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07-17-2008, 12:09 PM | #31 |
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07-17-2008, 03:04 PM | #32 |
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| Cleft Pallette can be inherited but it can also be caused by certain drugs and environmental factors, underbite is inherited. |
07-17-2008, 03:14 PM | #33 |
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07-17-2008, 03:20 PM | #34 | |
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07-17-2008, 05:07 PM | #36 |
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| problems It has been many years since a cleft puppy appeared in my litters... I have had 4 as I recall..vet said if it appears more then once with a breeding pair, do not repeat the breeding again...most often it just happens and you never figure it out. As to bites...they are recessive...both parents must carry the gene to produce an under or over bite...for me it is a matter of numbers..one minor bite problem once in a awhile does not make me run out and S/N everyone...I would never repeat a severe over or under bite breeding ever, ever..can't stand them... |
07-17-2008, 06:12 PM | #37 |
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| As far as bites go, I had a pup born early this year and he showed a slight underbite early on. It was more like a scissor bite than anything. I held on to him until about 4 1/2 months and by then his bite had evened out. I was surprised because I had heard that the lower jaw grows faster than the upper. I also heard that a pup can develop a bad bite later on. What can you tell me about bites evening out and at what age would a bite be considered set? |
07-17-2008, 06:31 PM | #38 | |
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07-17-2008, 06:39 PM | #39 |
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| The bite can go back and forth between 8 and 16 weeks of age. Once the adult incisors are in the bite is pretty much fixed. You can have the top puppy incisors pulled so that the adult incisors come in and hopefully lock the bottom ones behind it. A true undershot or overshot jaw isn't in the placement of the incisors but in the jaw itself. The premolars will not line up correctly in a truly bad bite. A bad bite is recessive so that the dog showing the bad bite is homozygous for an undershot or overshot jaw. If they are bred to a dog that doesn't have a bad bite you still have a chance that half of the litter will have bad bites unless the dog with the good bite is homozygous dominent for a good bite. It's not that easy to breed out and really shouldn't be in your breeding program.
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07-17-2008, 08:57 PM | #40 |
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| Thanks for the explanation, Ladyhawk. Great information... and much appreciated. |
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07-18-2008, 09:23 AM | #42 |
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| breeding Most faults can be bred out..but it can take years. In the mean time you are producing the fault from time to time, never knowing when it will pop up... If you have a bitch with a good bite and she produces a pup with a minor under bite..try another stud. Minor under bites correct much of the time..but over bites only worsen as a rule, since the upper jaw grows for a longer period of time...and an under or over shot jaw is very different then a slightly off bite... |
07-18-2008, 10:18 AM | #43 | |
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