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You're right about the marcellotine...

That was a complete stoner moment. He has a weird grip for his involving that gross thumb he has but it's not the marcelotine that was my mistake...


And though all you said about gi and no gi is true he still became a black belt in a gi... so that doesnt negate my point at all.... and again hes the exception not the rule. 99.99999% of people with both hands will never touch his level.

Ill end the gi vs no gi debate once and for all with a quote from the best bjj practitioner ever, The 27 times World Jiu-Jitsu champion Renato Laranja, "jiu-jitsu is the gi"... lol

 

Bites from a defensive state of mind can manifest in the front of mouth, primarily canines/cutters..sinking deep ripping, slashing and shaking in order to inflict as much soft tissue damage as possible, to stop the perceived threat, while self-protect. Some would say the mindset is one of less confidence because the dog perceives a threat to survival, and is trying to protect itself, with flight an option as well. Prey bites kill and crush the food source. More confidence, dominance, overpowering mindset behind the bite. Full mouth grip, sink all teeth. Kill. Most likely an oversimplified explanation, but according to my research. The game dog mindset I believe is different than average working dog, so I would not know how much defense vs prey bite factors in…but they are still dogs not too far from the wolf. As we learned teeth are important, but not necessarily a limiting factor either.

 

[QUOTE="AGK, post: 776508, member: 9113.] Broken teeth can lead to abcesses, further tooth decay, pain and infections that can eventually become systemic. [/QUOTE]



My dog miss some of his lower incissors, one has been totally pulled out but two others are broken as the one we can see on the pics. Should I ask my vet to take them out?

 

It's never a bad idea to have broken teeth removed. If left alone they will just further decay under the gumline and most likely cause pain and issues later down the road.

I look at the mouth as one of the most important parts to pay attention to. Mouth issues are usually the point of start for many, many other ailments.

Take a simple tooth infection for example. Generally speaking, easy to treat but if left untreated, the dog is constantly swallowing that infection and introducing it to other areas of the body where it can colonize leading to further compromise of other, otherwise healthy areas.

I pull broken teeth, or have them pulled under sedation by a vet if it's something that I can't do or the dog won't let me do myself.

It's one of those an ounce of prevention bests a lb. for the cure type situations.

 

Thank you for your answer AGK!
I'm gonna ask my vet for that, I have already pulled out his dew claw a few time because they were broken but a teeth... I need to see someone doing it first^^

 

big teeth only matter with certain types of pulling

 

Ima just say if more game dogs had a set of chompers like a Shepherd/Mal a lot more dogs wouldn't make it home. Buts that my opinion.
Also Imo its doesn't mean a dog cant/wont win but it is a disadvantage, at least until the dog learns to work around it.
When facing a slick fast opponent a dogs k9s will make it easier to get a hold to be able to control said opponent to and hopefully get to where the damage can be done.
Missing K9s mean the dog has to get more mouth on the opponent in order to gain a hold
Again just my $.02
Any dog that can put 1 away without all their hardware def has my respect as far as they offence goes

 

I also equate a dog missing teeth to a man missing fingers not hands. Imagine wrestling with no thumbs

 

Lol good one