What to do for a toothless dog?

We rescued a little mutt many years ago that had his teeth kicked out. He was a small dog weighing only about 10 pounds when up to ideal weigh. Being toothless  really caused no major problems, except he needed soft food. When we got him to his ideal weight we gave him to my mil and she ended up chewing his treats for him[]

Clyde my golden mix doesn't like crates at all. When he had to stay at a vet they kept him in a crate and he pulled 2 mollers out and chipped his front tooth, and bruised is nose. Needless to say we don't keep him in crates anymore.   

The little dog that I'm longing to rescue will be toofless after she gets to a vet. I wouldn't think it'd cause any issues, aside from needing soft food...

Just have him checked by the vet to be sure none of the remaining teeth have to come out or be repaired.  Then, you can feed him soft food if necessary.  My Yorkie is 16, has only two teeth left, and is doing just fine.

Debbie, it's a good thing Dani isn't being shown any more! LOL I hope he's feeling better now that (I assume) Amber is out of season. I would just give his usual diet (are you still cooking for him?), but toss it in the blender for a few seconds. If it's already soft, he may not even need for you to do that.

Is you vet bill all paid off?  If so, it would seem that Rose is sending down vibes for you vet to add a new wing![sm=rotfl.gif]I would take him in and see if he will need any of these pieces to be extracted.

He went absolutely BONKERS this time, the stud muffin. When she was in the crate, he tried to use his head as a battering ram to bust her out. LOL! He ended up with 2 owies on his head, the dork. I honestly didn't know that he'd done that to his teeth! He never gave an indication that anything was wrong, until Scott fed him in the morning when I was gone, and said he took his good old time eating, which is very unlike him. I thought, hmmmm, better check, and sure enough, he's Gumby. I did take him in and he's going to lose a couple more most likely because they're fractured. Salukis don't take anesthetic very well, in fact, it can kill them, and my vet said that as long as they're not bothering him, or abcessed, we'll see what happens. If we do have to extract them, he's hoping we can gas him, like a twilight sleep, to do it. There were just little pieces in his gums that came out real easy with a hemostat. I have NEVER seen anything like this in the nearly 30 years I've had dogs! I wasn't done showing him, in fact, I was going to show him at the National in Veterans. Guess we won't be doing that. He doesn't go crazy like that when Stormy's in season, just Amber. Figures. Sharon says it's because she's alpha. Scott says we'll feed him oatmeal and Ensure, and he'll be just fine. LOL!

Debbie, I was under the impression you could still show but had to have the vet sign some papers stating the disabilities in which the show dog has, ie, missing teeth or what ever.

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My dog recently had all of her inscisors pulled.  She's still eating her kibble with gravy and plenty of gusto.

Dani, Dani what are we going to do with you [8|]
My girfriend has a 11 year old rescue yorkie. He's an ex puppy mill stud dog and had to have all his teeth out.  He is fine eating his raw diet and even gums on bones.  With time the gums get harder and post no problem for the dog eating.  Dani should be fine eating your home cooking once his gums heal. 

He's an ex puppy mill stud dog and had to have all his teeth out. He is fine eating his raw diet and even gums on bones. With time the gums get harder and post no problem for the dog eating.

Which is a good thing because it's reeeaaaaallllly hard to get those little dentures in!

My dogs have all their teeth, but I don't notice much chewing going on at feeding time- they mostly inhale their food.  They eat kibble with homecooked.

You could always pay lots of $$ and get crowns for your dogs teeth. If you click on the link and look down to about the middle of the page you'll see what dog crowns look like. WARNING: photos of doggie dental issues, surgery stuff, some yucky tumors, lots of calculus buildup, etc

http://www.thepetcenter.com/gen/dental.html

If the nerve is exposed or damaged, they will do a root canal then cap the tooth with a metal crown. If the tooth doesn't have enough of the crown of the tooth left, they will sometimes recommend implants. We're talking serious money though. Dog dental procedures are about as costly as the human ones if not more so because you have the added cost of needing to anesthetize the patient. Crowns are a great procedure for Police dogs and other protection/working type dogs that require their teeth in their work.