My vet said this is common in smaller dogs and the best time to do it is when they are getting fixed. Our little one got fixed when he was 5 months old and they checked for extra teeth then and he had none. then at 6 months old he had 8 canine teeth (4 on top and 4 on the bottom). I went to have them checked and the vet is giving us till the end of Feb for them to come out and if not they will have to put him under to extract them. the cost for all 4 teeth is just over 300.00 because they have to put them under (it was like 20 per tooth so the rest is other fees) So it is better to do it when they are going to be under for being fixed in my opinion, one it cost less and two he won't have to go under twice. He has lost 3 of the 4 teeth and the other one looks like it will fall out soon. we have been giving him anything that his hard to chew on to help with this.
__________________ Cris --Mom to Samson and Harley and Josie the pitbull |