My 2 year old Yorkie Terrier HATES vacuum cleaners. A couple of days ago I was vacuuming and noticed that Tom, my Yorkie, chipped his front tooth. The tooth is chipped almost right down to the gum. It doesn't seem to bother him, but I don't want my dog to be in any kind of pain. Should I take him to the vet? Even if it doesn't seem to bother him? And what will happen if they take the tooth out?
Thank you for the question. Yes, you should have that tooth checked on. Now, I want to address here your Yorkie and vaccuum's. This behavior needs corrected. I'm going to help you start with that. Get your vacuum out in the middle of the floor. Put your Yorkie on a collar and leash. Take him over (pick him up) if you have to, to the vacuum. Put him down next to it, let him sniff at it etc. If he should shy away from it, put him back near to it, at this point you could even have him sit by it. If he should try to move, gently (gently being the key word here) just nudge his throat area with 2 fingers, and make a tsking noise at the same time. What you are doing here by nudging him is telling him that moving away from the vacuum is unacceptable behavior. The tsk sound inturrupts his train of thought of moving away. Sit him back down near to the vacuum again, this may take a little while, but he'll catch on that this is what you want him to do. After you've accomplished this, keep him near to you again, and turn the vacuum on; the moment he goes to bark or bite at it, do that nudging motion to his throat and the tsk sound. Keep doing this until he stops. The thing to remember her is that you must make this correction to him the moment he does the behavior. You have to be exact in your timing. You are acting as his pack leader. You are telling him this behavior is not acceptable. Also, don't forget to take him on at least a 20 minute walk everyday. That means he walks. This will help him with some of his energy, as all dogs are made up of energy.
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If dogs can get around after a leg is amputaed I'm sure a dog will get along fine without a tooth.
Go ahead and take him to the vet to make sure nothing was damaged. If they take the rest of the tooth out, it won't bother him. We rescued a Katrina dog that had a lot of teeth problems and had to get his teeth pulled and it didn't make him think twice about eating and chewing on stuff after. Of course, right after, he'll be a little uncomfortable, but he'll be fine. He'll adapt in no time!! If he doesn't have to get his tooth pulled and everything's fine, at least you checked to make sure.
What if next time you decide to vacuum, ask someone to take Tom out to play in the yard...Just something to distract him from hearing those noise. And probably might save him from injuring himself too. You should take him to the Vet for that chipped tooth as it might cause an infection. Good luck.
