Do Older Dogs Lose Their Teeth?

[GSDOWNER]

A reader question that we thought worthy of public reply on the subject of dog teeth. Ashley in Farnsfield asks us: Do older dogs lose

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Do Older Dogs Lose Their Teeth?



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[Sable gsd lover]

I think over time everyone including humans lose their teeth, and this is the same for dogs, Its important that you get regular dental examinations for your dog, I feed My dog a pedigree denta stick every evening and his teeth are still a nice pearly white! And he is 8yrs old..

[TandCs]

My brothers lurcher is almost 14yrs old, she hasn`t lost any teeth but they have worn down quite a bit.


Tracy

[ClaireandDaisy]

None of my dogs lost teeth as they grew old. So no - dogs don`t lose teeth through age but through bad diet and disease.
Btw - I still have most of mine left as well!

[zetstaff]

Originally Posted by Sable gsd lover

I think over time everyone including humans lose their teeth, and this is the same for dogs, Its important that you get regular dental examinations for your dog, I feed My dog a pedigree denta stick every evening and his teeth are still a nice pearly white! And he is 8yrs old..

Yes mine have dentastix too, my old one did too, + he still had all his teeth when we lost him.

[Sable gsd lover]

Originally Posted by zetstaff

Yes mine have dentastix too, my old one did too, + he still had all his teeth when we lost him.

My dog goes crazy over them, He loves them, He usually gets one after his final chance to go for a wee, before we go to bed, And he takes the dentastix back to his bed and has a munch on them! I find that they are really good!

[zetstaff]

Originally Posted by Sable gsd lover

My dog goes crazy over them, He loves them, He usually gets one after his final chance to go for a wee, before we go to bed, And he takes the dentastix back to his bed and has a munch on them! I find that they are really good!

It's the bedtime treat for ours too

They dash upstairs + wait for us to lock up, then they have their dentastix + everyone snuggles down to sleep, heaven

[Stuart]

Jake our 13 year old Beaded Collie has all his teeth ....barr two,..and as far as I can remember we have only had his teeth cleaned once,.. he has done very well over the years

[lauraburns]

My old terrier is 15 next month. His teeth are in pretty good condition for his age I think. I have never cleaned his teeth, just given him bones to chew. He is missing 2 of his front teeth though, but this is because he has an over shot jaw slightly and the teeth would rub together when he closed his month, and they just wore down a lot quicker!

Originally Posted by ClaireandDaisy

None of my dogs lost teeth as they grew old. So no - dogs don`t lose teeth through age but through bad diet and disease.
Btw - I still have most of mine left as well!

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