Dog with no teeth

Re: Dog with no teeth

scarlet — Wed, 08 Dec 2010 16:25:50 GMT

yep, i've seen several shih tzu pups over the years with no decidous teeth at all - generally they went on to produce a few but not all adult teeth - am sure its an hereditary breed thing!

Re: Dog with no teeth

Alex Allen — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 11:25:53 GMT

Some years ago I saw an 3-4 mth old Old English Shepherd dog with unerupted premolars on mandible (left and right). Looked like they were entrapped under tough oral mucosa.

Reason it had come in was due to anorexia - assume painful to chew as once given NSAIDs and a rubber bone to chew came back 1 week later with erupted teeth!! Strange huh!

Re: Dog with no teeth

Stephen Courtney — Sun, 05 Dec 2010 22:05:32 GMT

I wouldn't worry, the teeth will turn up soon enough. I've seen several small breed and small cross puppies with late eruption of the milk teeth, so wouldn't think anything of it.

Re: Dog with no teeth

Gillian Mostyn — Sun, 05 Dec 2010 21:05:12 GMT

I had a bichon at 10 weeks old with no teeth - not a single peg. I couldn't stop laughing but the owner was oblivious - she assumed puppies are like children and don't get them for a few months. hahahaha

It had normal dentition when neutered at 6 months old.

Re: Dog with no teeth

Evelyn Barbour-Hill — Sun, 05 Dec 2010 18:32:29 GMT

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Is it a male? They can be snappy little beggers, breed from it. Advantage for vets the world over.

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The Shih Tzu is known for occasional extremely late eruption of deciduous teeth and eruption of permanent teeth extremely late or never. I'd risk a small wager that the deciduous teeth are there and will erupt eventually, and some permanent buds too. It's presumably a genetic thing. If you or the owner are curious you could Xray it; otherwise just await events with interest.

Re: Dog with no teeth

Michael Woodhouse — Sun, 05 Dec 2010 17:43:17 GMT

Is it a male? They can be snappy little beggers, breed from it. Advantage for vets the world over.