dog losing teeth

[rh71]

Somehow our Pomeranian is missing teeth... no idea where they went... he had a full bottom row and now only the "eye" teeth are left. All the top left are there but top right are missing.

Any idea what's going on ? Any conditions we should be aware of ? He's been acting fine though. He's 6 years old...

 

[hjo3]

Take it to a vet, dumbass. That's definitely not normal.

 

[Ketteringo]

He ever been in a prison before?

 

[virtueixi]

LOL get him dentures.

 

[Ryan]

My 9 year old polmeranian has lost a lot of her teeth, the vet just said that it's normal with older dogs. They loose many due to poor dental hygiene - buy a dog toothbrush and start scrubbing away on poor little gummy.

 

[Ryan]

Originally posted by: hjo3
Take it to a vet, dumbass. That's definitely not normal.

Dude, WTF was that for? Take the stick out of your ass and get the fvck out of this thread if you're just gonna thread crap, fartknocker.

 

[TitanDiddly]

Night hockey league.

 

[MiniDoom]

Originally posted by: hjo3
Take it to a vet, dumbass. That's definitely not normal.

And I think tooth and gum disease in dogs can lead to kidney and liver problems.

 

[pyonir]

did you feed it hard food along with soft food? how about milkbones and the like?

 

[AFB]

Originally posted by: rbloedow

Originally posted by: hjo3
Take it to a vet, dumbass. That's definitely not normal.

Dude, WTF was that for? Take the stick out of your ass and get the fvck out of this thread if you're just gonna thread crap, fartknocker.

WTF is a fartknocker ?

 

[pyonir]

Originally posted by: amdfanboy
WTF is a fartknocker ?

Never saw "Mallrats" huh?

 

[AFB]

Originally posted by: pyonir

Originally posted by: amdfanboy
WTF is a fartknocker ?

Never saw "Mallrats" huh?

No, explain.

 

[pyonir]

It is an insult used in the movie "Mallrats". I kind of thought that was self explainatory.

 

[Ryan]

Originally posted by: amdfanboy

Originally posted by: pyonir

Originally posted by: amdfanboy
WTF is a fartknocker ?

Never saw "Mallrats" huh?

No, explain.

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=fartknocker

 

[rh71]

Originally posted by: pyonir
did you feed it hard food along with soft food? how about milkbones and the like?

he eats very little soft food that gets thrown into his regular "crunchy" food (he lives with my parents - so not sure what brand). He gets a doggie biscuit after that which is like a hard cracker. He also gets a hard chew toy that's edible (takes him days) once in a while.

Is that bad ? We thought they need to chew on hard stuff because it makes their teeth stronger.

 

[rh71]

Originally posted by: hjo3
Take it to a vet, dumbass. That's definitely not normal.

I found out 2 minutes before I posted this. It's not like I'm sitting around wondering. Figured I'd post this first.

Now apologize.

 

[MiniDoom]

Just take your dog to a vet man, that probably shouldn?t happen until its 12 or so.

 

[rh71]

Originally posted by: rbloedow
My 9 year old polmeranian has lost a lot of her teeth, the vet just said that it's normal with older dogs. They loose many due to poor dental hygiene - buy a dog toothbrush and start scrubbing away on poor little gummy.

Yikes... I just hope he's not actually older than we think - we picked him up at the shelter and they *thought* he was 3 at the time... we couldn't tell either way. That was back in 2000.

 

[pyonir]

Originally posted by: rh71

Originally posted by: pyonir
did you feed it hard food along with soft food? how about milkbones and the like?

he eats very little soft food that gets thrown into his regular "crunchy" food (he lives with my parents - so not sure what brand). He gets a doggie biscuit after that which is like a hard cracker. He also gets a hard chew toy that's edible (takes him days) once in a while.

Is that bad ? We thought they need to chew on hard stuff because it makes their teeth stronger.

No...i think what he has been getting is good. That is what i was getting at. I've been told that harder things make their teeth stronger. I'd definately advise a vet. sounds strange.

 

[AMCRambler]

Scurvy? Give him an orange! Only thing I know of that causes teeth to fall out.

 

[rh71]

Scurvy in pets ? Hmm... what do pets typically take for vitamins ?