Hi Debbie, Very sorry to hear about her broken tooth. If you remove it ......... depending on the judge it could hurt her chances in the ring as lets face it some judges can be more hard on certain faults than others. I may be wrong but a vet letter stating the tooth was removed due to injury may not "hold much water" to some judges. Yes I know we have a standard but anyone that shows can tell you ........... not all judges judge the faults to the same degree, I know if I was judging ............. and I am not ............. I would be very hard on light eyes, croups and temperament as it is something I have had in my line, as breeders we all have our ................. bug-a-boos .............. smile What ever you decide Debbie I hope Kenna is okay. I will say I personally have heard of the canines cracking but the big molars well that is on the unusual side I would think. Take care, Lonna Lonna Fisher Sunflower Reg'd GSD Edmonton, AB http://lonnagsd.tripod.com/index.html ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2011. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Each Author is responsible for the content of his/her post. This group and its administrators are not responsible for the comments or opinions expressed in any post. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org SUBSCRIPTION:http://showgsd.org/mail.html NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================