Doggie Dental?

I'm sure I'm not the only one who has taken his or her dog to the veterinarian's office to have their teeth cleaned. I'm probably also not alone in scratching my head wondering if this isn't some sort of practical joke being played on dog owners. I kept looking for the hidden cameras and waiting for some slick Hollywood personality to jump out and announce that I'd been fooled into paying good money for someone to clean my dog's teeth.

Having said that, if you had smelled my dog's breath recently, you, like I, might have been willing to take that risk in hopes of any improvement. Now I sit here, hoping to hear from the vet's office that she is recovering from the anaesthesia, and wondering if I couldn't simply have laced her food with Arm & Hammer...