Checking dogs teeth for age
How accurate is this method? My vet said my dog was 6 months old when i found her. That was nearly 8 years ago and from my memory her teeth has not change one bit from the day i found her. She was only 21 lbs when i found her and now shes about 47lbs. Shes half dalmation and half pitt bull. Can u tell a dog by its breed and weight also?
Answers:dogs' teeth grow in as they get older (just like childrens' teeth), and they can also tell by the amount of wear and tear on the teeth (older dogs' teeth are more worn down). breed doesn't really tell the dogs' age because a dog's breed stays constant its whole life. weight, however, changes (gets bigger as dog gets older), so weight can be a way to tell how old a dog is, but that's not always accurate (because an older dog that's emaciated may weigh just as much as a young puppy). also, the size (in terms of height and body mass) of the dog is a factor in age because a dog that's younger is obviously smaller than a dog that's older.
Ok, if the vet thought your dog was 6 months when he looked, that means her adult teeth had just come in. You can tell that because the teeth will be extremely clean and not worn down at all. As the dog ages, the teeth will become dirtier (which isn't always an indication of age, some dogs teeth are just naturally dirty) and they will become worn. The more worn they are, the older they are. It becomes extremely apparent in older dogs, because their canine teeth will be shorter than they used to be and their front teeth are almost worn to nothing.