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YorkieRose · 05-21-2005, 04:15 AM

True..the word here is "slight"...even a Yorkie with no teeth eats..but a severe under or over does cause tooth lose early, gum problems, more tartar and sometimes teeth need pulling because they strike each other.
When a young pup has an over bite it tends to get worse with adult teeth..a pup with an underbite tends to improve with adult teeth.

It is important to look at the parents bites, but remember bites are a recessive gene. Good bite dogs can produce bad bite pups...bad bite dogs can produce good bite pups. Tends to skip a generation.

A slight over or under can not be seen unless you open the mouth..if you can see teeth without opening the mouth, then the bite is really bad.
I would not worry about parents who produced a slightly bad bite once in awhile, but one severe under/over pup and I would not breed them together again.

05-21-2005, 04:15 AM	#13
YorkieRose No Longer a Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: South Florida Posts: 8,577	Bites True..the word here is "slight"...even a Yorkie with no teeth eats..but a severe under or over does cause tooth lose early, gum problems, more tartar and sometimes teeth need pulling because they strike each other. When a young pup has an over bite it tends to get worse with adult teeth..a pup with an underbite tends to improve with adult teeth. It is important to look at the parents bites, but remember bites are a recessive gene. Good bite dogs can produce bad bite pups...bad bite dogs can produce good bite pups. Tends to skip a generation. A slight over or under can not be seen unless you open the mouth..if you can see teeth without opening the mouth, then the bite is really bad. I would not worry about parents who produced a slightly bad bite once in awhile, but one severe under/over pup and I would not breed them together again.