Kuma lost his first fang yesterday. The bottom right one. Don't have any pics with me (I'm at work) and the ones I have don't show anything much, but the poor son of a bitch (pun intended) was waking around with the tooth hanging until it came lose and he swallowed it. So far, it was the tooth that bled the most, all the others almost didn't bleed, with this one he managed to get a blood stain on a front leg when he nibbled it.
Ouch! I'll never forget when I saw a Jake tooth dangling, always knowing dogs had baby teeth, but never putting it together and thinking he's losing his teeth, what's wrong with him. Not sure if he swallowed it, but it was still too connected for me to pull it. His big teeth came in beautifully.
If he changes at the same speed than Kuma did, you have a good 3 weeks to the fangs. Last Friday, Kuma was spitting out molars :-) That I've noticed, he's changed 17 teeth so far.
He's going to be 5 months next the day after tomorrow. This morning he spit out another tooth while playing with Nyx.18 and counting!! The ones I manage to catch, I save in a aluminium foil "envelope" i made :-)
Kuma hasn't "WooWoo"ed so far.Let's see if he grows into it. He's generally very quiet, unless he's chasing Nyx (or trying to,cause we stop him) or there's someone at the door or so. Then he barks. He also barks if he thinks I've been mixing the tuna in the kibble for too long, hehe.
Kuma should be almost finished with his teething. A few days ago his last canine tooth came out, making it 21 or 22 teeth that I noticed the change, either by finding them on the floor or by noticing them missing in his mouth. Plus some I surely didn't notice, it should be pretty much over. I was worried for few days, because his upper canines were already out and the baby ones wouldn't fall and seemed rock solid in their place. We got to play a bit rougher with the rope toys to see if they would loosen up, and they finally popped out on Monday. So now comes the teens...(enter scary music :-P )
I manage to get and save that last canine!!! So I have an incisor, a canine, a large pre-molar,a pre-molar, and 3 molars, I think.
Hehe, the only two teeth I have from Joey are those that feel out during his neuter surgery on Wednesday and the tech was nice enough to save for me. I have no clue what happened to the rest. :-/
See, I was going to say "are you going to make them into a necklace for miss phoenix" but thought you'd get mad.. I can't really make fun, my mom kept my baby button. and baby hair. ew. maybe you can adorn Kuma's collar with them... :P
Thanks guys! He's liking it, and he finally learned that biting it isn't the solution. He got it that he has to kick the living daylights out of it! About the ball of fluff, the pile of fur we took out of him today was bigger than Nyx :-)
And I somehow missed LJ's suggestion. I don't have a scrapbook for him, this thread kind of is his scrapbook.
I scrapbook everything - really. Jazz has her own book, but the events make it into my personal scrapbbok as well. I've got books from Vegas, Chile, Grand Canyon, Disneyworld. I even did one about my mom's death - I put all the cards that we received while she was sick and then after she died, memory cards that people filled out at her memorial service - stuff like that. My nieces and nephews want to know who gets all the scrapbooks after I die - I'm kind of the family photog - if I was there, I've got photos.
About the size, it's that old funny thing. We don't even realize he's bigger until we start comparing photos or thinking about his weight. Last time I weighed him, he was 21,4 Kg (about 47lbs) and that was the Friday 19th. Next week I'll probably go to the vet to buy him a Scalibor collar to prevent the Leishmaniosis mosquito, and we'll weigh him again. Since he hasn't been eating much lately I don't know if he'll gain much weight, but the lack of appetite might be a growth spurt or something.
It's a good thing it's only 4 steps! That means it's not as much stress on his joints (because he goes on his own twice a day) and less times I have to lift him up (which I still do). He does go up the stairs on his own, he's done it for a while now. And I even let him do the way form the front door of the building to the lift and home on his own, no leash holding. I bet he feels important, LOL. But he is getting heavier and it's not easy as it was, and he's really strong.It's a good thing he's calm and relaxed.
He is so big and Beautiful!!! I love love love Japanese Akitas.
I promised myself only rescue dogs though.
So Brad...I know you and Jen will be the most selective breeder ever, but if ever one of your Akitas needs to be rehomed in say...New England, let me know
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He's a bit ahead of Joey tooth wise. Joey just finished getting his front teeth in. I think we've still got a few weeks before the fangs change.
That I've noticed, he's changed 17 teeth so far.
Does Kuma "WooooWooo!" at you guys? Hilo does, and its my favorite!
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This morning he spit out another tooth while playing with Nyx.18 and counting!! The ones I manage to catch, I save in a aluminium foil "envelope" i made :-)
Kuma hasn't "WooWoo"ed so far.Let's see if he grows into it. He's generally very quiet, unless he's chasing Nyx (or trying to,cause we stop him) or there's someone at the door or so. Then he barks. He also barks if he thinks I've been mixing the tuna in the kibble for too long, hehe.
We will see! I hope he does, you will love it!
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So now comes the teens...(enter scary music :-P )
I manage to get and save that last canine!!! So I have an incisor, a canine, a large pre-molar,a pre-molar, and 3 molars, I think.
My mom had the first tooth I lost with a gold thingy to hang of a necklace. I wonder if I should do the same... (joke)
I can't really make fun, my mom kept my baby button. and baby hair. ew.
maybe you can adorn Kuma's collar with them... :P
These were taken an hour ago or so, it was just the time to edit and upload :-)
His feet are humongous!
It seems he really likes that toy, let me know how it goes, if it works out and lasts a while we may need to get one of those.
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About the ball of fluff, the pile of fur we took out of him today was bigger than Nyx :-)
And I somehow missed LJ's suggestion. I don't have a scrapbook for him, this thread kind of is his scrapbook.
Last time I weighed him, he was 21,4 Kg (about 47lbs) and that was the Friday 19th. Next week I'll probably go to the vet to buy him a Scalibor collar to prevent the Leishmaniosis mosquito, and we'll weigh him again. Since he hasn't been eating much lately I don't know if he'll gain much weight, but the lack of appetite might be a growth spurt or something.
I need to pick up one of those toys.
But he is getting heavier and it's not easy as it was, and he's really strong.It's a good thing he's calm and relaxed.
I promised myself only rescue dogs though.
So Brad...I know you and Jen will be the most selective breeder ever, but if ever one of your Akitas needs to be rehomed in say...New England, let me know
She was both curious and insecure and it was cute to see Kuma trying to reassure her, it seemed (we're probably humanizing it too much).