PuppyLog

Stats:

age: almost 22 weeks
weight: 26.5 pounds

Teeth

With all this teething, I got interested in canine dentition. Lila has gotten no new teeth for a couple of weeks now but the adult teeth she has got are getting bigger. The incisors started comming in at 19 weeks, first the center ones, then the others. They don't seem to be bothering her much at the moment.

Update - Oct. 23.
She got a new molar this morning. I took a closer look and was able to see that she already had two adult molars on her upper jaw. I'm not sure when they came in.

Plenty of room for bigger canines!

Dogs have 6 incisors (the fornt teeth between the canines) on the top, and 6 on the bottom jaw. These teeth make sheering cuts and are also used for grooming. Those are theeth you see them using to get a bur (or a flea, etc.) out of their fur.

Next to those are the canine teeth. These are the most obvious large daggerlike teeth. They are used for grasping and tearing. There are a pair of them in each jaw. Oh, and they also seem to be used for delicatley holding your hand while they tilt their heads to side and look up at you.

Next come the premolars. These are the sharp edged teeth along the sides of the jaw. There are four of them along each side of each jaw. The premolars are sharp edged sheering teeth that interlock like a child's drawing of a shark. 

Last are the molars. There are two on each side of the upper jaw and three on each side of the lower jaw. These teeth have flatter surfaces useful for grinding and crushing.

As an aside, you can see from this picture that Lila is quite cute. Not sure if I made that clear that before.