Puppy has large overbite - Page 1

Help everyone, I bought a beautiful German Shepherd puppy that I fell in love with. However I was a bit inexperienced and did not check his bite. About a month ago I noticed that he had a large overbite and became concerned. He is now almost 4 months and has a large overbite of 10mm (a bit less than 1/2 and inch. Has anyone experienced this before and is there any hope for my pup? I really don't want to give him back as I am really attached and he is a wonderful dog but I was hoping to breed him. Is there any hope that his bite will get better as he grows older? Just to give you a bit of background he is very large and big boned, I don't know if this has anything to do with it but I read somewhere that big boned dogs sometimes have overbites. I would appreciate some good advice.      

I personally do not think it will improve with the large of a difference. I personally would eliminate it from breeding but that is just me and I am not sure that you could get a conformation rating with such an overbite. I do not know if it is genetic but I still would not breed this dog IMO. You need to decide and talk to your breeder if this dog is not to be bred and you wanted one that is breedable what you can work out with your breeder as many off options. A good breeder would want this pup forever cared for as a pet and would not be able to easily resell/rehome so perhaps if you choose not to breed but love the dog breeder can offer money back discount sell as pet ot you spay/neuter and keep the dog as pet abd breeder replace. You just really need to speak with the breeder and go over both your situations and communicate.

I had a young male with an overbite of aproximately 1/4" at that age. The vet wanted to remove teeth, insisting the overbite wouldn't correct itself. I opted to leave it alone. Looking at him now, you wouldn't be able to tell. His bite is fine now. Is it possible for you to post pics of his bite?

Hi and thank you for the replies. I am trying to figure out how to attach a picture on this. I don't have a website yet. Does anyone know how to attach pictures? 
   

upload the picture to the internet either on a gallery here or a photo storage like Photo bucket

http://www.pedigreedatabase.com/german_shepherd_dog/picturegallery/21914.html 
I hope I am posting this picture the right way. Here is my puppy's overbite. He is almost 4 months now.  

Not sure what you are hoping for in posting this here? You have already been given some advise on another board. It has been two weeks since your last post there.

I don't know how to make the pictures show on the forum but you can click on the link. I measured his bite and it is about 10mm. The breeder insists that overbite is not an issue?? He also says that the puppy is show quality and his father just went into a show competition (his father is Beo Vom Fleischerheim and his maternal grandfather is Maik Vom Anger. Is there a way that he could have faked the AKC papers? How does the AKC know that my puppy really is the son of Beo. Do they do a DNA test? Sorry but I am really new to this. Giving my puppy back is not an option as I love him to pieces but I am worried about his bottom teeth puncturing his palate and I am a bit disappointed because I was hopping to take a breeding course and learn about the bussiness further but I might not be able to breed him if this is a heritable defect that will cause health problems in the puppies such as poor eating. So far my dog seems to eat ok and to be happy but I worry about how his bite will develop.     

Sorry dmsharkey but you must be confused, this is the first time that I have ever posted anything on this website. I am very new to the website. Did someone else posted a thread like this on the forum? If so it was not me. I am beggining to wonder if overbite is a common problem. It sounds like it bothers you that I am asking for advice, but I thought this is was ne of the purposes of the forum. You don't have to answer my question if it bothers you that I posted this. I didn't mean to upset anyone.    

What has the vet said? Is the owner willing to stand by their belief that it will grow right by promising a guarantee on it by letting you keep the pup and offering another upon spay nueter instead of replacing the pup right now since the breeder is promising show quality? Or perhaps a discount if it does not grow in scissor bite as they are appearantly promising?

     AKC papers are only as honest as the breeder. Overbite can occur even in well bred well represented animals. This over bite does NOT mean your breeder has lied to you  or defrauded you on the pups breeding.