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Originally Posted by Starlette  Good morning.
So, from what I am understanding on this thread is that baby teeth and growth plates are pretty much the determining factor as to when a puppy should get spayed, am I correct?
QUESTIONS:
1) Honestly, I never even knew that puppies (like humans) have baby teeth that should be pulled. How would I know that the adult teeth have come in and how do I determine that there are some baby teeth that have remained?
2) When should I consider taking Julie to the vet to get an x-ray to check if her growth plates are fully developed?
The majority of the posts that I am seeing seem to indicate that spaying should wait until these two issues are resolved.
Thank you. |
I'm not sure that Julie's breed has an issue with retaining baby teeth. I recall googling it a few weeks back and I never saw anything mentioned about it. You can ask your vet to take a look at Julie's teeth for you. But, I can tell you that dogs teeth until around 7 months of age (give or take a few weeks). This is why we recommend that Yorkies wait to get spayed until the earliest - 8 months. By then, the vet can tell what teeth are just not going to fall out on their own.
If I were you, I would discuss this with the vet.
Now, the growth plates and such are a different matter. This is info I'm not well versed on because I never heard of this until I joined YT. I will let someone else discuss that issue for us both ( I would like to read more about this, also)