Anyone Ever Had A Dog's Bite Go Bad? - Page 2

SS, I was just reading an article about this trying to find out more. Does the pup have trouble picking things up with its mouth or trouble with chewing? If the breeder is really worried the article did say that they have a procedure where they can make "braces" for the pup to help realign the teeth. http://www.petmd.com/dog/conditions/mouth/c_dg_Malocclusion_of_Teeth?page=2

I made Joan's link live, as I couldn't see it:

http://www.dropbox.com/s/kbf2hynnby9evbd/2013-07-09%2013.19.38.jpg?dl=0

Blitzen, I don't know. Hopefully, sell it as a pet, but with the way the bite is now, I'm not sure even that's an option. He may need the canines removed, if the bite doesn't get better.  He doesn't have trouble eating, though, or picking things up.

I'll see if I can get pictures.

Thank you, sunny.
Is the pup you are talking about worse than the pup you made the live link for? Because the puppy in that picture could not close her mouth completely because the teeth in back didn't line up properly.

I have actually had them change as old as and up to one year old;  held my breath until then but in both cases bites weren't perfect but OK for working and could still retrieve without problem(s)...  Good luck  Nan

Interesting thread.

I presently have a 4 month old GSD WL female that had a normal bite up until about a month ago. She also always had a very short muzzle right from the time we got her at 9 weeks. In the last month or so her maxilla has outgrown her mandible to the point where now she presents a 8 mm (5/8th inch) overbite. Because she still has her spaced out baby teeth there is so far no teeth meshing problems. Since the mandible is a long bone we are hoping it grows back to normal before her adult teeth grow in. First time I've seen this in 50 years of having all types of dogs as puppies. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Okay, since I first saw the bite about 2 weeks ago, the one side has corrected itself, and is now a normal scissor bite!

The other side still has the lower canine hitting the gum, on the inner surface (tongue side), and slightly overlapping with the upper canine. If you're having trouble picturing that,  the cainine would have to move outwards towards the lip and point slightly forward in order to be a correct bite.

Because the tooth is pointing inwards, again, I wonder about the possibility of an injury.

The other teeth do meet properly, and the overbite is hardly noticeable, certainly nothing like the poor dog in Joan's picture! 

Remember, the lower jaw is the last part to stop growing. I have seen miraculous changes in bites and I have seen dogs go through goofy growth patterns and have teeth growing every which way. I am cautious with heavy tugging during teething so as not to change the angle of teeth, and check religiously for deciduous baby teeth, but beyond that, nature does a pretty darn good job on teeth and I've seen improvement between 8mos and 1.5yrs, though theoretically they should be final at 8mos. If I were deciding on a breeding or show prospect, I'd evaluate at 8mos. but for a pet, I'd give it longer before doing anything drastic. More often than not, I've seen more harm than good come of an over-zealous dentist too early in the dog's life. THere's no going back from intervention in a dog's mouth. 

SS, are the canines lined up OK now too? I doubt it was caused by an injury; it just happens this way with some dogs. It's hard to tell exactly what her bite will look like when she's 2 years old.