Teeth

[NCPatchwork]

In the showring...how much does the bite count?? My dogs front teeth overlap his bottom??? They are still baby teeth, but I believe this is something that will be permenant....will this count off too badly?

[sedaliapitbulls]

sounds like you got an overbite. How mutch do they overlap also show some good pictures of the teeth. The teeth is a big part of the show ring.

[NCPatchwork]

I'll have them up in one moment..they may not be very goodbecause they are taken on a camera phone...but you can see the teeth..

[NCPatchwork]

Here are the pictures of his teeth.....
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a98/Bethalou/Teeth.jpghttp://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a98/Bethalou/Teeth2.jpg

[GAPITS]

It Is Hard To Tell, But Is There An Actual Gap Between The Top And Bottom Teeth When The Dogs Mouth Is Closed? If There Isnt It Is A Perfectly Normal Bite. It Is Called A Scissor Bite And It Is One Of The Acceptable Bites Of The Apbt According To Adba Standard, They Also Accept A Reverse Scissor And An Even Bite.

[NCPatchwork]

Not much...thanks for the information. I'm not sure about whether I will keep him in conformation or go to weight pull because he does that lil' puppy weight jump a lot......so I'm not sure about it yet...

[Tiara]

In ADBA, the judges are looking at the way the incisors meet, like GAPITS said, "a scissor bite". In points, the head and neck account for 15 points.

http://www.adba.cc/p_pdetails.asp?fpid=32


You can always do both conformation and weight pull, do you have a better picture of your dog so that we can see what his conformation looks like?

[tnob]

Teeth are important. Kept my female from a Best of Show. She had a broken canine from yard accident. She did get Best Female so I was still happy.

[cemoreno]

Last time I went to a show the same judge looked at my dogs teeth three times...I thought weird. but after the show was finished he told me that my APBT had an exeptional bite.