The teething period or duration for puppy happens much earlier than human being. The teething period for puppy can starts as early as 3 to 4 weeks of age for most of the breed of puppies. Therefore, during this period of age, you will notice your puppy starts showing symptoms of teething such as excessive biting or chewing, drooling, swollen gum and so on. The duration of teething can last as long as 1 to 2 months which means your puppy will have a full set of teeth at the age of around 8 to 10 weeks. Please note that there will be another round of teething period when your puppy reaches the age of 4 to 5 months. We will talk about it in the following paragraphs.

During the first teething period when the puppy is around 4 weeks old, the first tooth that appears is the baby canines tooth. The baby canines tooth is the longest tooth on each side in the front of the mouth. They can easily be noticed when you open the mouth of your puppy. After that, at around 4 to 6 weeks of age, the incisors (tiny teeth at the front) and the premolars (the larger side teeth) will begin erupting. By the age of 8 weeks, the teething process should come to an end and a puppy should have a total of 28 baby teeth.

As mentioned in the first paragraphs, there will be a second round of teething for your puppy. The first set of baby teeth for puppy will only be around until the age of 4 to 5 months for your puppy. At this age, your puppy has already entered its teenager age and most puppies will begin shredding their baby teeth and by the age of 7 to 8 months, all permanent incisors, canines, premolars and molars should have erupted. This round of teething period or duration last longer than the first one and it takes around 3 to 4 months for all the baby teeth to be replaced with adult teeth. Most breed of adult dogs will have 42 teeth.

Knowing the duration or period of puppy teething is important as it prepares you with enough time to deal with your puppy and your puppy teething won’t come as a surprise to you during the teething period. Moreover, your responsibilities such as buying teething toys and teething cookies for your puppies won’t be neglected if you know in advance the period or the duration of puppy teething. Other than preparing your puppy with toys and cookies, knowing the puppy teething period is a good practice in order to allocate a separate room or space which is free from hazardous items for your puppy so that your puppy won’t be harmed in anyway. In some cases where the teething period is too short or too long, there will be irregular teething patterns and the serious cases will results in missing teeth or bleeding gum. In this case, you will know which vet to take your puppy to if you have a list of contacts of veterinarians in advance.

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