Teething advice for puppy

[nancyred]

We have a 13 week old male puppy. He is starting to teethe. Do you know if it causes him discomfort, and if so, what can we do to help him?




Boomer, male brindle, cropped ears and docked tail. 9/21/02.

 

[Barron's mom]

Frozen bagels!

 

[cashisking]

I pretty much stuck with stuffed animals, and ice cubes once in awhile!

 

[Boxer_21]

I actually bought real baby teething toys for Riley. Of course, I supervised him when he was chewing on them. His favorite one that he still uses is a handle with a star shaped teether attached to it. When he chews it, it vibrates which is soothing for the gums (I assume it is anyway ). I also gave Riley carrots. At first I had to dip one end in peanut butter to get him started, but once he got going he loved it!! Another thing you could do is to take a washcloth, soak it, and then freeze it. When it's frozen give it to him and he'll chew on it.

 

[rygolf25]

We gave Apollo several things also. A sock with ice cubes in it (of course, you need to supervise this one because they have it too long and it just gets everything wet!), a puppy teething ring (they actually make plush toys that are meant for this purpose), he also really seemed to like a plain jane rubber chew toy. The softer and more forgiving for their teeth, the better!