 Age of Teething
We just got our new little yorkie girl (still un-named) two days ago. We were told she is 16 weeks old and given her shot records from her former vet. We took her to a vet here to be checked and given her final booster and rabies vaccine and the vet said she is NOT 16 weeks old as her teeth are all baby teeth. Said she is more like 10 weeks old. He would not give her the rabies vaccine and recommend we treat her as if she was just 10 weeks and give her the full series of vaccines all over again (even though I had vet records from breeders vet.)
I called the breeders vet when I got home and she said that the puppy is indeed 16 weeks old and that she was the one who docked tail and had given her vaccine series over the weeks. She knows the breeder and had no doubt about this puppies age.
Has anyone run across this before? Can some little yorkies teeth later than "normal"? I was not really very impressed with the vet I took her to and will not likely use him again. Can you accurately determine puppy age by the teeth?
What do I do? I don't want to over or under vaccinate her...
Another thing that makes me believe she is truly 16 weeks is she can sleep though the night without having to go potty although she did wake pretty early this morning (4:30 compared to yesterday morning at 7:00). She is pretty much fully pee pad trained, so far only one accident and that was when we first brought her home. We love her no matter what her age, but I would like to know.
Julie |