I have a chihuahua mixed with poodle and I was wondering for anyone who has one or has owned one before... Do all chihuahuas have two sets of all four fang teeth?
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I had a chihuahua/poodle mix years ago. More chihuahua than poodle. She was a great dog. She is the reason I fell in love with the breed. A lot of chihuahuas and other small breed dogs do have retained teeth, sometimes just the fangs and sometimes a lot of them will be rtained. The vet usually has to pull them.
mine don't...
I had a chihuahua a few years ago. He only had one set of fangs. He was full blooded though.Perhaps yours is because of the mix. You can research that.
mine don't??
(looking in my dogs mouth) Umm she has 2 on top and 2 on bottom is that wat u mean or 4 on just top?
Mine doesnt but maybe it's just because it's mixed. You could ask your vet for more information.
Your dog's puppy teeth haven't fallen out yet.. Depending on how old he is. You might want to take him to the vet. If he can't get those teeth out on his own, they'll need to be removed.. They will get infected if you leave them.
I've seen this mix before...With any mix the dog can be more of one breed than the other, or a perfect mix of the two or look like a purebred of either of the mixes. It goes by the way the gene pool fell when the puppy was being formed...one thing about mixing a non shedding dog with a shedding breed is the dog usually has a mix coat, some of the hair will need to be clipped and some Will shed out , be sure to brush often because the shedding hair will mat with the non shedding hair so grooming is important.About the teeth, if all 4 canine teeth are doubled that's retained teeth...What happens when you mix a long muzzled dog like a poodle with a shorter muzzled dog like a chihuahua , you can get a shorter muzzle than the poodle but the same size teeth of the longer muzzled dog trying to fit in a mouth too small and you have crowding .it takes 3 generations for eyes and teeth to shrink or catchup when down sizing or shortening of a muzzle..When you have the dog neutered/spayed ask the vet to remove all the extra teeth while the dog is already knocked out for surgery...this will save the dogs teeth from crowding and rotting the adult teeth and also keep you from having to do a dental on your dog next year from rotting teeth...it also makes it much easier to keep the dogs teeth clean when the retained teeth are gone.Good luck
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