puppy with a over bite - Page 2

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

What's the oldest an overbite has corrected itself?

Personally......I have never seen a "bad bite" correct itself past 8mos old.

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

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.

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.