Title: How To Easily Determine Dog Age By His Teeth - The Modern Bark | Dog Training Tips
Headings: How To Easily Determine Dog Age By His Teeth
How To Easily Determine Dog Age By His Teeth
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Content: Chewing on bones and other hard toys or surfaces or fence fighting can prematurely break teeth. Also a diet based exclusively on soft food can accelerate tartar build up and tooth decay. The following guidelines can give you a reasonably good estimate of the dog’s age given that he has enjoyed a normal diet that includes kibble. At one year of age the dog’s teeth will be very white. The lower incisors will have ridges on top of them (the cusp) that resemble a fleur de lis design or that of a three leaf clover. ( As time progresses, the pattern of the incisor teeth will begin to wear down). Note the fleur de lis pattern on the lower teeth
is clearly evident on the center incisors. By 2 years old, the dog’s teeth will no longer be as bright white as they were at the start of his first year. Depending on diet and oral care, some yellowing and tartar buildup may have begun on the back molars. Incisors of a two year old border collie;