[MyPemCharlie]

When I was researching breeds, then zeroed in on corgi, I read that around one year, corgis can start to develop serious tartar on their teeth. (This is probably true of all dog breeds, but the corgi websites seemed to emphasize tooth tartar as a significant corgi problem.)

Because of that, I've been looking in Charlie's mouth every day and brushing his teeth 2-3 times a week. Even though he will lose all his puppy teeth, I want him to think it's normal for humans to want to look into his mouth. Hopefully it will make vet visits easier, and save some money by cleaning his teeth at home versus having to have anesthesia for a veterinarian dental cleaning. He loves the poultry flavored doggie toothpaste!

Charlie will be losing a 4th tooth today. His other lower center incisor is very loose. So he'll be without four teeth in four days. I hope that's normal...I also don't see any "big dog" teeth trying to peep through yet either.

On off-leash parks: We have 12 of them in my city. Charlie and I are going to one that is fenced in with a separate small dog section on November 11. I think the only reason this park is fenced is that it is right next to an Interstate Hwy. We just this morning scheduled his last shots for Nov 1.