Two Teeth Pulled at Age Eighteen

My sweet 18 year old baby girl had two teeth pulled. No anaesthetic. She did very well. I'm a wreck.

I first noticed that something was 'wrong' when she started 'clacking' her teeth together, after chewing and swallowing her raw chicken necks. Upon further inspection I saw a loose tooth - half in and half out, hanging from her gums. Same situation the other side of her mouth. Ugh.

These two loose teeth were the same ones that I'd had capped many years ago, shortly after I rescued her. She was a puppy, and I was a new puppy owner. And at that time I still fed dry kibble and let her chew on 'nylabones' to keep her, and her teeth, happy and out of mischief. Unfortunately, she managed to 'slab-fracture' her teeth while chewing on these things.

I took her to the 'tooth vet'. He said I had two options: pull 'em, or have them capped.

I chose to have her teeth capped for a number of reasons, but mainly because I knew that dogs get a lot of pleasure from chewing and crunching on bones. Plus, I'd recently switched her to a raw diet, and raw meaty bones were keeping her teeth clean.

These 'bionic teeth' served her for many years, but it was decision time again. Should I pull them, or replace them. As the picture shows, the answer was: pull.

She's still enjoying her chicken necks.