Lacey, No they didn't stay still. I'd hold 'em for the vet. If it was a big dog 2 of us would hold. If it was a loose one the vet would get it with the pliers and they'd pull back and it'd be out. No holding necessary. After the tooth came out they were usually fine.
Chris --- Lacey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Did the dogs actually lay still for this? I've never > done a dental > or seen one done where the dog wasn't totally out. > But none of the > vets I worked for were specialized "doggie dentists" > either. ~Lacey > > > > In [email protected], [EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: > > > > > > In a message dated 3/31/2006 7:20:03 P.M. Central > Standard Time, > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > > They > > can be pulled without anesthesia (especially if > they are loose). > In > > the olden days when I worked for a vet as a kid > they did. > > > > > > When I was a vet tech (100 yrs ago) I worked for a > clinic with 3 > excellent > > vets. It was like each one of them was extremely > good in a > certain area. > > They really complimented each other. ANYWAYS!! > One of the > vet's would do > > dentals and pull teeth on dogs without using > anesthesia. These > were almost > > always pretty old dogs that anesthesia would be a > risk with. > > He would sit on the floor with the dog in his lap > and be scaling > away at the > > teeth.=) I cannot remember that far back though > if some kind of > local or > > painkiller was being used when he did this. It > may depend with > Connie's Tiki > > on how long the roots on those fangs are I guess. > > > > katie > > > > > > > Chris & Bear Bears dogster page: www.dogster.com/?269839 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com " Lets talk about our wonderful little friends! Join today! " Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Chihuahuas/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
