I have an 8 month old Pit Named Roxy. She's still in her puppy phase
and gets a little out of hand sometimes. Today when I was playing with
her she did this little puppy spazz out thing and did a faceplant right
into a tempered glass coffee table. She didn't yelp, just kinda sat
down and twisted her face up for a second, then started licking her
tongue out. I checked her jaw and head and nothing was terribly wrong
except she has a broken tooth in the very front. It was a little bloody
and appeared to be cracked all the way up to the gumline.
I was going to take her to the Emergency Vet Clinic, but I was told
they can't do much for dental problems. Does anyone have any advice for
me or at least some input to ease my mind? I am worried sick about her
and can't take her to her normal DR. Till tomorrow.

Thanks,
Kate

KateMossberg wrote:
I have an 8 month old Pit Named Roxy. She's still in her puppy phase
and gets a little out of hand sometimes. Today when I was playing with
her she did this little puppy spazz out thing and did a faceplant right
into a tempered glass coffee table. She didn't yelp, just kinda sat
down and twisted her face up for a second, then started licking her
tongue out. I checked her jaw and head and nothing was terribly wrong
except she has a broken tooth in the very front. It was a little bloody
and appeared to be cracked all the way up to the gumline.
I was going to take her to the Emergency Vet Clinic, but I was told
they can't do much for dental problems. Does anyone have any advice for
me or at least some input to ease my mind? I am worried sick about her
and can't take her to her normal DR. Till tomorrow.

If she's 8 months old I'm guessing that the tooth she cracked is an
adult incisor. It'll probably need to come out; your vet is the only
one who'll know for sure. Don't assume that your dog doesn't need
medical attention because she's not complaining the way a person with
similar injury would carry on. Dogs are amazingly stoic.

Call the Emergency Clinic and ask if it would be safe to give her some
baby aspirin and if so, how much and how often.

She'll be fine afterwards.

"Kathleen" wrote in message
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KateMossberg wrote:
I have an 8 month old Pit Named Roxy. She's still in her puppy phase
and gets a little out of hand sometimes. Today when I was playing with
her she did this little puppy spazz out thing and did a faceplant right
into a tempered glass coffee table. She didn't yelp, just kinda sat
down and twisted her face up for a second, then started licking her
tongue out. I checked her jaw and head and nothing was terribly wrong
except she has a broken tooth in the very front. It was a little bloody
and appeared to be cracked all the way up to the gumline.
I was going to take her to the Emergency Vet Clinic, but I was told
they can't do much for dental problems. Does anyone have any advice for
me or at least some input to ease my mind? I am worried sick about her
and can't take her to her normal DR. Till tomorrow.

If she's 8 months old I'm guessing that the tooth she cracked is an adult
incisor. It'll probably need to come out; your vet is the only one who'll
know for sure. Don't assume that your dog doesn't need medical attention
because she's not complaining the way a person with similar injury would
carry on. Dogs are amazingly stoic.

Call the Emergency Clinic and ask if it would be safe to give her some
baby aspirin and if so, how much and how often.

Whoa, I wouldn't give the dog aspirin, especially if it's likely she's about
to have a tooth pulled. It will make the blood less likely to clot. Not a
good idea.

flick 100785


She'll be fine afterwards.

I took her to her regular vet today and they scheduled an extraction for tomorrow bright and early, till then they gave me some pills for her pain. I think everything is going to work out just fine, except the dent in my wallet, but it's ok, shes part of the family!

Thanks everyone for your advice!
Kate

flick wrote:
"Kathleen" wrote in message
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KateMossberg wrote:

I have an 8 month old Pit Named Roxy. She's still in her puppy phase
and gets a little out of hand sometimes. Today when I was playing with
her she did this little puppy spazz out thing and did a faceplant right
into a tempered glass coffee table. She didn't yelp, just kinda sat
down and twisted her face up for a second, then started licking her
tongue out. I checked her jaw and head and nothing was terribly wrong
except she has a broken tooth in the very front. It was a little bloody
and appeared to be cracked all the way up to the gumline.
I was going to take her to the Emergency Vet Clinic, but I was told
they can't do much for dental problems. Does anyone have any advice for
me or at least some input to ease my mind? I am worried sick about her
and can't take her to her normal DR. Till tomorrow.

If she's 8 months old I'm guessing that the tooth she cracked is an adult
incisor. It'll probably need to come out; your vet is the only one who'll
know for sure. Don't assume that your dog doesn't need medical attention
because she's not complaining the way a person with similar injury would
carry on. Dogs are amazingly stoic.

Call the Emergency Clinic and ask if it would be safe to give her some
baby aspirin and if so, how much and how often.


Whoa, I wouldn't give the dog aspirin, especially if it's likely she's about
to have a tooth pulled. It will make the blood less likely to clot. Not a
good idea.

I thought about that, too, which is why I suggested checking with the
Emergency Clinic first. My own dentist, however, told me to go ahead
and use Motrin (and dental wax) for a broken tooth that couldn't be seen
to until after the weekend.

Kathleen

On Mon, 10 Jul 2006 22:42:20 -0500, Kathleen
wrote:

I thought about that, too, which is why I suggested checking with the
Emergency Clinic first. My own dentist, however, told me to go ahead
and use Motrin (and dental wax) for a broken tooth that couldn't be seen
to until after the weekend.

Motrin is different from aspirin. Aspirin is a blood thinner. Motrin
is not. If you ever think your dog may need surgery, it's best not to
give it aspirin because it can interfere with clotting during surgery.
They tell humans not to take aspirin before a surgery as well, but do
allow ibuprofen (Motrin) and Tylenol.

--
Paula
"Anyway, other people are weird, but sometimes they have candy,
so it's best to try to get along with them." Joe Bay

Paula wrote:

On Mon, 10 Jul 2006 22:42:20 -0500, Kathleen
wrote:


I thought about that, too, which is why I suggested checking with the
Emergency Clinic first. My own dentist, however, told me to go ahead
and use Motrin (and dental wax) for a broken tooth that couldn't be seen
to until after the weekend.


Motrin is different from aspirin. Aspirin is a blood thinner. Motrin
is not. If you ever think your dog may need surgery, it's best not to
give it aspirin because it can interfere with clotting during surgery.
They tell humans not to take aspirin before a surgery as well, but do
allow ibuprofen (Motrin) and Tylenol.

Hmm. I had surgery a few years back and I was told *no* NSAIDs of any
kind for two weeks prior to surgery. No aspirin, no ibuprofen, nada.
Tylenol only.

Kathleen

On Mon, 10 Jul 2006 23:30:17 -0500, Kathleen
wrote:

Hmm. I had surgery a few years back and I was told *no* NSAIDs of any
kind for two weeks prior to surgery. No aspirin, no ibuprofen, nada.
Tylenol only.

I wonder what the difference is. I could have ibuprofen but no
aspirin. And aspirin specifically is what my dad was told to take
when he was supposed to be blood thinning (I can't remember why). I
wonder if aspirin has more blood thinning qualities than the others or
something so it depends on if your surgeon is more cautious or
something.

--
Paula
"Anyway, other people are weird, but sometimes they have candy,
so it's best to try to get along with them." Joe Bay

On Tue, 11 Jul 2006 04:42:25 GMT, Paula
wrote:

On Mon, 10 Jul 2006 23:30:17 -0500, Kathleen
wrote:

Hmm. I had surgery a few years back and I was told *no* NSAIDs of any
kind for two weeks prior to surgery. No aspirin, no ibuprofen, nada.
Tylenol only.

I wonder what the difference is. I could have ibuprofen but no
aspirin. And aspirin specifically is what my dad was told to take
when he was supposed to be blood thinning (I can't remember why). I
wonder if aspirin has more blood thinning qualities than the others or
something so it depends on if your surgeon is more cautious or
something.

Curiosity satisfied courtesy of Google. Apparently aspirin is the
only one that can block clotting for prolonged periods. Sounds like
your surgeon is just extra careful, not that that's a bad thing. But
good to know that mine was not being negligent or not careful enough!

http://www.medicinenet.com/nonsteroi...gs/article.htm

--
Paula
"Anyway, other people are weird, but sometimes they have candy,
so it's best to try to get along with them." Joe Bay

On Tue, 11 Jul 2006 04:18:53 GMT, Paula
wrote:

On Mon, 10 Jul 2006 22:42:20 -0500, Kathleen
wrote:

I thought about that, too, which is why I suggested checking with the
Emergency Clinic first. My own dentist, however, told me to go ahead
and use Motrin (and dental wax) for a broken tooth that couldn't be seen
to until after the weekend.

Motrin is different from aspirin. Aspirin is a blood thinner. Motrin
is not. If you ever think your dog may need surgery, it's best not to
give it aspirin because it can interfere with clotting during surgery.
They tell humans not to take aspirin before a surgery as well, but do
allow ibuprofen (Motrin) and Tylenol.

But most vets consider ibuprofen to be a big no-no for dogs. I
recently talked with someone whose vet supposedly told her that it was
fine to give her dog ibuprofen every day, but that's not what most
vets will say.

Mustang Sally