Fluttershy
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I just took my 11 week old Italian Mastiff puppy to the vet for her first visit since we got her and the vet told me that she has an underbite. Her bottom teeth sit about a quarter inch behind her front teeth and her bottom canines are growing up to the inside of her top canines.
The vet said that I will need to get her bottom canines pulled as soon as I can to give her adult teeth the chance to come grow in properly, but even getting her baby teeth pulled will not completely ensure that her adult teeth won't need to be pulled aswell, she said it was likely that her adult ones will need to be pulled anyway.
The breeder told us that this was par for the breed and nothing to worry about and my husband thinks that the vet just wants us to defang her.. but I'm not so sure.
I would rather get her teeth pulled if its going to be something that causes my little girl pain when her canines get big.
Does anybody have any experience with this?
Is an underbite really such a big issue that it requires surgery or is the vet overreacting?
And is an underbite a common feature in Italian Mastiffs?
The vet told me that she can not be bred because it is a genetic defect so I have to get her spayed. Is this also a bit of an overreaction?
Any insight would be helpful because if it is a big issue I want to get the surgery done as soon as I can because I don't want my puppy to have sore teeth :/
The vet said that I will need to get her bottom canines pulled as soon as I can to give her adult teeth the chance to come grow in properly, but even getting her baby teeth pulled will not completely ensure that her adult teeth won't need to be pulled aswell, she said it was likely that her adult ones will need to be pulled anyway.
The breeder told us that this was par for the breed and nothing to worry about and my husband thinks that the vet just wants us to defang her.. but I'm not so sure.
I would rather get her teeth pulled if its going to be something that causes my little girl pain when her canines get big.
Does anybody have any experience with this?
Is an underbite really such a big issue that it requires surgery or is the vet overreacting?
And is an underbite a common feature in Italian Mastiffs?
The vet told me that she can not be bred because it is a genetic defect so I have to get her spayed. Is this also a bit of an overreaction?
Any insight would be helpful because if it is a big issue I want to get the surgery done as soon as I can because I don't want my puppy to have sore teeth :/