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New here. New to Standard Poodles. We are considering adding one to our family.
We have found a litter with available puppies we are considering. We do have puppy raising experience, though the breed is new to us.
Anyway....we're wondering how concerned we should be about base narrow lower canines in 9 week old puppy? Everything else checks out OK. We've seen health testing for sire and dam and past generations for hips, eyes, skin, thyroid, von willebrands. We've met the dam and she's well-tempered. All dogs were in teh house and well-mannered, well-tempered. Environment very clean. 13 of 14 in 3 gen pedigree are titled. Breeder only whelps litters every couple years. In other words, everything else seems good and on the up and up. Breeder has answered any and all questions and been up front. She pointed out the tooth issue to us.
Should this tooth issue be a concern? She is asking what would be considered full price for him on a limited registration and neuter contract. I'm finding conflicting information as to how big a deal this tooth issue might be? Could this be a painful and/or expensive issue in the future(we have the resources but wondre about paying the same or more to fix the bite as it might cost to buy the puppy for instance)? She presented it as not a big deal and we can massage the tooth outwards as the adult teeth come in. My concern is if this doesnt work and more expensive fixes might be needed?
This is all new to us as we've had rescue dogs before. I guess my main question is two fold: Can we expect it to cause the puppy pain and behavior issues until fixed? (he was very sweet and seemed to have no temperment issues but didn't seem much into toys...could that be due to mouth pain perhaps?). Should this make the price negotiable or is this considered a non-issue as he is otherwise seemingly a well-bred puppy?
New here. New to Standard Poodles. We are considering adding one to our family.
We have found a litter with available puppies we are considering. We do have puppy raising experience, though the breed is new to us.
Anyway....we're wondering how concerned we should be about base narrow lower canines in 9 week old puppy? Everything else checks out OK. We've seen health testing for sire and dam and past generations for hips, eyes, skin, thyroid, von willebrands. We've met the dam and she's well-tempered. All dogs were in teh house and well-mannered, well-tempered. Environment very clean. 13 of 14 in 3 gen pedigree are titled. Breeder only whelps litters every couple years. In other words, everything else seems good and on the up and up. Breeder has answered any and all questions and been up front. She pointed out the tooth issue to us.
Should this tooth issue be a concern? She is asking what would be considered full price for him on a limited registration and neuter contract. I'm finding conflicting information as to how big a deal this tooth issue might be? Could this be a painful and/or expensive issue in the future(we have the resources but wondre about paying the same or more to fix the bite as it might cost to buy the puppy for instance)? She presented it as not a big deal and we can massage the tooth outwards as the adult teeth come in. My concern is if this doesnt work and more expensive fixes might be needed?
This is all new to us as we've had rescue dogs before. I guess my main question is two fold: Can we expect it to cause the puppy pain and behavior issues until fixed? (he was very sweet and seemed to have no temperment issues but didn't seem much into toys...could that be due to mouth pain perhaps?). Should this make the price negotiable or is this considered a non-issue as he is otherwise seemingly a well-bred puppy?