Please check out my pup - Page 4

Gotta agree with the last opinion, the breeder wants you to be attached to the puppy so you'll accept a less than acceptable resolution. I have had a pup with that big an overbite, it never did correct itself. Your pups canines are in the right position now, but how the adult canine will come in is anybody's guess. With luck, it will reduce, & the dog will live a normal life without corrective surgery. With bad luck, the canines will grow in to gouge the upper palate of the dog, & the dog will have to have teeth removed or filed down so it will be able to eat without injuring itself. So, not a show quality dog. Please PM me the dog's pedigree link & breeder, I'm wondering if our dogs are related? Thanks, & good luck. jackie harris

Hi Sean, my 4 month old German Shepherd's gums and bite look very much like yours. In fact I just posted my own thread because I had not seen yours. I hope that it gets better for both of our puppies. Here you can see my puppy's bite  

Overbite 

I always question that if your going to pay this much, why you didnt MEET THE DOG FIRST and not just relied on someone you hope will be honest with you (unless the breeder is someone you trust)

Are you in a country where this wasn't possible?

As many have said before, it sounds to me like the breeder its trying to let things cool off, put some time in between and let you get emotionally attached to the pup, think about it, its gonna be harder and harder to let go off the dog as the days pass, you paid a whole lot of $$$, get your replacement pup NOW, not at 6 months when the dog is done teething, and you love him like a son.

SM, temperament may be a crap shoot, but for a SL teeth certainly shouldn't be!

 

Temperament a crap shoot?  If temperament is a crap shoot despite properly raising and socializing the dog, I would consider that a problem in the lines.  Obviously the occasional exception is to be expected, but if it's to the point where you're expecting a 50/50 shot, then that's a problem.

RS, I tend to agree with Acheron as regards to "crap shoot" not likely to be a temperament faults but more to do with physical factors like HD.

I had a simlar problem with my now 7 month old pup that I got with a really good pedigree. when I took her to the vet on a routine check up I pointed out the overbite and the vet said not to worry just yet because the jaws grow at different rates. Now at 7 months and full adult teeth her jaws and bite are perfect scizzor bite and great looking.

Hi poseidon, depending on the temperament of the parents, the puppies will vary.  I've had 5 dogs and all have been different.  Some handler soft, some hard, some extremely quick to learn ( some not so quick) some  hard headed needing much stronger corrections and some slightly handler aggressive (dominant) - my favourite of all of them.  I am not  breeder so maybe the temperaments of a linebred litter of pups are all the same I don't know, but I doubt it or there wouldn't be the variation of working vs pet quality pups.

Teeth however, are either the correct dentition or not and should be easy to identify whether the pup is show quality or pet quality or just plain POOR quality.  (hey new smilies!  luv 'em)

This might be a stupid analogy to some but try to see my point. The only problem for you is that this is a breathing, has feelings, and you have feelings for him/her, living creature.

If this was a car, or another object that you were sold to either do something or be something and it did not perform up to par or to your satisfaction would you still keep it? Say, that brand new sports car that just can't perform like it's suppose to or is always ending up in the shop?  Would you still keep it? NO, you would demand your money back. This should be no different.