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
Part 2
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Estimating Your Dog’s Age
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Content: The premolars do not appear until much later. At eight weeks and older puppies will have 28 baby teeth. At around 4 months of age the puppy will begin to lose its baby teeth as the adult teeth will erupt. Most times, puppies swallow these teeth but occasionally the owner will find a shed baby tooth or see the gum line is bleeding where a tooth has erupted. Just as with baby humans, puppies at this stage will love to chew on things! At 4-5 months the adult incisors, first premolar, and first molar will erupt. At 5-6 months the adult canine, premolars 2-4, and second molars erupt. Finally, at 6-7 months the adult third molar will erupt. All together there will be 42 adult teeth. {"smallUrl":"https:\/\/www.wikihow.com\/images\/thumb\/1\/1f\/Determine-Your-Dog%27s-Age-By-Its-Teeth-Step-5-Version-2.jpg\/v4-460px-Determine-Your-Dog%27s-Age-By-Its-Teeth-Step-5-Version-2.jpg","bigUrl":"\/images\/thumb\/1\/1f\/Determine-Your-Dog%27s-Age-By-Its-Teeth-Step-5-Version-2.jpg\/aid221385-v4-728px-Determine-Your-Dog%27s-Age-By-Its-Teeth-Step-5-Version-2.jpg","smallWidth":460,"smallHeight":345,"bigWidth":728,"bigHeight":546,"licensing":"<div class=\"mw-parser-output\"><p>License: