New pit owner with some questions

Hello all were new pit owners and jsut have some general questions.
1) How much pressure is in the jaws when a pit bites?
2) Is there any way to tell the age of a pit by lookign at there teeth?
3) Is there a way to tell if it's her first cycle or not?

We awnsered a ad and now are the pround parents/owners of a female pit but we don't know for sure how old she is and if she's in her first cycle. The person we got her from was really if-y about her information. And we want to do everything we can to make sure she stays as healthy as possible. If anyone can awnser the questions for us we would be very grateful

 

The "lock-jaw"/ " Most powerful bite" thing is the most common myth about our babies. Here is a little something I dug up on the subject.

"To the best of our knowledge, there are no published scientific studies that would allow any meaningful comparison to be made of the biting power of various breeds of dogs. There are, moreover, compelling technical reasons why such data describing biting power in terms of 'pounds per square inch' can never be collected in a meaningful way. All figures describing biting power in such terms can be traced to either unfounded rumor or, in some cases, to newspaper articles with no foundation in factual data." Furthermore, Dr. Brisbin states, "The few studies which have been conducted of the structure of the skulls, mandibles and teeth of pit bulls show that, in proportion to their size, their jaw structure and thus its inferred functional morphology, is no different than that of any breed of dog. There is absolutely no evidence for the existence of any kind of 'locking mechanism' unique to the structure of the jaw and/or teeth of the American Pit Bull Terrier"

So I would think a pit would have the same "bite" as any other dog around the same size. There are alot of determining factors in why a dog bites too. What is driving the dog to bit, how motivated is the dog, etc.

As for the other 2 questions, I got no clue. lol I own a male so heat cycles are out of my league.

 

I'm not sure as to how much pressure their jaws actually have, I assume its very powerful.

Vets can usually give you a good age estimate by observing the dogs teeth and appearance.

You probably wont be able to tell if its her first heat cycle, maybe some one else has info on that, but I've never noticed a real difference. If she looks like she's been in heat before then it wouldn't be her first cycle, but if she looks normal and then comes into heat that'd be her first prbably. Unless she was in heat when you got her, then theres nothing to really judge by.

The best thing is to take her to the vet to make sure she is healthy, UTD on vaccs, dewormed, and spayed and they will also tell you about age she is and she has any health problems/needs.