Title: How to Determine Your Dog's Age By Its Teeth: 6 Steps
Headings: How to Determine Your Dog's Age By Its Teeth
How to Determine Your Dog's Age By Its Teeth
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Understanding Your Dog’s Teeth
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Estimating Your Dog’s Age
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Pippa Elliott, MRCVS
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Content: She has worked at the same animal clinic in her hometown for over 20 years. There are 13 references cited in this article, which can be found at the bottom of the page. wikiHow marks an article as reader-approved once it receives enough positive feedback. In this case, several readers have written to tell us that this article was helpful to them, earning it our reader-approved status. This article has been viewed 836,259 times. Did you know you can approximate your dog's age by examining its teeth? In adult dogs, examining the teeth will give you a very rough estimate of the dog's age. In puppies, the age can be estimated with a bit more accuracy because puppies usually shed their baby teeth at a predetermined age. While the teeth will only give you a very rough estimate of the dog's age, it's a good starting point. Steps
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