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I had purchace a female pup.well let's start from the beginning.I found  a kennel had good references talked with the owner through email and on phone.And checked out on references all good.Told him was looking for a female that would do good in show.He said has a nice female.I asked about his guarantee.I mentioned about the ears not standing he said covers everything.Ok after about a month i decide to buy her.Took her to the vet as soon as i got her.Clean bill of health and nice confrimation vet says but was alittle worried about her overbite.She said sometime might correct themself <wasn't all that bad> well now month later took her in for next set of shots and she checked out her bite not good at all.So took the pup to my other vet he says the same.So i emailed the kennel owner with picss of how bad her  overbite is. I just emailed him last night so haven't heard back from him yet.And I'm sure I'll hear back from him .He always got back to me on any questions and a real pleasent person to do business with .My question is how would you breeders handle this one if  you were presented with this situation? Just curious on what to expect.And i just want to say again i haven't heard back yet from the breeder so I'm not sure where i stand.

How old is she?  Sometimes an overshot jaw takes a while to come right and can get worse before it gets better or can look a lot worse if the pup is teething.  If you bought the pup as a show prospect, you should get a replacement if the jaw does not come right.

Margaret N-J

I to have a young puppy she is 10 weeks old she did have a correct mouth when i bought her she now has a overbite it is about half a cm will this correct it self when she has done teething ?

The pup now is 4 months old.Both vets said this much won't correct itself

If I were you and wanted the dog for show purposes, I would return pup immediately,
before you get very attached, I will take a pup back if it isn't what the person wanted,
I mainly sell my pups as pet/companion, cause anything can happen by the time the
pup grows, if I was looking for a show type dog, I would purchase a young adult dog,
cause you can't honestly call a puppy a show prospect, even if it's parents are top of
the line show dogs, it's still a crap shoot with a pup.

Hope you can work something out with the breeder, sounds like he was easy to
communicate with, but as always, do the right thing for the pup, cause he's just
an innocent bystander.....

Oh, for Christ's sake, vets don't know squat about dentition (especially their variables within breeds and within different bloodlines of the same breed). If a pup the age of yours has a correct bite at this age, it will likely become even upon reaching maturity

A slight overbite is absolutely normal in a 4-month-old GSD pup. The upper and lower jaws have different growth rates. The upper jaw grows first--the lower jaw grows more slowly and takes a while to catch up. Sometimes, correction occurs when all four canine teeth have fully erupted--around 7 months. However, complete correction may not occur until 10-12 months.

If you can post a photo of the pup's bite, I will be glad to tell you if it's normal.

I have two friends whose pups had terrible overbites.  Both were actually putting a hole in the roof of their mouths.  The pups ended up just fine.

zig zag you said your pup now just turned 4 months old  did your pup have an overbite before the age of 4 months ??

many times during teething the jaw allignment can be off but this corrects it self once full dentition is in.

Pia

Based on the photos that zigzag emailed me, I would say that this pup will have no problems with an overbite. You can already see that the lower incisors are in contact with the upper incisors. Stupid, opinionated vets--JMHO!   So many vets have "xray vision" and will often predict HD based on the way a pup sits or walks.

zigzag, when it comes time to do preliminary hip/elbow xrays, be sure to find a vet who will do this without general anesthesia. Simple, mild sedation'tranquilization will be adequate.