My 22 week old working line German Shepherd puppy has retained puppy teeth my vet wants to charge me $192 per tooth to have them removed has anybody else had this problem with their Shepherd and has your vet ever charge you this amount of money to have them removed I have posted a picture of her worst one I have only ever heard of retained or deciduous puppy teeth and small breed dogs so this is something completely new to me her breeder said that she's never heard of it and her 12 years of breeding Shepherds my vet said that it's something that's very rare and information is greatly appreciated
This is what I am worried about as it making her adult canines come in on the inside and since her puppy teeth are a different color I'm trying my hardest to get her into a vet fast for removal but with her barely being 5 months I don't want her spayed I want to wait till 8 min but don't want to pay 160$- 192$ per tooth, anesthesia and blood work fees it's like 350-600just for her teeth without spay
My dog had two at 5 months. The vet said come back at 7 months. By then they were gone. My rescue puppy had retained teeth and the vet insisted on removing them. I was never sure it was completely necessary. I hate to put a dog under anesthetic unless it's really urgent.
My one dog had more tooth issues than I don't know what. She hit six months of age with four baby canines and no bumps. A week later she naturally lost all four and still no bumps! I thought she was not going to grow any canine teeth! A breeder / trainer on here told me to quit looking until she turned 1 year. So I did and now she has a beautiful full set of teeth.
Mine also had 2 retained however they were lose so we just pulled them out ourselves using just my fingers. It was quite easy actually and I don't think he even noticed. However if not lose then definitely see the Vet
My current bitch had a retained pup upper canine....a different vet at the place I go to suggested removal....wanting to put the dog under....I said I'd think about it....went home....started playing with the pup...low energy tug probably....and the tooth came out. Called the vet back and asked him if he was trying to finance an outdoor kitchen ....he didn't care much for my insinuations.....I expected as much.
Now....my regular vet....the good doctor...suggested I use a tennis ball to encourage the slight inward deflection of the adult upper canine to its normal position. I recall holding a tennis ball so it put pressure on the appropriate area...must have done that a half a dozen times a day...5-10 minutes at a crack....maybe for a few weeks. I have no idea if it was necessary.....but her bite and tooth alignment ended up fine.
Tried the rope toy idea her adult canines have locked in the puppy teeth (went to 3 vets all said same thing) and since she was going to be a service dog ( required to be fix by 9 months) not for breeding or show she was going to be put under anyway for spay, she has her insisers retained to so we believe this was do to bad breeding and the breeder not being truthful
They need to go. The photo shows a dead tooth which is a source of infection to the dog, as well as causing the left canine anyways, to be "base Narrow" . Eventually the adult tooth will push into her palate, cause a painful hole and mess up her occlusion . If that happens you will either have to remove the canines, or do a vital pulp therapy to remove that pain.
As far as cost, I work for a board Certified Veterinary Dentist, so you don't want to know how much THAT would cost if 200 is a lot to you. Taking out puppy teeth is delicate work so you a remove it all, and b don't mess up the root of the adult tooth causing it to die later ( where it will require root canal therapy) or have enamel defects ( infraction in the tooth enamel that can allow in bacteria). This is an extremely common surgery we perform in my office.
She's on antibiotics to help prevent infection was aware of toothed being dead asked for antibiotics right away. And I didn't know it was so complicated and normal here in arizona vets charge 300 just for a spay and they are talking 1-200$ a tooth and from what I know from my vet there are 2 on the bottom that need to be pulled and 2 on the top I usually have an emergancy fund set up but got pet insurance instead this time and they won't cover parealdontal work on puppies.
If they are infected, you definitely need to get them out. But my dog's teeth were also changing color and were not causing any other problems. Can you get a price check from a different vet?
They aren't infected antibiotics were precautionary she's 5 months on the 19th and vet and other say to wait a litter longer and they should fall out on their ow I don't want to put her under unless truley necessary
If its not impacted those baby tooth is loose I would think it would easily come out. One of my kids had a retained baby tooth that was not coming out and an adult tooth that was coming in. I told them if didn't not come out they were sure to need braces and would need to be pulled out by the dentist to avoid that. My son pulled out his retained baby tooth by himself - it was loose already and came out easy. He hates the dentist. A healthy treat is a frozen apple without seeds and core removed stuffed with peanut butter (the peanut butter without the fake sugar- xylitol- which is poisonous to dogs.) this may safely loosen that tooth.
So I had to find jenna a new home after she attacked and killed my cat and bit me she went on a rampage threw my home and have no idea why we kept her until we found her the right home and now we are tramatized and in shock
Wow. Did not see that coming. Did she go back to the breeder?
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