Originally Posted by veggienut (Post 2390395)

I got Maxwell when he was 10 weeks old & now he is over a year old now. I've never had a dog and he was my mid-life crisis. I have learned along the way of so much. I have taken him to puppy classes back in January of this year and a trick class this summer. He's very smart and catches on a lot to new tricks. Now if I can get him to talk :D For a long time, I was concern with his health, but his eating habits. I have tried 8+ different types of foods and found out he's a picky eater. Now he eats and does love "Royal Canine", but lately he's picking at it and only eats around 10p. Maybe he's eating what's in the grass or my neighbor is giving him something. I have seen that happen once. Then my friends kidded me that since he did eat the rabbit he killed, maybe he needed some real meat. I am vegetarian and don't eat meat at all. Maxwell loves carrots, but not all the time. He's not really fond of celery or lettuce from what I have seen.

I have seen too much to happen in the hospital to take advise from a doctor. Not all doctors, but some of them and/or their advise. I did research on dogs in general and what would be best for me, as well as my neighbor. I didn't want a dog attacking the little kids next door....as I told their Mom recently. It happened to me as a kid and almost had to get rabies shots.

Originally Posted by megansmomma (Post 2390382)

I am very confused at your post regarding your puppy's teeth. I checked back through many of your previous posts to see if I could get a better feel for your pup.
What I have learned is that you brougth him home when he was about 8 wks old, he is about 5 months old now. Please forgive me if I have misread your previous posts but it seems that you are concerned for his health, have taken him to the vet after he chased and killed a rabbit in your yard, want to feed a high quality food to assure that he has proper nutrition, are concerned with his teeth. Most puzzling is that you are a NURSE. I too work in the medical field and take the advice of my human doctors very seriously. Why would you then doubt what your vet has told me regarding your pups oral health? For this reason alone I would think you would understand how teeth can affect the health of pets and people. Prior to purchasing your yorkie did you do research on possible issues like double teeth, dental health in yorkies, spay and neuter for your pets health? Two of three of mine retained at least one tooth that were removed when they were neutered. A responsible pet owner takes every precaution to ensure that their pets health is maintained and preventative vet care is given. I personally live by the motto it is better to be proactive than reactive. If you visit the vet for advice on your pets health, why do you doubt his advice when it comes to something as important as double teeth in your pup?

Originally Posted by veggienut (Post 2390429)

Maxwell eats fine without any issues. I've watched him eat and he eats well. He doesn't look like he is having pain when eating, is what I mean. He ate a small amound of the sample food bag, "Holistic Select" a while ago. He does well with hard treats too. When I went to get another opinion on his food earlier this year from another Vet, they gave me samples of "Science Diet" and he really didn't like that. From there, I found "Royal Canine" and he gobbled it up. They also told me at the other Vet about doing surgery on double teeth & neutering him and they wanted to keep him. I couldn't do that and had to think about it I told them. They also wanted to keep him for a few days and get him eating. I couldn't do that either.

Originally Posted by veggienut (Post 2390556)

He's eating fine as I have recently mentioned. He just ate awhile ago 3/4's of his "Royal Canine" food and now is much on a nylabone, which is hard. I don't wish to address this subject anymore.

Originally Posted by jmdt (Post 2390625)

What I don't get is if your supposed to get them "fixed" before their first heat then how do you know that they will have a double row of teeth and that they won't come out on their own. My little girl got spayed at 6mo. but no one said anything about her double row of teeth. Now I don't want to have her put out again.

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Originally Posted by jmdt (Post 2390625)

What I don't get is if your supposed to get them "fixed" before their first heat then how do you know that they will have a double row of teeth and that they won't come out on their own. My little girl got spayed at 6mo. but no one said anything about her double row of teeth. Now I don't want to have her put out again.

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Originally Posted by jmdt (Post 2390643)

Wow, thanks for the advice. I will wait until she turns 1 then if they are not out I will have them removed. Hate to put her under again but if she needs it then she needs it. My Coco's second row also was not removed at the time he was neutered but thankfully the second row came out on their own. So we will see. Now I know when I have Trixie spayed I will definatly ask about her teeth if she has a double row. She is only 4mo. and still has her cute baby teeth. Hopefully they will come out before her "big girl" teeth come in then we will have no problem.

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Originally Posted by veggienut (Post 2390649)

The Vet never ever brought up about his teeth from day one. I took him to get training to be a show dog earlier this year. They won't allow dogs to show if they are neutered. There at the training class is where I found out from someone that he had double-teeth. She told me that I need to talk to the Vet about it since he won't be able to show with double teeth. When I went back to the Vet, is when they checked him for his teeth.