    I'll take a photo so you can see that chewing on it since Christmas they have done little damage to it but still enjoy it. Our friends from New Westminster bought it at a specialty pet store near you Fran.
    Therese

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  • curlytailsC

    Lots of stores are stocking antlers now. I'm always on the lookout for non-rawhide chews, and these look great! Except my shiba gets way too possessive over long-lasting chews, so we can't really keep anything around that will last for days/weeks on end.

    Best Bully Sticks has a bunch here:
    http://www.bestbullysticks.com/home/bbs/search?keywords=antlers&submit.x=0&submit.y=0

    A lot of indie sellers on Etsy often have them for sale, too:
    http://www.etsy.com/people/WildandWooleyTreats

    We like Himalayan yak cheese chews, salmon skin rolls (here's a video of Bowpi working at one: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4SCwZOGiMA), and C.E.T. Dental Chews (which are beef rawhide, which I know some people don't like, but my guys seem to have done all right with these).

    As for weather and its proportional relationship to vet costs… HMM... Considering it's raining sideways outside my window right now and Bowpi refuses to be pulled off the front porch, I'd have to question that equation. ;) Nah, actually, yeah, we do have amazing weather almost year-round, so it's a great place to live. But very stressful if you "ain't got the Dough-re-mi," as Woody Guthrie sings.

    I've honestly given consideration to finding a job in, say, rural Texas or Montana or something when I'm done with my degree, if only for lower vet costs... among other advantages!

    M.C. w/ Bowdu (shiba inu) and Bowpi (basenji)

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  • DebraDownSouthD

    @tanza:

    LOL …. so hmm... great weather = higher Vet costs... makes perfect sense to me!!!

    LOL great weather equals more want to live there.
    More want to live there, drives real estate costs up.
    Increased real estate costs drives other expenses up.

    LOL, it does make some sense. But then, wth is up with NYC which has icky weather? Oh wait, massive overcrowding, never mind.

    Debra

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