Need to learn age of a dog arises in situations when the animal gets to you to the house from the street or the previous owners of an animal do not know exact date of birth of their pet.
It is required to you
- - survey of a mouth of a dog;
- - survey of hair of dog;
- - consultation of the veterinary expert.
Instruction
1. Glance to an animal in a mouth as the dental health is the main criterion for definition ageof dogs. If you need to count age of a little puppy, then keep in mind that the cutters and canines which are located on the upper jaw begin to be cut through by 20th day of life. At the age of thirty days the kid already has to have a complete set of milk teeth. At the age of 4-5 months the change of milk teeth begins, the first cutters begin to drop out. To 6 months5- at a puppy the main ""dog"" weapon - constant canines begins to be cut through. By a year the dog has to have a complete set of the replaced molars.
2. Keep in mind that further the age of an adult dog is also determined on a condition of a mouth, only now it is necessary to pay attention to deleting of a tooth alignment. In one and a half years on hooks of the lower jaw scrapes appear, by 2.5 years also average cutters of the lower row are exposed to grinding. In three years it is possible to see abrasion of hooks of the top row, approximately at the same age the teeth of a dog begin to lose primitive whiteness and gloss. In four years you can see scrapes on hooks of the top row, and by five years also canines begin to be erased. After six years the teeth gain yellow color. After seven years the violation of integrity of a tooth alignment as teeth can begin to drop out is possible.
3. Pay attention and to animal hair. At young individuals it elastic, dense, without signs of a gray hair. After seven years, wool gradually thins, loses gloss and also the gray hair begins to appear.
4. Address the veterinary expert, precisely to determine the age of an animal happens rather difficult, and the veterinarian will perform full inspection and will be able to draw more exact conclusion about age of your pet.