How serious? Dog pulled one of his teeth.

So my German Shepherd hates his kennel. He pretty much willingly goes in it. Is calm when I come home to let him out. But while we are away he works at it trying to get out. Never have been able to get him to tolerate it better.

Last 2 days he's fought going in the kennel. This after it being pretty routine for more than a year. Wife came home to find he managed to rip out one of his side teeth along the jawline. (Never noticed it before but he's missing the same one on the far side that is long gone as theres no sign of wound.

He acts fine, but whines if I open his mouth to look. Just a crater where it was and no bleeding. Tooth looks mostly whole, but I'd say the very tip of the root perhaps still in or just lost in the dim light on the floor/swallowed.



File this under dumb dog but fairly routine like messing up a toenail or omg get to da vet? Was due to see a vet for a teeth cleaning anyways but wasn't planning on it for a few weeks yet.

Keep area clean and an eye on it. If you ever inquired about teeth cleaning and how much $$ it cost. Better be sitting down when they quote you on fixing the tooth.

Not fixable, so it'd be remove what's left. Was going to give that place you mentioned a try from a thread a month ago.

Get him in asap, not even considering the pain aspect. Dental issues can quickly get infected or impacted leading to worse issues..

Try positioning a two way audio and motion activated camera so you can see and hear the kennel. After a few weeks of hearing your voice it should calm the dog.

If you think part of the tooth is still in there then I would take him in. It sucks, but they are like your children. I would move him to a plastic kennel or a nylon kennel. He seemed like a great dog when I was there.

Yeah, I've since modified it with a wide long plank over the bars where it latches. So far seems to work nicely.


And yeah, he's I'm convinced a extra low IQ dog but a huge sweet cuddler. Crawled over the back of the couch to climb into wife's lap after she was home late. We've already blown 6k on him when we first got him. He managed to get an abscess behind his eye somehow and lost vision in it. I always say he's basically the supercharger I was about to put on my truck.