Anyone had to have their dog's baby teeth pulled out?

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Anyone had to have their dog's baby teeth pulled out?
Need some advice.
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bbkoo

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Posted: 11:23:31 PM 1/29/2007

Today I went to the vet to let him look at my dog before he gets nuetered. The vet realized that my dog's baby teeth still havn't fallen out yet and he's already 6 month. So he said I should wait another month for the nuetering, if by then the baby teeth are still in then he will have them pulled out during the nuetering surgery.

Anyone here have had similar situation? Why is it so important to have them pulled out?

scout1

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Posted: 11:30:04 PM 1/29/2007

it is important to have them pulled because the permanent adult teeth are not going to grow in properly. they will grow in misaligned and can cause future problems with the dogs bite.

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beagle/basset

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Posted: 12:26:14 AM 1/30/2007

That is not that uncommon. We thought Hannah was going to need one pulled but it did end up coming out before her spay.

It was nice of the vet to suggest waiting to see if they will fall out and if not to do it while the dog is "under" anyway.

MericoX19

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Posted: 1:42:26 AM 1/30/2007

When Kiba was spayed, she still had 2 baby canines in. So I just had them pull them instead of potentially having to put her under again.

But then again, Stryder just lost his last baby tooth and he just turned a year. It got wedged in all his front teeth, and the vet just told me to wait and see??

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m13lucky

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Posted: 1:47:10 AM 1/30/2007

It's really common for yorkies to retain baby teeth. Lacy had to have hers pulled when she was about 6 or 7 months old. She had 2 on the top and 2 on the bottom (her canines) that wouldn't fall out. Food was getting caught in between her baby teeth and permanent teeth and her breath was aweful. It doesn't hurt them much to have their teeth pulled, especially since he'll already be under anaesthesia for neutering. It's better to pull them than to leave them there.

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