What do your dog's teeth have to do with your dog's age? Let's find out!
Knowing your dog's age is essential to your dog's health. The feeding and habits of dogs at different ages are different, and only by understanding the age of dogs can we care about dogs with half the effort.
Normal baby dogs lose their deciduous teeth and give birth to permanent teeth between 5 and 7 months after birth. Therefore, if the baby dog's deciduous teeth have fallen and the permanent teeth are not exposed or are not exposed much, the upper and lower joints of the upper and lower teeth of the adult dog are worn, and the upper and lower joints of the adult dog's front teeth over the age of 4 are often flattened by wear. For 7-8 years old dogs, the age of the dog can be determined according to the length of the dog's teeth.
In addition, if the permanent teeth are complete, the age is about 8-12 months. Before adulthood, the state of tooth growth indicates increasing age of the dog, but after adulthood, the dog's age can be determined by the state of tooth wear. Therefore, identifying the age of the dog requires a certain amount of practice and observation experience. In general, over 3 years of age from the state of the whole body to observe identification. Reference data can be obtained by comprehensive observation of muscle tightness, hair color, face, nipples and sexual organs.
The life of the dog has a lot to do with the breeding method, in fact, the life of the dog can reach 10-20 years. Of course, there is a big difference in life span between dogs that work hard and dogs that are extremely idle, but no matter what kind of dog, reaching a life span of more than 15 years is the most common. As long as the breeders usually pay attention to the dog's body, movement and disease health status, most dogs have a long life.