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Fetch, Chew, Repeat: How Play Affects Your Dog's Teeth (and What to Do Nightly)
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Oct 27, 2026

Fetch, Chew, Repeat: How Play Affects Your Dog's Teeth (and What to Do Nightly)

If your dog plays hard, their teeth take more damage than most owners realize. The nightly 20-minute fetch session, the chewed-on tennis ball by the back door, the knotted rope you tug across the kitchen floor every evening. All of it is good for your dog in almost every way, except for one. The mouth is paying for the fun.

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Fetch, Chew, Repeat: How Play Affects Your Dog's Teeth (and What to Do Nightly)

Fetch, Chew, Repeat: How Play Affects Your Dog's Teeth (and What to Do Nightly)

If your dog plays hard, their teeth take more damage than most owners realize. Tennis-ball abrasion, stick fractures, and tug micro-trauma all compound. Here is what play does to canine enamel and the 60-second nightly routine that lets the mouth recover.

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