TEETH — TEETHING 



Stern. — The tail, usually applied to hounds. 



Stop. — The indentation in the skull between the eyes 



of some breeds. 

 Thumb Maj'ks. — The dark patch on the head of a 



pug, and the legs of black-and-tan terriers. 

 Ttilip Ears. — Upright ears. 

 Undershot. — A dog is said to be undershot when his 



lower teeth project in front of the upper ones. 

 Up-face, — A term applied to a nose and upper jaw 



which recede. 

 Wheel-back. — Another term for a roach-back. 



Teeth. — A dog possesses forty-two teeth — namely, twelve 

 incisors or front-teeth, four canines or eye-teeth, and 

 twenty-six molars or back-teeth. By the time the puppy 

 has arrived at the age of about nine months he will 

 usually have got his second or permanent set, which under 

 ordinary conditions should last him until he is six years 

 old, when they begin to become loose and fall out. Much, 

 however, will depend upon the manner in which a dog 

 has been treated, as injudicious feeding will undoubtedly 

 affect his teeth ; and if he is allowed to carry stones in his 

 mouth and encouraged to gnaw hard sticks they are sure 

 to suffer. Occasionally dogs lose their teeth at quite an 

 early age through the effects of canker and other causes, 

 in which event their digestions become impaired. One 

 case at least, however, of a dog wearing a complete set of 

 false teeth with evident satisfaction has been known, the 

 animal in question being a schipperke, the property of an 

 enterprising West-end dentist, who exhibited him at a 

 show held at the Westminster Aquarium some twenty years 

 ago. (See Canker in the Mouthy Rearing Puppies^ Teething.) 



Teething. — Many puppies suffer a good deal from the 

 effects of teething, and in severe cases fits may be the 

 result of their doing so. The first milk-teeth usually ap- 

 pear through the gum when the pups are about three weeks 



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