When purchasing a purebred puppy from breeders, you know exactly the date of his birth. But what if the puppy was picked up on the street? Or maybe it was bought on the market and you are gnawed by doubts: is the age indicated correctly? Especially if the dog is small breeds.
Instructions
Step 1
The age of a puppy up to 1 month can be determined quite accurately. The umbilical cord dries up and falls off on the third day of life. Between the fifth and seventh day, the auditory canals open, the puppy can orient itself by ear and always crawls towards warmth. On the tenth - fourteenth day, eyes open. By the third week of life, the puppy begins to stand up on its own paws, plays with peers, bites their ears and paws.
Step 2
From the twentieth to twenty-fifth days, when the incisors and canines in the upper jaw are cut, the age of the puppy, like that of an adult dog, is determined by the teeth. From the twenty-sixth to the thirty-second day, as a rule, all front teeth erupt. Milk teeth differ from permanent ones not only in quantity. They have a characteristic light transparency, are not as strong and are much smaller than the teeth of an adult dog.
Step 3
Permanent teeth are bright white, dense, shiny. The incisors change first: first the hooks (this is the first pair of incisors from the center) - from four to five months, and then the rest. The upper canines should erupt at five months. The lower canines appear a little later. Milk teeth should be shed by seven months. If not, they can be removed by a veterinarian.
Step 4
From seven months, the dog has all permanent teeth. They are porcelain white, shiny, without signs of wear. By the age of one year, the teeth take on their final size and shape. The incisors have a characteristic trefoil appearance. The degree of abrasion and yellowing of the teeth are signs for determining the age of an adult dog.
