Chipped Canine Tooth

During the daily going over I notice that Isaac has chipped/broke his right canine tooth. How he did it I have no idea, haven’t seen blood anywhere or noticed anything during play. He hasn’t had any bones or chew toys since the diarrhea episodes we were having. My guess is that a rock did i

He has slowed down substantially on the rock carrying, chewing, and searching for but I can’t guarantee he didn’t get a hold of one. The tooth hasn’t slowed down his eating, mouthing on stuff, or chasing down the Kong or other balls.

He wasn’t to cooperative for the portrait

Puppies are usually born without any teeth. The temporary (or deciduous = “fall out”) teeth begin to erupt around 3 weeks of age. By 8 weeks of age most breeds of dogs will have their full complement of deciduous teeth – 28 in all. These are comprised of 6 incisors (the small front teeth), 2 canines (the “fangs”) and 6 premolars (3 on each side) on both the top and bottom jaws. These deciduous teeth are quite brittle (hence they can break easily) and they have very long roots compared with the size of the tooth.

The adult or permanent teeth begin to erupt (with the loss of the associated deciduous tooth) at about 3 months of age starting with the central incisors. All of the permanent teeth should have erupted by 6 months of age and no deciduous teeth should be left. Some of the toy breeds can be a little slower than other breeds as far as eruption goes. (source)