Sunday my lab was doing the I have something small in my mouth bobble. Usually ends up some small bit of plastic or even small stone she does that with. So I said leave it.. and she drops this little white thing. I pick it up to find its very small tooth. That tooth could have only come from the wife's yorkie pup. Which seeing as she is now 5 months old not a surprise. Thing is I have had dogs my whole life gotten all as puppies. Yet only rarely have I found or pulled a puppies loose tooth. This morning sitting here sipping coffee. Look down and there is little white spot on rug.
So what are the odds that I pick up another puppy tooth? Both of these are definitely tiny molars. Every one I have ever found or pulled in past were the k9s.
Anyway I find these kinda things interesting.



Mac

"Leave it" same command I use with my lab! lol

I have never found one. I think they usually end up swallowing them. And I've never wanted to look that hard, LOL.

I wonder if they were too big for the yorkie to comfortably swallow.

I use "drop it."

I've raised labs from puppies all my life and have only found a few puppy teeth. Like Trapset said, I think they usually swallow them.

better than finding them stuck in the bottom of your foot. thats where i usually found mine.

One of the first puppy teeth I have came from my first lab. Was wrasling with her like do all my dogs. Tooth got stuck in my cuff of my flannel shirt came out.
I got a dog thing in foot story for you. Really should be whole different post. Being I got no where to go. If I dogleg off in different direction guess it my post so here goes.

Story time. Lol

Years ago now was in Iowa with couple friends. I had 3 labs at that time 1 black two yellows. The black was a machine at flushing pheasant and we were planning to walk up some birds. We start and I didn't get to far into the hunt. Dang if I couldn't feel picker in my foot. Back at the truck after first push. Off comes my boot off with sock. Wipe bottom of my foot. Give sock quick look over. Hand in boot feels nothing, shake it out. All back together we do another push. Of course my picker is back.. so this goes on whole hunt boot off whip my foot check everything. No picker to find.
I put up with that the whole day could still feel it when got home.
So the younger more nimble me. I park my butt solid get my boot off get my sock off. Whipe bottom of my foot only slightly feel the picky spot. So I wrench my foot around got full view of the bottom. I See nothing, wife looks,see nothing. Okay out comes the maglite and there is a blond dog hair. No way. Give it a wipe don't move. You gotta be kidding. Grab the tweezers grab the hair. You guessed it hair is definitely connected. Here I had one the yellow labs hairs walked at least 1/4 inch into bottom of my foot. Tell me how that works.
Funny thing about that is. While it was the first time it was not the last. Couple months later my wife had a hair in her foot. After that it was my son's turn and then my daughter. My hunting partner at the time also had a yellow lab. His wife ended up with a hair in her foot.
We are pretty sure that it was the younger yellow who's hair was the issue. She had a bit stiffer coat than her mom our older yellow.
I have had hairs walked into my foot 2 times since that first time. First two times I'm sure was our yellow. 3rd time Im not sure which hound hair came from. Might been winter deer hair.
Anyone else ever get the mystery picker. Turns out be a hair sticking you.
Tell me how one lines that up to happen.

Mac

There are little barb like structures that pull the hair in a little bit at a time as your foot flexes. Both Diane and I had cat hairs get stuck in our feet like that within a few days of each other. A certain humidity level makes the barb like ridges open up more, which is why it's more likely to happen more than once in a short period of time.

Keith

Never heard of such a thing. And with two or three labs in the house most of my life I've had plenty of opportunity to get "hair stuck." LOL

I'm a "Drop It" guy too! LOL But, I've never found any beagle teeth other than K-9's, usually pulled out playing "TUG", I'd guess any lost molars were swallowed.

I guess I actually use both “drop it” and “leave it”. Drop it when something is already in her mouth and leave it when she’s headed to something like a dead snake to roll in or debating chasing a rabbit when we’re bird hunting.

LOL, and I scream "NO"!!!!! at my Beagle when she wants to chase a bird when we're Rabbit hunting!

If Im being technical I use "leave it" when its something I want dropped, not nessarly something they can't have. When we come in from out side. What ever ball, toy, stick, she comes to the door with. It's "leave it" and it stays out side. Don't mean never touch it or pick it up just got leave it for now.
Went its something that they are not supposed to have or go near. Then its just plan old No!
In the case of the little tooth she was bubbling. I really was sure what she had. So leave it until I get a look. If it would hsve been popcorn old maid. Probably would hsve gave it back to her.
Mostly its what you want or expect. Then hard as it is for me try to stay consistent.

Mac

My newest lab, a seven-month-old red, brings something back with him almost every time I leave them out. Here is a sampling, lots of “drop its” there.

Don't forget to put some money or bones under his pillow tonight.

Have you seen the video of the gal who's dog was told to drop it, and spit out a live mouse? LOL