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though a fox-terrier puppy's teeth appear earlier 

 than a toy terrier's, yet St. Bernards have them 

 still earlier. 



The process of dentition of the milk teeth is 

 usually carried on without any trouble at all to 

 the puppy. Such is not the case with respect to 

 the cutting of the permanent ones, for it is a very 

 common occurrence for puppies at this time to 

 have convulsions. In other cases, at this period, 

 eczema is very often troublesome, which, in some 

 instances, continues after dentition is completed. 



With regard to the cutting of the deciduous 

 teeth, the first that appear, in most cases, is the 

 middle molar on each side of the lower jaw. 

 These pierce the gums in puppies of large breeds 

 like St. Bernards, about the eighteenth or nine- 

 teenth day after birth. Puppies, like greyhounds, 

 retrievers, fox-terriers, and others of similar size, 

 do not cut these same teeth until about four days 

 later, whilst puppies of the toy class are often a 

 week later still. 



About a day after the second lower molars 

 have appeared, the upper incisors show them- 

 selves ; the nippers and intermediates are the 

 first to make their appearance. These are 

 followed the next day by the upper corner 

 incisors, and about the same time the lower 

 corner incisors pass through the gums, and 

 the tusks are erupted ; but it often happens 

 that all the incisors pass through the gums 

 together, and the tusks at the same time, or 

 just a day or so later. 



About the fourth week, the last or third lower 



