Cracks in the nail are harder to spot than a clean break, and if not managed properly, the dewclaw can become infected, either from chewing or by your dog licking a sore dewclaw. They sit on my lap in full sight of their mother and are back on the boob in less than a minute. A dog’s broken dew claw can leave the quick exposed and bleeding, but sometimes even a tiny crack can cause significant issues. They are gone less than a minute and there can't be too much cruelty involved as my bitches barely raise an eyelid. The hardest part about it is waiting for them to stop feeding, so you aren't being cruel and taking them off the bitch. For indoor pets/therapy/assistance dogs though, I would prefer to see them removed. Is that humane?įront dewclaws do have their place in active/working dogs, for sure. what should we do there ? We put a collar on a new puppy and it freezes in fear /confusion. and I certainly don't feel I was being inhumaneĪ vaccination often elicits a pain reaction. There was no blood and no screaming babies. I sat in the bottom of the box and took them from the bitch one at a time. I did my pups last night about 2 hours after birth. It is not cutting off a "thumb" and there is no cruelty involved. I know myself, if I see a whippet with dew claws I immediately think to myself BYB.Įdit, I would agree with removing those loose flippy flappy ones that some breeds have. I know if the puppies were show prospects buyers would expect them to be taken off. If I ever breed again, this is something I would struggle with. I'd find it easier to bear if just the actual nail and not the entire thumb was removed, but in tiny breeds that would be very difficult to do at 3 days old. I asked a greyhound trainer why they dont remove them and he said they need them, and that there's all ligamemts attached to them that run up the leg, and when the dew claw is taken off they're severed too. If anyone was at risk of tearing them off while running wouldn't it be that breed? After my experience seeing Kiri break hers at a trot I have my doubts about exactly how they do it anyway. I also find it interesting that greyhound trainers dont remove racing greyhounds dew claws. I know they use them just when eating bones too. I saw her falter slightly and next minute there was blood. One time she was trotting towards me happily. One girl did pull off or break a dew claw twice over her 12 year life, and it was painful for her at the time, but neither time she was running. I know that because the dew claws were always worn down, which told me enough. "My" breed, whippets, traditonally have their dew claws removed, but my first 2 sighthounds both had dew claws and both used them in running. I dont need to watch the video, I agree with you. but I still see dogs use their dew claws when chewing a bone or other object. It feels like cutting off the dog's thumb - much worse than docking a tail or ears.Īnyway. One of the blogs I follow posted a great video showing dogs using their dew claws for retrieves on ice.
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