puppy broke tooth playing tug
You can usually tell by looking at it. Save the tooth and take it into your vets office.
Up to 15 cash back Luckily these are puppy teeth so even if broken it will be lost within the next few months.
. Fi has pretty much lost all her teeth due to games of tug. My sister has a Boston terrier that loves to play tug of war with other dogs very aggressively. We had been playing tug of war with a rope.
I hate to hear Ellie is giving you a scare. She is also a puppy so I suspect she may just be losing puppy teeth. When my dog was losing his baby teeth we referred to one of his tug toys as the tooth ripper because he lost so many teeth while playing with it yet kept bringing it over to us to play with.
Molly broke both her top canines at about 10 weeks old thanks to playing tug with adult dogs. My vet just shrugged it off and said theyd come out and be replaced when she lost her puppy teeth but to watch closely for signs of infection. The other day she noticed his front lower tooth was loose and she pulled it out and now hes missing a tooth.
He doesnt seem to be bothered by it and hes already 6 years old and this is the first time theres been an issue. He didnt even seem to consider extraction a real optionworth it and thats what we live in for. Playing tug of war or similar types of games may cause your dog to suffer a broken tooth.
At her age it could be either. Particularly a tooth that is broken below the gum line can easily get infected if bacteria enters the area. Chewing Hard Items.
Your dog can also break teeth from chewing on hard objects like rocks sticks bones fake bones like Nylabones or other non-bending chew toys. Hopefully its just a baby tooth. Apparently she ripped out three puppy teeth during one playing session and stained her.
I came to pick my dog up from dog daycare one day and she was soaking wet. The question is whether the adult unerupted tooth is damaged as well and a veterinary exam will be needed to determine if the baby tooth needs to be extracted or it will be alright for you to wait until Maximum looses this tooth and the adult tooth erupts. It was a bit bloody.
If your dog has a broken tooth that goes untreated it can become infected. My puppy just spit up a tooth onto the floor. Up to 15 cash back Hello Dr.
When in doubt you could also make an appointment and bring Ellie with you so they can look in her mouth which may help to know if it is an adult tooth it.
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