Brush with Death

Our pets take a lot in, don't they? They see everything we do, but we seldom know what they think about it, or even IF they think about it. They pick up on the strangest things. Well, our dog has apparently been observing us brushing our teeth because we came home recently and found the remains of a toothbrush in the hallway – she’d eaten all but part of the non-brush end. So yeah, we’ve been monitoring her behavior. She seems a bit tentative, but the good news is that, since the incident, her breath has improved and there’s a bit of a sparkle now in her smile. 

This whole thing got me thinking. I wonder if the dog somehow knew she had bad breath. Perhaps she has realized what brushing one’s teeth does for a person, and she was following our example. What’s with dog breath anyway? They eat no onions, no garlic, they don’t drink, smoke or chew, and yet still smell like sin. Could somebody look into that please? I’m pretty busy here with the blog. Thanks!