WHY did the trainer say this was not a good idea? It is very common procedure on all small dogs, to have teeth pulled during spay/neuter.....if the pup is done at 8 months old. Spaying at that age of course allows growth plates to mature and pulling baby teeth at that age gets them all done as pup will not be getting more teeth in at that age....some organizations want to and will spay/meuter at 4 months old and even much earlier...wont go into all the issues related to doing that but will say pulling baby teeth at that early age may not get all the extra teeth because all the adult teeth are not even in yet, so you dont know that those baby teeth wont fall out on their own.
You really dont want to put these small dogs under anesthesia numerous unnecessary times.....you also dont want to put them under for extended period of time....a good vet and great vet tech can get in there and get teeth done and surgery done quickly and all will be over with. |