Hey everyone! Hopefully someone can help answer my question. My yorkie was neutered 3 weeks ago. At that time he was 6 months old. I am was so nervous and was fretting the idea of having him put under. Because of this, I talked to my vet about pulling his baby teeth during the neutering for fear he would need some baby teeth extracted in the future. (My older yorkie retained a lot of her teeth and they were pulled at the time of her spaying). The vet said this wasn't a problem and they typically do take out any residual baby teeth at this time, so the puppy doesn''t have to be put under again. After the vet examined my puppy before surgery, he said he would call me if any needed to be taken out because he needed my permission to do so. He did not call and when I picked him up, I was told none had to be extracted. I just looked at his mouth today, and sure enough his front adult teeth have come in and the baby teeth did not fall out. I am really upset because I don't want to put him under again. I feel like this is my fault and I should have pushed harder for his baby teeth to be removed. I didn't because they told me that this was a routine procedure and they would be taken out. I put a call into my vet and am waiting to hear back from him. Should he have taken these teeth out at the time of neuter? I am not sure if the adult teeth were coming up at the time of Romeo's neuter? Should he have taken the baby teeth out even if the adult teeth weren't coming up yet? Could the adult teeth have come up within these weeks or did my vet not even take the time to check his teeth? I am so upset/angry. I requested his remaining baby teeth be pulled at the time of surgery. I know when he calls back, he is going to defend himself and don't want to complain to him if I don't have a case and he did the right thing. Thanks everyone for listening to my rant.
