If ever we should have had insurance on a dog . . it was Rita. It’s not enough that she has eye issues but she has the most crooked teeth ever. When we first found her and took her to the vet, he jokingly said “She needs to see an orthodontist!”
Crooked Teeth
That’s an old picture but see those crooked teeth.
It really looked to me (and I have no idea how dog teeth are supposed to look) like some of her baby teeth never fell out and the permanent teeth grew in sticking out because the baby teeth are where the permanent teeth are supposed to to be . . and two teeth can’t be in the exact same spot. A month or so ago .. I think it was actually around Christmas, when I was brushing her teeth, I thought one of the teeth looked loose. I tried wiggling it but she had put up with the brushing and she was done. I watched it and it never did seem to get much looser but it wasn’t tight in there.
Yesterday afternoon I saw her acting like something was bothering her in her mouth and then I saw her spit something out.
Rita’s Tooth
It was a tooth from the front right. There are extra teeth on the left side too. I just checked and at least one of those is loose. Crazy dog! It was 2014 when she showed up and, at that time, the vet estimated she was 3 years old so now, she’s coming up on being 7 years old and losing baby teeth.
Anyone want to guess what weird thing will happen with Rita next? Don’t tell me – I really don’t want to think about other possibilities.
montanaclarks says
Emmi has terrible teeth and has lost one of her lower teeth right in the middle–gives her even more of a cute little “grin!” Just hope she doesn’t lose too many!
Judy Laquidara says
Through the years, Speck had probably 8 teeth removed. I had his teeth cleaned at the vet annually and tried to brush them at least once a week but he fought me and he didn’t mind biting to get his point across so the back teeth didn’t stay very clean. Rita will let me brush her teeth and it helps that she doesn’t bite.
Hopefully Emmi won’t lose any more teeth!
Jill In Ohio says
I just dropped Max off at the vet for a dental cleaning this morning. I have one of his teeth that fell out a few years ago, but his was from decay. He had a couple of teeth where the baby teeth didn’t fall out, too.
Sherrill Pecere says
I was thinking that it’s probably easier (and significantly cheaper) to have her lose them naturally than to have them pulled!! LOL Poor Rita!
Joyce says
Too bad there isn’t a doggie tooth fairy to come and leave you money to cover vet bills…LOL
Terri Schanz says
LOL! If it’s any consolation, we had insurance for one of our dogs and it covered routine care but didn’t cover anything when they were really sick. It would cover the exam to find out what was wrong with them, but then didn’t cover the treatment for whatever it was. We paid more in premiums than routine care for a healthy dog would cost in a year, and when she developed bladder stones and needed surgery, they wouldn’t cover any of it. In my opinion, it’s a rip-off.
Nelle Coursey says
Our Quincy had a baby tooth like that. It finally fell out, don’t know if he did it or if it came out by itself. That had to be uncomfortable for them! Praying nothing more is going to happen to her and her eyes get to a place where she is ok and the drops take care of everything.
Chris says
Our boy Mickey never lost his baby teeth – he just had two rows of teeth. Kind of like a shark.