Yesterday as the judge went over Loki he asked me to show the teeth .. some judges do it themselves, but the "old school" and breed specialist judges tend to ask you to show the mouth. Anyway I was shocked to see that Loki had 2 broken teeth. Two of the top incisors, top right side are broken in half. How the bloody hell did he do that? And when did he do it? Without doubt his mouth was correct and complete when I last showed his teeth to the judge at the show in St Helens in February, but at Caernarfon the judge looked herself so I would not have noticed. I must admit I was quite shocked, it would have taken quite a knock to break 2 teeth like that and I can't link it to any incident.
As far as the show career is concerned it may affect it, it may not. Both the teeth are there and it's obviously an injury not a genetic abnormality. I noticed it yesterday, the judge did not, or if he did then it did not affect the placing. I'll see how it goes I think and if it does ever affect things then I will get a covering letter from the vet.
