Raffles has had a tartar problem on his teeth for years. Our Beckenham vet recommended that we flick the hard scale off his teeth with a fingernail but for… reasons… we haven’t managed to do that. (He can be a bit bitey if crossed.)

I decided to grasp that beagle and sort him out, and today’s scale and polish at the vet also included the extraction of two molars.

Despite being pulled about, he’s pretty perky this evening.

One week later we need sunglasses to look at him: