Giving teething puppy baby aspirin?
We're wondering - has anyone given their pup some baby asiprin to help relieve the pain? Anything other than that work for pain relief during this stage? Thanks! |
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| I don't think I would give anything for teething.... chewing is just a puppy thing, not necessarily from pain... you might try crating her when you can't watch her just to make sure she doesn't chew anything dangerous though. |
puppies given access to raw bones don't seem to chew on things as much. however, they will still chew - as I will remind hubby when he replaces the window sill in the kitchen next year 
I wouldn't give anything fro pain - but some frozen chew toys. |
| Aren't there special toys designed for the freezer to help teething pups? Chewing helps dislodge the baby teeth and massage gums for the new teeth. Last pup we had ate his way through the wood pile, several garden hoses, untold number of buckets.......sigh. |
| We have toys and special chewing toys that we freeze. She gets bored easily with them and then starts on the deck, woodwork, cabinets, etc. We redirect her to the toys and also are trying to engage her in a lot of exercise. When we can't watch her, she is crated with a kong or two.
We're just seeing if there is any other way to ease the pain associated with the teething? And, guess I shouldn't complain TOO much (yet). My last pair of pups (English Springer Spaniels) tore apart a sofa.....clear down to the wood....cushions, pillows, etc. When I got home they greeted me and were SO proud of their work  |
| Ditto to previous posts re puppies and chewing but I wouldnt give any pain medication without checking with your vet or maybe someone on the forum here has experience re drugs.
Dogs dont react in exactly the same way has humans to lots of drugs. |
| We use raw, center-cut beef marrow bones, 3 inches long and freeze them. Then, after she has eaten the marrow, we wash them and stuff them with Kong stuffing, cheese, peanut butter or similar and freeze them again.
I used them initially for teething. At 5 months old, they are now being used as pacifiers. Seems to refocus her after she has had one of these in her crate and rested for an hour or so. Oh... and when she was in her wood phase, I gave her a variety of organic apple branches (I figured if it was safe for rabbits, and since some of her food had apples in them, it would be okay.) Had I not had that, I was considering soaking a wooden spoon and making that hers. But it never got to that point. I also bought her toys out of latex, hard plastic, rubbery plastic and every other texture I could find that had something long and thin so she could gnaw on it with her molars and I made her a tug (a 3' long piece of braided fleece.) That said, at 4 months old, I had to put her on an anti-inflammatory and a sedative (ace.) for an injury. Since aspirin is safe for dogs, you probably could give your pup aspirin. But like others, I preferred the non-medicinal treatments. You just never know if your dog is going to react oddly to something and why risk it, if you don't have to? Good luck! |
| One Idea to try..... I would wet a washcloth/dishcloth (just damp not dripping) and put it in the freezer till it got really stiff but not super hard frozen. Baloo would gnaw and suck on it. Once it started to thaw he would swing it around.. let it go, watch it land, pounce on it, suck some more, swing it around, let it go, watch it land..... etc etc
He loved it. I think it helped him quite a bit with the cold on his gums. |
Quote: I would wet a washcloth/dishcloth (just damp not dripping) and put it in the freezer till it got really stiff but not super hard frozen
That's such a good idea I never would have thought of it. Wish I had known about this forum when Tiggy was teething. She loves chewing on cloth so it would have been useful. Plus fun to watch. |
| Asprin in dogs is not so good unless it is the buffered type and given on a full stomach. It can cause bloody diarrehea if you are not carefull and should really only be administered under vets advice to dosage etc.
There is absolutely no need to dose a puppy for something that is part of their normal developement, teething. If you can't watch her or have to go out then put her away in a safe place (like a crate with a good hard stuffed Kong or Big raw bone) while she is chewing everything in sight, normal for them to test all surfaces when teething, you only have to visit here and see my skirting boards and door frames. Supervision while the teeth rule there desire and away in a crate if you have to go out. Stuff a Kong with something tempting then freeze it, the cold will help the swollen gums and keep her busy for ages when you are not there to keep an eye on her. Teething Puppers are chew monsters anything is fair game at that stage in their developement but it does get better when the chew chew stage has passed, in the meantime supervision.  |
| I have a bone you can fill with water and toss in the freezer. It has tiny holes in it so a little cold water comes out as they chew. Owen seemed to enjoy that. They also sell those Chilly Bones that are made of canvas and you get it wet and freeze it in a similar fashion.
http://www.callingalldogs.com/chilly-bone.aspx |
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