Question about teeth. - Page 1

What purpose if any, would there be for filing down a dog's teeth from the canine teeth back?

What are you talking about? 

I don't know, but I can ask my dogs. They do a fine job of it. 

Jenni, I know how a dog's teeth get WORN down naturally. 

I am not sure how else to word my question so its a little simpler to understand.

I'll try again and try to be alittle more descriptive.  Why would a person have the pointed tips of a dog's canine teeth and the teeth behind it filed down so that there are without pointed tips. These tips are all very even and not naturally worn down. They are too perfect to be naturally worn down.

I saw a dog today that someone had like this,  and when I questioned about it, I was told the dog was purchased that way.

Let me know if your dogs tell you why someone would do that.

I was hoping someone that knew the reason for this could explain.

I have only seen this done twice in almost 30 years working for vets.  The first case was a chow mix that had bitten the owner multiple times and the options were to euthanize or try grinding down the canines.  The family opted to try grinding the teeth to avoid the damage that the bites were inflicting.  The second case was a similar situation.  I have also seen a dog where the canines have been pulled, again because of aggression.

Either because of bite history (only minimizes inflicted damage, so IMO a very ineffective solution) or the dog likes to carry around and chew rocks. It can look remarkably similar to intentionally filing the teeth, depending on how zealous the dog is in practicing it's hobby.

The apple does not fall far from the tree, does it?

"Rustavehaus," wouldn't it have been easier to just explain what you were talking about in your first post, rather than get all sarcastic after I asked what you were talking about, as if I didn't understand your question?

Nevertheless, I excused your rudeness, chalked it up to inexperience, and I did ask my dogs who have worn down teeth, and they said it's from carrying rocks, metal and very heavy, large pieces of hardwood over many years. They look like someone did it on purpose- they are perfectly flat and even. It looks like someone clipped the ends off their teeth with dog nail clippers. My guess is that you haven't seen enough dogs who do stuff like that to really tell if it's man-made or naturally-occurring. I had one who liked to take barn siding off in his free time. When he's particularly bored, he will rip doors off of stainless steel walk-in coolers. The vet also didn't believe our explanation of what really happened to his teeth, so at least you're in good company;-)

LOL.

clc thats interesting....my 8.5 year old female LOVES tennis balls and her teeth are filed looking too..i just thought it was due to her age ...we go through tennis balls not by count but by buckets....hmmm..she also loves Soccer balls...more expensive and last only half a day...she chews a hole through one-two patches than turns/pulls the ball inside out and takes out the rubber lining...than when thats done she leaves it by back door and thats the end of it.

Tennis balls are not good for dogs. Their saliva mixes with the glue that holds the cover on the ball and it eats the enamel off their teeth.