So....Tink has lost a couple of teeth in the last two days.  She is about 5 1/2 months old.  I didn't think that puppies lost their teeth.  I wondering if I should be worried.  She has some dental chews from the vet she loves to chew on, an old slipper, and a couple of hard rubber toys.  She also chews on pencils if the kids leave them where she can find them, and an occasional golf tee.  We watcher her pretty closely.  Should I be worried?  And, what about the doggie fairy?  I go broke with the tooth one - don't know if I can afford another one.

They are small and pointy - guess I can relax.  Still wondering about the puppy fairy....

And, I try really  hard to keep the pencils out of reach - she is small but she can really jump and climb. Thnx

Actually, you're wrong, too.  I just looked it up and it seems as if "pencils" as we know them have NEVER been made of lead.  Chemistry was in its earliest days and they only thought the giant graphite deposit they found was lead.      There were ancient Roman styluses (?) used to scratch things into papyrus, and those were often made of lead...but from there, lead wasn't a ever pencil ingredient at all.

Sorry if I scared you, Tink's Mom!  The only reason I said anything was because in the 11th grade, my boyfriend's dog ate a pencil and subsequently died a few days later.  The vet said it must have been lead poisoning.  Apparently, there's a slew of dumb@$$ vets in the region, as that's not the 1st time I've been told something completely incorrect by one of them.  Go figure.

Awww the baby teeth are so sweet. I saved fiona and Lilybelle's. Silly I know just can't help it.

I'm sure Pixel will be loosing them soon - Tink is close to 6 months now.

As for the toys, my daughter already thinks I spend more on Tink than her....but maybe a new fetch toy is in order.  She loves to play toss and turbo!

My rescue dog, Zipper, was just beginning to cut her first adult tooth when she had her initial vet visit.  The vet pointed it out and said "She must be right around 5-5½ months old because that's when they usually get their first adult teeth."   So that's how the vet decided what her estimated date of birth was  for her file on Zipper.   Sounds like your pup is right on schedule with her new set of teeth.  This will go on for quite a few weeks, if I recall correctly with most of my dogs.  The actually ingest most of them, but you will occasionally find them stuck in soft toys or on your floor.  Perfectly normal.