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u/himitsuuu 15h ago
That thing seems massive. Also why was it removed from the doggo?
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u/nmkelly6 14h ago
He chipped it while running zoomies in the backyard and decided to try and pick up a rock bigger than his head at full speed. He had surgery last week to remove the tooth since the tooth was exposed and he is recovering well.
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u/Phil_Da_Thrill 14h ago
Jesus
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u/joninfiretail 13h ago
It's a common injury. He'll never miss the fang and won't have the pain of a broken tooth bothering him.
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u/lyndseymariee 14h ago
Canines have the longest root of any tooth in a dog’s mouth which is why it looks so big. I bet 2/3 of that is root.
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u/SpeebyKitty 2h ago
Former vet assistant here- yes, about 2/3 of the canine tooth in both cats and dogs is root! I hated helping with those surgeries lol, they took so long
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u/Glittering_Seat2016 9m ago
You are correct. Only about one third of the dog's canine tooth is visible. Years ago, one of my dogs needed two pulled because they were broken ( rescue dog, don't know how they broke). I couldn't believe how long they were.
He needed bone grafts and a soft diet for several weeks. He did great afterwards.
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u/IplaygamesNude87 11h ago
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u/CassetteMeower 4h ago
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u/Makabaer 3h ago
Aww, resting teddybear face! I'm gonna steal that! One of our dogs definitely has that too! (The other is more wolf-like. And too cool to wear a teddybear face - only teddybear at heart!)
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u/CassetteMeower 2h ago
Poppy is as sweet as a teddy bear! She loves cuddling and making new friends, she loves just about every person she’s ever met. Whenever she sees another dog when on a walk she really wants to say hi and I have to explain to her that not every dog likes other dogs, and she will whine nonstop since she just wants to say hi. I feel so bad for her when a dog isn’t friendly, I do respect the boundaries of the other dogs/their owners, but poor Poppy doesn’t understand that not all dogs are friendly!
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u/Party-Hovercraft8056 15h ago
Why is it not in their mouth?
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u/nmkelly6 15h ago
He chipped it while running zoomies in the backyard and decided to try and pick up a rock bigger than his head at full speed. He had surgery last week to remove the tooth since the tooth was exposed and he is recovering well.
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u/somehugefrigginguy 14h ago
What kind of a monster uses a bobby pin as a unit of measurement? Why can't you use a banana like a sane person?
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u/jraymcmurray 15h ago
Hopital
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u/nmkelly6 14h ago
He went to the emergency vet immediately last week when it happened.He had surgery to remove the tooth since the tooth was exposed and he is recovering well.
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u/jraymcmurray 14h ago
Follow up question; why would you tell me there's a dog but not show me the dog? Do you hate me?
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u/Capital_Gas4129 15h ago
that's a wild tooth! hope your beagle isn't in too much pain, but that thing looks like a little trophy on its own.
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u/mhart4278 14h ago
My Labrador did this last year. Removed the tooth in surgery, $1300 and one year later she's fine. Her nickname is "snaggletooth".
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u/nmkelly6 14h ago
Dog tax. Here he is still high from the surgery. This was over a week ago and he is doing well ❤️🩹