Losing puppy teeth

kate0558

So about a month ago my puppy "replaced" most of her teeth with her adult canine teeth. One of her fangs just grew in next to the baby fang... which is normal. However now its been a month and that little baby fang is still there. She's still eating normal and it doesn't seem to bother her. But it seems like it should have fallen out by now.
Any advice or experience with this?

Criosphynx

Hi!

There is a window of time where the vet can just yank it...after that window it will require surgery to remove....so if a couple good games of tug don't dislodge it...I'd have a vet look at it

Dog Shrink

Agree'd. If it looks like this:



or this:



You need a vet to assist in taking this out at this point. The longer you wait the more it could damage the adult tooth. Smooshy faced breeds like bostons, shih tzus, pugs tend to have higher incident of retained puppy teeth, as do some narrow muzzled breeds like chi's, Italian greyhounds, jack russles, etc.

pawzaddict

ditto the above

kate0558

thanks guys! I got it to fall out! Tug of war loosened it to the point where it was wiggly and it fell out a few hours later.

Dog Shrink

Yay... was that the last canine that needed to come out?