silly question...

[shaybear07]

I have a 13 week old GSD and he is teething. He cries and whines when he chews on his toys. Just wondering can you put oralgel on his gums? lol Forgive me if its dumb just wondering

[Rahrah]

No idea... (but I probably wouldn't)

Give him lots of RAW meaty bones to chew on.

[shaybear07]

I kinda figure not to but thought I would ask! We are lots of them. He just cries alot at night just like a 2 year old daughter did when she teethed. So much fun having babies and puppies at the same time, lol
Thank you

[doggiedad]

i wouldn't use oralgel. when my pup was teething
i use to put my hands in a bowl of ice water
and then massage his gums. sometimes i would
crack some ice for him.

[Kittilicious]

I took/take wet washcloths and put them in the freezer then give them to the puppy. He loves them!

[Razzle J.Dazzle]

Originally Posted by Kittilicious

I took/take wet washcloths and put them in the freezer then give them to the puppy. He loves them!

I found that idea in these forums and Razzle loves it! Worked well for us.

[shaybear07]

thank you everyone!
I will try the washcloth and keep rubbing his gums

[shaner]

I don't know if it's safe or not, but I personally don't like giving my dogs drugs of any kind. Us humans are so dependent on drugs and it's caused all kinds of problems, I don't want to do that to my dogs. I will of course allow the vet to give them drugs if necessary, but otherwise, I do things how nature intended (chewing to help with teething rather than drugs).

Just my opinion of course, there is no right or wrong.

[A_selders]

I second the frozen washcloth idea. Also carrots or the baby carrots worked really good for our girl. I also used the hard teething rings for human babies for a while ( not the gel filled ones) and that worked through all but the last 2 days, You can put it in the freezer and cool it down also. Hope this helps. P.S. She was not left in a crate or by herself with the human teething toy, she goes to work with DH and MIL everyday.

[shaybear07]

Originally Posted by A_selders

I second the frozen washcloth idea. Also carrots or the baby carrots worked really good for our girl. I also used the hard teething rings for human babies for a while ( not the gel filled ones) and that worked through all but the last 2 days, You can put it in the freezer and cool it down also. Hope this helps. P.S. She was not left in a crate or by herself with the human teething toy, she goes to work with DH and MIL everyday.

Baby Carrots!! I never even thought of that. Thank you! I have been giving him ice cubes too. He seems to like those.