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Comment by Jimmy Perez on March 2, 2009 at 10:42am

Hi, Reecee had this happen also. The vet extracted the baby tooth when she was being fixed. It is remarkable how this didn't bother her afterwards, she ate her food like nothing happened. If it were me, I wouldn't be able to eat for a week.

Comment by LaVerne & Shirley on March 2, 2009 at 10:18am

I had the exact same thing happen to LaVerne. I called my Vet and she said to give it some time but if it looked infected to bring her in. It looked a lot like your pups picture. I decided to play tug o war with her wubba and see what happened. I'd get her to bit on that side and tug and before I knew it, it was loose and came out easily. With whatever you choose to do best of luck to you. It will be just fine! :-)

Comment by Butter on March 2, 2009 at 10:15am

I would phone the vet clinic and ask...tell them about the redness. Sometimes redness can mean infection which may need antibiotics.

Comment by Carlie on March 2, 2009 at 9:53am

Kiwi had the same thing happen to her when she was losing her teeth. One of her canines was still in while the adult tooth was growing in. Our vet told us to just wait and see (at this time she was about 5-6 months) and within the following month it fell out. If you're incredibly worried about it, go ahead and take him to the vet, but it's a pretty common problem, you just don't want him to get to be a year old and have it still in. Most vets will take out the straggler when the spay or neuter the pups, if the problem is apparent at that time. Good luck!

Comment by Cam on March 2, 2009 at 7:26am

I'm going to go with, it's better to be safe than sorry, and say take him in to the vet.