At 9 months old my yorkie had not lost most of his teeth. He actually had two rows of upper teeth in his mouth. He had to have 11 teeth extracted. Luckily my vet charged me the sme whether he had to extract one tooth or 20, so my bill was not that much. He is on the tiny side (2.2 lbs at the time) and was very worried with him going under. Thank God all went well and when I picked him up from the vet, he acted like nothing ever happened. I, too, have researched a lot and have found that most yorkies are notorious for retaining their baby teeth. My Coco lost all her teeth on her own and at 5 years old has yet to have a teeth cleaning (the vet says maybe next year), but Beckham, who will be a year in a few weeks, needed to have most of his teeth extracted, hates the greenies, and I am thinking most likely would need a teeth cleaning sometime in his second year. We will see. Good luck to you. |