[ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: pre molars
- From: Daleen Dunphy <amaleen@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2007 17:50:18 -0500
Sounds like we Canadian's have allot of toothless dogs up here eh LOL
Canadian show lines? Would be interested in knowing what lines you are
referring to as being Canadian
Daleen
At 01:52 PM 3/13/2007, shirley sommers wrote:
>What ??? Are you sure what you are looking at ?
>
> There would be a huge gap of almost 1/2 of the teeth on each
> side if premolars were missing. These are the teeth that do the
> meat cutting and sawing action whereas the molars are the bone
> crushers and the canines tear and the incisors pull meat off a bone.
> http://www.apbtconformation.com/teeth.htm
> Good Grief !
> In all my 47+ years in GSDs I have NEVER seen what you describe.
>
>
> ~Shirley
>Colleen Donnelly <gsdsforlife@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> My 11 y/o senior German guy has them, my 4 y/o Canadian show dog
> ( bred for that anyway ) doesn't, neither does my 2 y/o BYB that is
> half Canadian show lines.
>
>Started opening mouths at the rescue....only 3 out of 12 have them.
>( 2 of those come from 100% show lines ) .
>
>Then I went to work. ( a senior sanctuary/hospice) that has mostly
>Canadian All Breeds. *grin* NONE of them had them. 24 dogs.....2
>being PB Danes, 1 PB Beagle, 1 Bloodhound, 1 Rough Collie.
>
>What's going on I'm wondering??
>
>My Dad is a retired V.P.D. and R.C.M.P. dog handler.........so I
>asked him to contact his old partner's son, who is a now handler and
>ask about pre molars. ( and others things ) According to him, while
>a full bite is a must, pre molars do not make a dent, so's to speak,
>so is not a necessary requisite. He said most do not have pre molars!
>
>Here's a link that may be of interest to we Canadians:
>http://www.bcit.ca/appliedresearch/canine/ Not on topic, but is
>interesting. "The world's first Centre for Canine Performance & Health"
>
>Colleen Donnelly
>www.saintsrescue.ca
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