sarnewfie
New member
Hi guys,
i went to a different kennel club for conformation yesterday. there was a beautiful male newf pup there, of course the lady running the class has dobes, and being in the dobes they have to have so many teeth, they are a bit more observant, well low and behold, the bite on this male pup newf is beautiful, but it has 2 teeth more then the adults i have, our guys all have 6 teeth on top in front, and this pretty boy has 8 teeth.
does anyone know how much a fault this is? and being he is 6 months old, is there the chance 2 puppy teeth did not fall out yet?
it seemed to me that two teeth in the middle seemed smaller than the rest. they did not however feel very loose.
many said the judge is just looking to make sure the bite is straight.
anyone experience this before?
P.S.
i took this from the breed standard....
The top of the muzzle is rounded, and the bridge, in profile, is straight or only slightly arched. Teeth meet in a scissors or level bite. Dropped lower incisors, in an otherwise normal bite, are not indicative of a skeletal malocclusion and should be considered only a minor deviation
[ 08-20-2002, 10:34 AM: Message edited by: sarnewfie ]
i went to a different kennel club for conformation yesterday. there was a beautiful male newf pup there, of course the lady running the class has dobes, and being in the dobes they have to have so many teeth, they are a bit more observant, well low and behold, the bite on this male pup newf is beautiful, but it has 2 teeth more then the adults i have, our guys all have 6 teeth on top in front, and this pretty boy has 8 teeth.
does anyone know how much a fault this is? and being he is 6 months old, is there the chance 2 puppy teeth did not fall out yet?
it seemed to me that two teeth in the middle seemed smaller than the rest. they did not however feel very loose.
many said the judge is just looking to make sure the bite is straight.
anyone experience this before?
P.S.
i took this from the breed standard....
The top of the muzzle is rounded, and the bridge, in profile, is straight or only slightly arched. Teeth meet in a scissors or level bite. Dropped lower incisors, in an otherwise normal bite, are not indicative of a skeletal malocclusion and should be considered only a minor deviation
[ 08-20-2002, 10:34 AM: Message edited by: sarnewfie ]