Beanie: Broken tooth!
Last week sometime, we noticed off-hand that Tiabeanie was “flicking” her head occasionally… like not quite a shake, but the start of that movement. This usually, in our extremely limited experience, indicates some sort of trouble, often an ear infection, so we decided to keep an eye on it and make a vet appointment if it didn’t go away or got any worse.
Then on Friday, when brushing the dog’s teeth, Sabriena noticed her pull back sharply and there was a small amount of blood on the brush. Tried again Saturday, and she didn’t want to know about it. We tried to have a look for any obvious wounds or blood and didn’t see any, but we don’t entirely know what we’re looking for and she’s - rightfully - not too cooperative for us to have a good long look.
So first thing Monday, I made an appointment, which was today. In to the vets - where she spent a bit of time as a puppy due to being fostered there, so she loves it - and it took the vet all of half a second to notice she’d broken a tooth.
How? We have no idea. She likes to chew sticks, but I don’t think that would do it. She also enjoys a small piece of beef trachea for dessert most nights, but I wouldn’t think that would be hard enough either.
In any case, unless we want to drive her all the way down to Melbourne to see a specialist, the tooth has to come out, so we booked that in as soon as we can. Hopefully it’s not the start of bigger issues.
Pupdate: 2025-08-14: She had her surgery today, we picked her up at about 5:30. Everything went well, just the one tooth to come out, her teeth aren’t perfect but overall look pretty good. The usual surgery recovery (though at least this time the only thing cut open was her mouth so her bed-rest period won’t be so long) and she goes back in about 10 days for a check-up.
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