What is puppy breath?
Once you smell this distinct, clean, sweet smell, you'll never ask again! :) No puppy breath is yet detected on Emma's puppies but we are marking the days!
A web search to define puppy breath found only a few hits, maybe because the puppy breath phenomenon is, (in a good way), simply indescribable.
Here are a few comments from the web:
Vet, consultant and author Thomas Catanzaro has been famously quoted as saying, "Of all the things I miss from veterinary practice, puppy breath is one of the most fond memories."
There are passionate devotees of this odor who practically snort a little pooch's muzzle every chance they get. (Which is certainly better than smelling what comes out the other end.)
Puppy breath is perfectly healthy and -- unfortunately -- a little like new-car smell in that it disappears in a few months. They grow up so fast!
Catanzaro and other vets guess that puppy breath is a result of their healthy, mild diet of mother's milk and puppy food, and the enzymes that break these things down.
Some vets learn in school that puppy breath is caused by a still-developing esophagus leaking gas from the stomach.
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