{"id":2917,"date":"2013-02-10T09:22:00","date_gmt":"2013-02-10T09:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bostonzest.com\/?p=2917"},"modified":"2013-02-10T09:22:00","modified_gmt":"2013-02-10T09:22:00","slug":"dear-poppy-should-i-let-humans-brush-my-teeth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bostonzest.com\/?p=2917","title":{"rendered":"Dear Poppy, Should I Let Humans Brush My Teeth?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Duchess Poppy,<\/p>\n<p>The people I live with read that February is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.avma.org\/Events\/pethealth\/Pages\/February-is-National-Pet-Dental-Health-Month.aspx\" target=\"_self\">Doggie Dental Month<\/a>, or something like that, and now they keep coming at me with silly sticks with brushes on the end. Do I have to put up with this? Should I let these humans clean my canines?<\/p>\n<p>Questioningly,<\/p>\n<p>Chomper<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"http:\/\/bostonzest.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00e54fc42bb88834017ee848a2cb970d-popup\" onclick=\"window.open( this.href, &#39;_blank&#39;, &#39;width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0&#39; ); return false\" style=\"display: inline;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"CHE_1711 - Version 32013-02-04-poppy-tooth-brushing-dental-\u00a9 2011 Penny Cherubino\" class=\"asset asset-image at-xid-6a00e54fc42bb88834017ee848a2cb970d\" src=\"https:\/\/bostonzest.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00e54fc42bb88834017ee848a2cb970d-500wi\" style=\"width: 500px;\" title=\"CHE_1711 - Version 32013-02-04-poppy-tooth-brushing-dental-\u00a9 2011 Penny Cherubino\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Dear Chomper,<\/p>\n<p>As you can see from the photograph of moi above, I&#39;ve trained my <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Housecarl\" target=\"_self\">retainers<\/a> to polish my pearly whites twice a day! I started this training the day I arrived here, and I wouldn&#39;t have it any other way. Who wants fuzzy teeth???<\/p>\n<p>And, as much as I love my dear veterinarian team, I don&#39;t want to visit them too often. Do you have any idea how many presents I could have for the cost of one dental cleaning at the vets? Brushing means more money to spend on travel and jewelry!<\/p>\n<p>I&#39;ve had my research team post a video (below) for you to review and pass on to your servants.<\/p>\n<p>Yours truly,<\/p>\n<p>Poppy, Duchess of Whitehead<\/p>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.avma.org\/Events\/pethealth\/Pages\/February-is-National-Pet-Dental-Health-Month.aspx\" target=\"_self\">February is National Pet Dental Month<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>Have your family take 5 minutes to watch this video on why they should brush your teeth and how to do it.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wB3GIAgrTPE?rel=0\" width=\"560\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Editor&#39;s Note:<\/strong> Among Poppy&#39;s fan mail are occasional requests for advice from her canine and feline friends. She has agreed to answer a few of them in our Sunday Dog Spot. Add your questions in the comments below or <a href=\"mailto:penny@bostonzest.com\">send Poppy an email<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Get to know all of our Sunday Dogs at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bostonzest.com\/zestydogs\/\" target=\"_self\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;\">Boston Dogs<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #888888;\"><em>Do you have an Amazon Gift Certificate to use? Or do you need to buy one for a gift? Remember <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/?_encoding=UTF8&amp;tag=bostonzestcom-20&amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957\" target=\"_blank\">to click over to Amazon<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" height=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=bostonzestcom-20&amp;l=ur2&amp;o=1\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" width=\"1\" \/> from here to support this site!<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"250\" marginwidth=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"http:\/\/rcm-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/cm?t=bostonzestgiftshop-20&amp;o=1&amp;p=12&amp;l=ur1&amp;category=gift_certificates&amp;banner=127JF9E4530CSFRCY4R2&amp;f=ifr\" style=\"border: none;\" width=\"300\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #888888;\"><em>&#0160;<\/em><\/span><strong>Details:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Words: Dutchess Poppy Whitehead as dictated to her assistant Penny Cherubino<br \/>Photography: \u00a9 2013 Penny Cherubino &#0160;&#0160;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Duchess Poppy has consented to give her advice on matters of concern to her canine and feline friends.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[808,4],"tags":[18589,18592,2576,18598,18594,18599,1060,3679,18591,18596,18597,18590,18593,1344,10511,18600,18601,18595],"class_list":["post-2917","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-boston-dogs","category-we-recommend","tag-brushing-teeth","tag-chomper","tag-dental-care","tag-dental-caries","tag-dental-cleaning","tag-dentistry","tag-dog","tag-dogs","tag-duchess","tag-education","tag-health","tag-national-pet-dental-month","tag-pearly-whites","tag-poppy","tag-save-money","tag-tooth","tag-toothbrush","tag-video-on-brushing-pet-teeth"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Dear Poppy, Should I Let Humans Brush My Teeth? 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