Overbite - Page 2

My 8 month old puppy is one that I kept from my last litter, at 8 weeks her bite was perfect so when at 3 months I noticed that she had bit of an overbite I was not too concerned.
Then when she was teething it looked worse but all of her teeth came in at the correct place but she still had a small overbite but during the past 2 months her lower jaw has continued to grow and now she has an almost a scissor bite.
I would certainly contact her breeder as she is the only person that really knows her lines and they might be slow to develop. If the puppy is just what you want in other ways give her more time, say 4 or even 6 months and see what happens.

Good Luck

 Sorry, but I have to agree with Sonora here, this is not a slight overbite, it is a very marked one, I doubt very much that it will become correct.   If you do get another puppy avoid one from the same lines if possible as this condition is very hereditary.  I tattoo (chip now) all the puppies in my region and I have seen this problem repeatedly in one particular bloodline here.   One female was shown at 8 months old with an overbite of about 5mm, the judge put her to the back, he said there was a chance that it would correct itself but that the chance was slim.   It did not correct, and this female went on to have a litter (here even females with disqualifying faults are permitted one litter in their lifetime).  Of three puppies she had, two had marked overbites at the time of tattooing. Yes, I have often seen significant overbites correct themselves but these were about 4mm at 3 months, then correct by 6 or 7 months (most of these had correct bites at 8 weeks when tattooed),  but here we are talking of 12.5mm and a dog that already has complete teeth, realistically I do not think this will correct itself.  If I am proved wrong please let me know!

I have experienced this situation with puppies with all German bloodlines but in each case the puppies finished with a perfect bite, usually between ten and twelve months of age.  Although I made a thorough check I was unable to pin it down to any particular dog or breeding family.  Having spoken to other people, in the UK and Germany, I think that this is a problem that occurs more regularly than one would imagine.  Generally speaking many breeders are not open about these matters.

Mackenzie

 Mackenzie, I would be interested to know if the puppies you are talking about started with an overbite of 12.5mm (1/2") ??  As I mentioned I have also seen overbites correct themselves many times, but the when the overbite was in the region of 4-5mm.  We are talking about something much more significant here.

I had a German showline puppy who had a similar overbite and his bite is perfect now. 

I've never seen lower jaw development like in GSDs - it truly does grow more slowly, and no, I don't think people are aware of this, even vets unless they are specifically GSD people.

Were this dog's puppy teeth fine?  If the baby teeth bite was correct, I believe the permanent bite can be correct.  So, how were the baby teeth?  I've had 2 GSD who had correct puppy bites, but as the permanent teeth came in - one had a big overbite and the other (working line) had wildly crooked incisors.  The overbite dog now has an absolutely perfect mouth and the other is still growing but already the incisors are almost perfectly aligned.  I don't think anyone would have believed those mouths would straighten out, but they sure did.

If the baby teeth bite was NOT correct, then I think you may have a problem.

To Oso

As far as I can remember, it was many years ago, all bar one were around the 5mm mark than 12.5mm but one came very close to it.  However, I was fortunate as they all came right, much to my relief.

Mackenzie

Make sure that your vet does not need to make a house payment. Get second or even third opinion. I have never in my life seen a dog who would have so much problem that he would need a surgery.
Worst I have seen was when bottom canine teeth poke a hole  into the ruff of the mouth. But that was because the dog got kicked by horse as a pup and the jaw was then growing funny. My friend had to take the dog to the vet for  tooth extrication. 
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