Oliver has started losing his teeth. In fact, he’s been teething for a while now, though you probably wouldn’t realise without being told; even teething, he still chews stuff a lot less than other Labradors do any other time.
Today I found a tooth under his bed. Judging by the dried blood on it, it had been there quite a while, so he won’t miss out on any money from the tooth fairy. I’m not even sure the tooth fairy does business with dogs.
Anyway, it surprised me because it’s a tooth from the back of his mouth–a wide tooth with a flat, triangular surface–but it’s the only tooth I’ve seen lying around. Surely, a tooth in the back of his mouth is more likely to be swallowed than any of his front teeth? But apparently not. He now has adult teeth right at the front of his mouth, but he seems to have swallowed them. Or deliberately eaten them.
Just waiting for him to get his grown-up canines now, to replace the one that I broke for him…
