I think that the thought process is the same....but our breeder vet, who is also our repro vet, says that you pull those baby teeth at exactly 15 weeks. She says to do it before, you run the risk of damaging the adult canines underneath. She says there is a very small window of time for correction, but that you hope that the mouth corrects so as to avoid dental work on the adult canines. Myra
>From: Stephanie Hart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: The Cavalier King Charles Spaniel List ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: [CKCS-L] Overshot mouths? >Date: Sun, 24 Feb 2002 17:38:43 EST > >from: Stephanie Hart [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Just a small side note. I do think this is an uncommon thing. That's why >I >had so much trouble finding information on it. I did not find any vet in >the >U.S. that was familiar with, nor one that had info on pulling any teeth. > >Through private emails with a few breeders on this list who have had this >happen, the breeder referred me to a Vet in England who has had experience >with this, and did pull teeth. The vet in England made himself available >(which was very generous) to speak with anyones vet if they wanted to know >his experience with it. He did not say this is a sure thing to correct >anything, but he had been able to give the lower jaw during the young pup >growing stage, some more room to move forward in some cases, but it must be >as soon as possible when they are tiny and growing, preferably before 8 >weeks. I'm speaking from memory, and yes, parrot is what he discussed... >often times this is just an unfortunate situation that ends badly.. >sometimes if the case is milder, they can bring about a little correction. > >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. Myra Savant Gardengate Cavaliers _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp. ========================================================= "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.
