A Baby's Tooth

So who knew that puppies lose their teeth. Well up until we got Tabber I had no clue. I guess it really makes sense, we as humans lose our baby teeth and then get adult teeth. The vet said that she (Tabber) would start losing her teeth and that you might notice that her gums might get bloody. Not to worry. She said that most of the time they actually swallow their teeth when they are eating, so the chances of finding them are slim to none.

We noticed Tabber had lost one and that a bunch more were loose. It started to add up when I noticed she was chewing on things a lot more and she was having a hard time chewing on harder things. We would look every once in a while to see how many were left and the number kept getting smaller and smaller. We, or should I say Jimmy, tried pulling them himself, but when she started to whine I said "No way!!"

You see, Wendy, Jimmy's sister, got us a puppy scrapbook for Christmas. It has lots of places for puppy pictures. So we thought it would be a good idea to get a puppy tooth that we could put in. Easier said then done. We were running out of teeth. Then last night it happened. Jimmy was going to pull one because it was really loose and I said "No" just let it go. We were playing around and I looked in her mouth a little later and that last loose tooth was gone, she lost it!! We thought, oh great, that was our last chance. So we got on our hands and knees looking everywhere she was for this tooth. Looked in her food bowl, in the shoes she was eating (we have to stop that habit) and looked around the chewie toy she was playing with, NOTHING! I was determined to find this tooth, well unless she swallowed it. After crawling around a little more I found it!!!!

(It's a little blurry b/c it is so small and I could only get so close.)

YAY!!!! Now we have one of her baby teeth for her scrapbook. Next item, a piece of her fur when she gets her first haircut, or should I say "furcut," I crack myself up.