underbite

[barber]

how does underbite affect a quality dog?

[Macker]

I personally have no problem with undershot dogs but some find it highly undesirable. Some of the best I've seen where undershot.

[Officially Retired]

Mechanically-speaking, the longer the lever from the fulcrum the greater the leverage.

The bottom jawbone is the lever in relation to the fulcrum (jaw hinge), making the canine jaw a Class 3 Lever.

However, with biting, there is also the consideration of the teeth meeting in a scissor bite.

Therefore, conceptually-speaking, the hardest-mouthed dogs ought to be the slightly undershot dogs (longer jaw) with a reverse-scissor bite ... and history has proven this to be true time and again.

Jack

[barber]

i surely agree

[ragedog10]

Makes sense to me as the hardest mouth maLee I have ever owned had a slightly undershot! OX 2xw

[Officially Retired]

Makes sense to me as the hardest mouth maLee I have ever owned had a slightly undershot! OX 2xw

Me too :)

[Foxman]

Dibo had a bad underbite and could bite real hard. I've had them come both ways. Some dogs with an underbite couldn't break and egg, some bit hard,

[Black Hand]

I'll take one with a slight underbite, some big ol cutters and real bad intentions.

But if the dog isn't worth a crap to begin with it's not like being under shot is going to help.