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Originally Posted by jenbabe77  Just a little story with a positive ending to help ease your mind….When I got my puppy at 8 weeks old, I took her straight to the vet for an exam to make sure she was healthy. The vet told me she had a pretty severe overbite. I was devastated. She had the little divots where her canines were poking into the roof of her mouth. The vet told me it would not affect her quality of life, but she may have some difficulties throughout life that we will have to address when the time comes such as surgery to remove the canines or filing them down. She explained that with the severity of her overbite there was about a 3% chance it would correct itself. I read everything there was to read about overshot jaws. Most of the stuff I read had negative outcomes. I was so upset with the years of difficulty to come, but we were willing to do whatever necessary for her. I was so angry at the breeder. The breeder offered me a different puppy, but I just couldn’t give up my little girl. She had already become a part of our family in that five days. Long story short… I know it doesn’t happen all of the time, but my little girl is nine months old now and has the most perfect little mouth. At around 7 months old her bite had corrected itself. |
You are the first person i have seen who had a happy ending to this story.
Only ones i have ever heard say the bite would correct is breeders trying to sell the dog.
Your the first one i have ever heard of as a customer who had a happy ending.
We had to have the canines ground on a dog here it punctured the roof of his mouth. The dog food then infected it. He is comfortable now. But it has left scar tissue on the roof. and messed up the pigmentation. and he has knots where the infection was.
I am glad your had a happy ending