Age/Teething questions

Hi all
iv been having a look around and most of you are saying that my pup should nearly have his teeth by now going by what age the vet told me he was but iv only just noticed his first two teeth coming through even though he should now be about 6 months, is this normal or did the vet get his age wrong? would uploading a picture help you guys out a bit more?

thanks in advance

Tom

Hi Tom all dogs are individual they say a stafford should have all its full adult teeth at around 9mnths, but some take alittle longer, if you want too post a picture we are all quite staffie experienced we maybe able too help with his age if you are unsure, but your vet should know best.

this is one from a couple weeks ago, is it better to get a picture of him stood up or does it not matter?
thanks for your reply

Hi Tom ah he is a gorgeous boy he does look around 6mnths old so you should find his teeth coming through now but will take afew months for them all too develop

thank you yea i love him, he is ace, i have him doing roll over sit and lay but he doesn't wonna know when it comes to paw lol he still doesn't let me know when he wants to go out but if he does do anything it is always in the same place so its not to bad to clean up

My harv had all his adult teeth by 6 months old, most dogs tend to start teething at 4ish months

Ahh he's lovely...I was wondering this same thing but my pup is only 8 weeks so we have a while yet. How have you found his chewing?

I'd say that teething at 6 months is very late. Most dogs (whatever the breed) have their full set by 6 months, maybe a couple of weeks later but not too much more.

The pic, to me, looks a bit younger than 6 months. In fact, looking back at the first pic you posted in May, I would say that he was probably only about 3 months old or so in that pic! Where did you get him from?

when i first got him he chewed through a few hundreds of pounds worth of music equipment lol he does have a thing for chewing pillows but he really isnt that bad at all, how about you?

i got him from someone who brough him who didnt want him after 3 days. so would you say he is younger then 6 months?

Sorry for the double post

Your pup looks very similar too my girl who is 5n half months and she is still teething and does not have all her adult teeth yet, the stafford anatomy book i always reasearched from says 6/9mnths too develop a full set of teeth.

tippee wrote:i got him from someone who brough him who didnt want him after 3 days. so would you say he is younger then 6 months?

Sorry for the double post

Yes, I'd say he's only about 4 months or so old now, although it's so hard to tell from pics. It would be very unusual for a pup to not start teething until 6 months old. I'm not saying it's impossible, but I've never heard of it in 40 years.

crystel wrote:Your pup looks very similar too my girl who is 5n half months and she is still teething and does not have all her adult teeth yet, the stafford anatomy book i always reasearched from says 6/9mnths too develop a full set of teeth.

Yes, but that's a full set of adult teeth - teething should (and usually does) start from 3 months old.

Caryll wrote:

crystel wrote:Your pup looks very similar too my girl who is 5n half months and she is still teething and does not have all her adult teeth yet, the stafford anatomy book i always reasearched from says 6/9mnths too develop a full set of teeth.

Yes, but that's a full set of adult teeth - teething should (and usually does) start from 3 months old.

Hi Caryll sorry think there was crossed wires with the 1st post Tom asked about the pup only having two adult teeth and his vet said he should have all of them xx

tippee wrote:when i first got him he chewed through a few hundreds of pounds worth of music equipment lol he does have a thing for chewing pillows but he really isnt that bad at all, how about you?

I'v only had Bella since friday and she seems pretty good so far but I expect her chewing tendencies will go up a notch or ten in the next few weeks

By 6 mths as Caryll has stated the full set of adult teeth are in place. The 4 long K9's may not be of full adult size yet, but they are in place

Most dog i know have a full set of adult teeth by 6 months. By 9 months seems VERY late to me

so verdict here is that the vet didnt age him right rather then late teething?

crystel wrote: Hi Caryll sorry think there was crossed wires with the 1st post Tom asked about the pup only having two adult teeth and his vet said he should have all of them xx

Yes, but the vet says he's 6 months - to be honest he doesn't look much older than about 4 months now, how the vet could think he's older is beyond me.

tippee wrote:so verdict here is that the vet didnt age him right rather then late teething?

I would say so. It might be that the vet doesn't have much experience with staffs & has guessed the age wrong.

he did say it would be hard to tell until his teeth came through. it kinda sucks, i would love to have a rough date i could go off of so i could keep track of his age, would you say the start of feb would be close to his Bday?

Yes, I think that looks about right.

tippee wrote:so verdict here is that the vet didnt age him right rather then late teething?

That would be my opinion as well

i have just noticed his top to "fangs" (or what ever you call them) are coming through as well as the bottom two. thanks for all your advice

If the K9's fangs as you refer to them as are erupting the gum, then his about 5mths old. ( i'm going on when my pup Cookies K9's came though, and her litter brothers did ... both were 5mths old )