.....to see if the last two baby canine teeth will drop out.

Rory (Irish Setter) is going to be 6 months old next Wednesday (22nd) he has all his adult teeth and a lovely scissor bite, but his top baby canines are still sitting alongside his new ones. They are only slightly loose, so at what stage should I ask the vet to whip em out?

By what age are they considered to be, retained?

Dawn R.

Have you tried wiggling them? Ellie had retained canines at that age and I gave her lots of hard chew toys and snacks and tried to wiggle them a couple of times a day, and they just suddenly fell out!

Caoimhe had one of these when she was 6 months and I think when I looked around it seemed like 7 months was the time to start worrying. However, I went and bought some meaty knuckle bones - the retained tooth was out that same week. If they're already loose a day with a knuckle bone might just get them out.

Our boy in Quarantine was 6 months and I risked getting him some bones, and they were gone in a few days.