Losing puppy teeth at 14 weeks?

[Nikki & Charlie]

My Charlie just lost his front two teeth! I see the beginnings of his adult teeth coming in but I'm scared this May be too early? He lost one tooth at 9 weeks old, I know that for sure is too early but he's almost 4 months old.

[Brenda Updike]

Hi Nikki, both of my girls Harper and Kiera are now 5 months and have just about all of there adult teeth they lost a lot of their baby teeth in there third and fourth month. your charlie is fine and so cute .

[Rae]

Our Cassie is 4 1/2 months old and has lost ALL of her puppy teeth. The bottom canines came out within the last two days. We thought it was too early but our breeder and our vet said it's fine. I thought they " started" having the front middle teeth at four months and canines at six months. Cassie will have all her adult teeth before she's six months old.

[Rosemary (Ro) and Enzo]

4-5 months is normal timing to lose their teeth. If I remember correctly, Enz had her full adult teeth by 5 months.

[Linda, Charlie Brown and Beau]

Hi Nikki ~ When Charlie was a puppy and losing his baby teeth, I ran across this information which explains the teething process:

Dogs have two sets of teeth: 28 deciduous (baby) teeth, which will eventually be replaced by 42 permanent (adult) teeth. When a puppy is two or three weeks old, the deciduous teeth begin to erupt through the gums, starting with the incisors, followed by the canine teeth, and finally the premolars. All of the deciduous teeth should be in place by about eight weeks of age. These first teeth are small, and painfully sharp, as owners of young puppies know. This is part of the reason most mother dogs begin to wean their pups at five or six weeks of age.

By eight to twelve weeks of age, the roots of the deciduous teeth are starting to resorb and the teeth begin to loosen and fall out. This makes room for the permanent teeth to erupt normally. As with the deciduous teeth, the permanent incisors are the first to come in, followed by the canine teeth, and the premolars. The last teeth to erupt in the adult set are the molars. Puppies do not have molars, which is why there are fewer deciduous teeth. In most breeds of dogs, all of the permanent teeth should be present by about eight months of age.