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puppy with a over bite (15 replies)
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| I have a 7month 2 week old puppy,she has an over bite can this correct its self as she gets older |
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I had a shepherd many years ago that had the same problem. once she was 1, her bite was correct. I hope your pups will correct but there is good hope it will.
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| Jaws can grow in different stages, they do catch up. However, you also did not say how much of an overbite, if it is a large difference, may not. |
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She as an overbite of about half cm |
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I have a male with an over bite .He did not have it at eight weeks of age but by 4 monthes he had a pretty good one. He still has it .I always wondered if he got his from griping the kennel wire with his front teeth and trying to tug his way out. It did bother him as a pup for a bit but it does not bother him any more . It only bothers me .lol
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| How do you know if it is genetic,i think she was the only one in the litter to have an overbite.She has a narrow head that dosent seem to grow with the rest of her body.Could this be the cause? |
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| I have seen several puppies with normal bites at 8 weeks go on to have quite noticible overbites at 3-4 months but then become correct again when all the adult teeth are in. At 7 months teething is finished and I would have expected the bite to be normal by that age if it is going to be, I think its more difficult to correct itself after teething has finished, but possibly the lower jaw could still grow some more yet....are you hoping to breed or show her? If not I doubt if it will be too much of an issue. |
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Does this mean some where along the lines some one has breed from a dog with an overbite? |
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| I am not sure how the genetics of this works. if its a recessive allele that causes this defect its possible that none of the ancestors in the pedigree actually expressed it though some carried the allele. It does not necessarily mean that there was any irresponsible breeding involved, if the dogs in the pedigree had kkl they did not have this defect. Anyone else know exactly how this is passed on?
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Well, my male started with a perfect scissor bite at 8weeks up to about 4 months when he started losing baby teeth. He had about 1/4 inch overbite after that and it has not corrected itself. It doesn't mean the breeder was at fault or negligent. These things happen to the best of them no matter how much you research your line and etc. I cried on and off for 3 days. His was the only one the kennel had ever had. The breeder was very gracious and replaced him as he was purchased to show. Could it still come back. I doubt it. But I still have him and he is the best as far as I am concerned plus the new boy. Doesn't change how I feel about him, just the things I have planned for him to do like Rally, Tracking, Herding and obedience. Good luck.
Liz |
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What's the oldest an overbite has corrected itself?
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Personally......I have never seen a "bad bite" correct itself past 8mos old.
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I had a pup with a very serious overbite at 6 mo. (1/4 inch) It was corrected by 12 mo.
During this time he had a VP1, VP1 and a VP2.
You just have to wait it out.
Rik |
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| Thanks for your in put everyone.If bred from will it produce puppys with an overbite,or has both the parents got to carry the same gene for it to happen?I know some one who bred from a dog with a missing p1 and all the litter was fine.Is it not just pot luck,.Like every thing to do with genetics. |
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| A lot of luck involved, but I think the genetics are pretty strong too. I know one case when a female with an overbite was bred (its not actually permitted but here each dog is allowed one first litter without approval and the owner decided to go ahead). In this case she had 3 puppies and 2 of them had noticable overbites when I tatooed them at 8 weeks (the father of the litter was fine and never produced overbite in any other litter).
I myself bred and own one female who is missing one upper incisor. Apart from that she is beautiful and I was advised to keep her for breeding, as this fault is not serious. In fact this female has kkl2 and can have as many litters as I want with her. I thought that as as far as I know none of her close relations had this problem then it would be unlikely to show up in her puppies, but actually in the two litters she has had so far one out of 7 and one out of 3 puppies also lacked an incisor. Having said this most of the puppies were fine and I have a really nice young dog from her, also the puppies who lack an incisor do not suffer at all and are fine in pet homes, most owners don't want to show anyway. Overbite is different in that it can cause suffering for the animal, I presume this is why it is not permitted to use these individuals for breeding. |
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