from: Stephanie Hart [EMAIL PROTECTED] Myra Wrote: > Certainly the fault will keep cropping up. HOwever, because on an overshot > mouth, there is generally a little hole behind the top canines, you can > certainly pull the baby lower canines in hopes that the jaw will unlock. If > it doesn't then the adult canines need to either be "pulped" or pulled. I'm > not really talking about breeding and showing an overshot mouth, I'm just > wondering if they ever do come right. It certainly doesn't appear that hers > is coming good, but even if we kept her as a pet, I would certainly get > dental care for her.
Yes Myra, that was all i was trying to cover... the concern about the roof of the mouth, and some simple dental work to help lessen the severity of this condition, if it can be. The dentist I am referring to is in England and has done some work with this. I believe he mentioned the need for possibly grinding down the canines in adulthood also if the pulling didn't help the jaw move a bit. I'll find his article. I had just done some research on what to do about it when it came up for a breeder-friend of mine with overshots... Stephanie Hart [EMAIL PROTECTED] ========================================================= "Magic Commands": to stop receiving mail for awhile, click here and send the email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20NOMAIL to start it up gain click here: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20MAIL E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] for assistance. Search the Archives... http://apple.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ckcs-l.html All e-mail sent through CKCS-L is Copyright 2002 by its original author.
