Re: Teeth

In Reply to: Teeth
Posted by:  Brenda
Posted on:  July 31, 2001 at 16:21:52

: My Jack Russell of course loves to play fetch, with or without you. She loves Tennis balls and will chew all of the outside off until she has just the plastic ball. Over the years her teeth have become very flat instead of sharp. I am wondering if this is from the tennis balls and if there is a solution. She would be lost without them and I've tried replacing it with hard balls but she doesn't like them as much.

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Hi Brenda,

My guys love tennis balls too! In fact I can spend a fortune on high priced doggy toys but a $2 can of tennis balls is always a sure-fire hit.

I can't imagine though that tennis balls would be wearing your girl's teeth down though. Is there anything else she chews on besides the tennis balls? Chewing on rocks and bones would be more of a cause for worn down teeth.

I have one terrier that has a broken incisor, a removed molar from being slag-fractured, and his teeth are pretty worn but that is from chewing on rocks. My other terrier, never chews on rocks, his teeth are beautiful but he is the tennis ball destroyer in our house.

My guess is the tennis balls are not the culprit. Make sure your girl isn't doing a little rock chewing.