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Originally Posted by Nancy1999  I will try to answer this until someone better comes along. Dewclaws are kind of like a "thumb" that the dog never developed. Most breeders cut them off some time after birth; I think the first week. If not cut off, they actually have a toenail that grows and needs to be trimmed, sometimes this gets caught on things, and can cause damage to the dog. The little pad you feel is where the dewclaw use to be, just make sure there is no "toenail" growing from it. |
OK, thank you! It makes perfect sense to me now, LOL. I can't believe I never noticed it before on Max! I was going to ask if it was a bad thing if they still had their dew claws b/c that's what I thought it was, mainly b/c I thought Max DIDN'T have them. Then I realized there was no nail there, so I decided to check Max and sure enough....his little pads are smaller but they're there. How embarrassing. My next question will probably be just as ignorant I'm afraid
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