overshot top jaw

hi all a friend of mine bought what was advertised as a staffordshire bull terrier but later turned out to be a red nose pit cross she brought it home i had a look and noticed it had an overshot top jaw i searched the net and it said its heieditary but thats about all the info i can find on it is this a commen problem as i had never seen or even heard of it before the vet reffered to it as parrot mouth and sait dont worry about it but it really is bad any info would really help

has anyone else ever heard of it? is there any thing that can fix it ect

My dad's collie has the same thing, has never caused her any issues.

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My sisters patterdale had it and he is 8 now and never had a problem with it what so ever so i dont think it would cause a problem

It's quite a common problem, but rarely causes the dog any actual harm. It's often a sign of a slightly weaker jaw. It just means that the bite will be slightly less strong & he may have slightly more trouble ripping things like meat, but not much.

How old is the dog? Sometimes an overshot mouth in a pup can even itself up after a couple of months or so.

hes 4month and hes showing signs that hes struggling to lift things, a hope it sorts itself out a got told that if hes 10months and its still not better he may need an operation.

The lower & upper jaws grow at different speeds. That's why a pup with a level bite will sometimes go undershot at a later date. Your pup is still very young so unless it's extreme (which is unlikely) I woulsn't worry too much yet, it may well correct itself. Can you post a pic of his bite? It'd just be interesting to see how overshot he is.

yeah will post a pic in 5 min my girlfriend is just going to take 1. it does seem pretty bad

cant upload them ive tryed to host it it but its not workin ??? any ideas

You need to make a photobucket account its easy to do, go to tutorials and its all in there x

open a photobucket account and download them to there and then use them
will send some links to help

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