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Advice: Teething/Bite 2 Attachment(s) Sasha will be 6 months old on the 18th. She has been teething for about a month and in the last two weeks, her new front teeth have come out. Problem is, her baby teeth are still in. I plan to bring her to the vet, but I will call first, because I want to make sure that her normal vet also deals with teething a show potential. Otherwise, he is very knowledgable and I feel really comfortable with him. What type of questions should I ask. Should I just wait and if so, how long to see if baby teeth fall? All advice will be greatly appreciated. Sorry if the pictures aren't clear enough. I put the darker picture to show how her gums are a little swollen with the baby and grown teeth in. Thanks, Kayla |
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Even after the teeth were removed it took a few weeks before he was comfortable chewing his hard food.He is 11 months now and is great. Hope this helps a little . |
I agree with Carl. I think it would be best to wait a few more months before having any baby teeth removed. From my own experience, the baby teeth usually fall out on their own with the exception of an occasionally retained canine tooth. It will help her a lot if you can get her some good chews to chew on. Mardelin recommends the C.E.T. dental chews. I recently bought some peanut butter flavored dental chews from Petsmart and my dogs loved them and they did not get sick from them. I just don't remember the brand. Good luck with your baby. |
As an exhibitor when I have a potential show dog that I'm accessing I'm watching that bite closely. In Texas I worked closely with my vet and we began monitoring the mouth at about 5 months of age. He knew which baby teeth to pull to allow more room and cut the risk down to a minimum. He also worked closely with a pet orthodonist. My vet selectively pulled the right baby teeth and never had to have a dog go under more than once. Never, never have I waited until nine months of age.....then of course most of the time my dogs have their permanent teeth in by 6 months of age. |
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You may luck out and not have to have any baby teeth pulled, more than likely it's the canines that will require pulling. I've only had one yorkie that the canines didn't have to be pulled. The one thing I highly recommend is that you have a vet that does the dental. Most vet's have their vet techs do it....that's where the problems come in of not knowing which teeth to pull. My opinion is that if I'm paying high vet prices, I want the vet to do it. Other wise I'll find another vet. |
Thank you all for the advice. I will call my vet on Monday for a check up just to see what he thinks. I will keep you all posted. |
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I never allow my yorkies to go 9 months without having teeth done if they haven't fallen out on their own. I'm like Mardelin....I watch the bite at 5 months and if they haven't fallen out by 6 months I take to the vet and pull baby teeth. But fortunately so far it's been minimal that I've had to have pulled. You wait until 9 months could be distastrous (sorry not in the mood to spell it correctly LOL)... Donna |
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In regards to bites, which is the most desirable, even or scissor? Will a reverse scissor bite hurt a dog in the show ring? Do judges really count off that much if the bite is slightly off? I have heard that if the bite is off a little that it is no big deal. |
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