Dogs, like people, have a period of tooth replacement. Tooth replacement, that is, the loss of milk teeth and the eruption of new teeth, which is a necessary growth process of every puppy, but for the first time to raise a pet dog friends, always unable to understand the specific time of the dog for teeth, and how to care during this period, the following knowledge and experience for some discussion. Tooth replacement time 1. 20 days or so: the dog began to grow teeth. 2. 4-6 weeks of age: the dog’s milk incisors grow full. Close to 2 months of age, all the dog’s milk teeth, white, thin and pointed. 3. 2-4 months of age: the dog to replace the first milk incisors. 4. 5-6 months of age: the dog began to replace the second and third milk incisors and milk canine teeth. 5. 8 months of age: the dog all replaced the permanent teeth, but do not rule out the individual dog will be later, and even 2 years old to replace the example. Teething care 1. strengthen the care to take precautions when the puppy is about to change teeth, the owner must do a good job of prevention. Because you can’t imagine how destructive a dog will be during the teeth changing period. The owners must make it easy for it to touch and taste good things, we must try to put away, like electric plugs, wires, potted plants, detergents and other things that may cause harm to the dog should be collected. 2. provide items that can bite the home it can bite after packing, certainly to provide it with things that can bite. You can choose some dog teething rubber toys or can eat the teething snacks, such as teething chicken jerky. It is not recommended to use big hard bones, too hard to easily hurt the dog’s gums.3. Help your puppy relieve painSome puppies will be in pain when they change their teeth, especially when they are long, itchy and painful, which will make it hard for the puppy. If it’s summer, the owner can just let it chew on ice, but now that the weather has dropped, it’s recommended to freeze a wet towel in a knot and then give the dog a bite to relieve the pain. In addition, puppies with frequent toothache, you can appropriately play some small games with it, can effectively divert its attention, making the pain is no longer obvious, if the toothache is very serious, the mouth has ulcers and swelling, it is recommended that you do not delay, immediately send it to the vet to let the professional physician for its treatment, such as delay, bacteria may enter the body with the mouth, causing great hidden danger to the late health. 4. Pay attention to observe the old teeth fall, new teeth grow if you can not see the dog lost teeth, then it may swallowed by itself, but this is not to worry, is a normal phenomenon. If you find an old tooth that wobbles but never falls out, the owner can help, or if it doesn’t fall out, go to the doctor to extract it. There is also to do a good job of oral cleaning to avoid bacteria breeding in the cavity of the milk teeth. 5. pay attention to diet and calcium supplementation dogs need to supplement calcium during the period of tooth replacement, so during the dog’s tooth replacement owners should try to give the dog to choose some high calcium content, high protein and low fat natural dog food, effectively prevent the dog double row of teeth or permanent teeth uneven situation. Note that if abnormal teeth, no independent loss, tearing foreign objects, swollen and painful gums occur during the puppy’s tooth replacement, you need to send to the vet for professional examination and treatment as soon as possible.
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