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Originally Posted by yorkymom1  I thought I'd ask you guys about this because I'm curous as to how often this occurs. When I had my first yorkie spayed, the vet had tried to reach me while she was still under anestesia because she had some baby teeth still in. I wasnt; able to call her back until about an hour later to give her an ok to extract them but by that point she was out of anestesa already and it was too late. About 6 months later the vet told me that she had one baby tooth remaining and recommend that we have it extracted which we did.
Now we have our two puppies which will be getting spayed in a month. She is already asking us ahead of time if she should check for baby teeth and extract if they are there.
Is this the norm? Do yorkies tend to keep their baby teeth longer than they should? I hate having to put them through anything extra if i don;t need to...but then again I also don't want to put them under anesthesia in the future a 2nd time if those darn baby teeth stay in like the one did for my little Belle.
Thoughts? What have your experiences been? |
It is normal apparently - I had the same question not so long ago because i noticed that my Yorkie's baby teeth were not falling out as I would expect from any other dog I have had in the past. She has double rows of teeth like a shark! Most have fallen out but she still has 3 extra canine teeth which I am watching very carefully because they are not even loose yet and she is 7 months old.
In my case I have chosen not to spay her just yet so it's more of a concern, but if you can have the vet check while your puppies are under anasthetic it's better. Remember, every time you have to put them under anasthetic it's a danger to them because of the size of their hearts etc and anasthetic is risky in any situation so rather avoid having it done twice and get the vet to do the extractions while spaying etc.