Just as home care is important to humans it is equally important to our fur babies. Home care can maintain clean teeth longer and reduce the incidence of oral disease. The gold standard of home care is brushing your pets’ teeth. Brushing does have limitations; anything less than brushing every other day is waste of time. Once daily is better. Twice daily is best. A minimal acceptable frequency is two minutes of teeth brushing every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Other methods of home care that are helpful include chlorhexidine rinses chews and water additive. All products selected should have the Veterinary Oral Health Care (VOHC) seal of approval. To get the VOHC seal of approval the manufacturer of a product must submit valid research that demonstrates that the product is safe and effective.