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Originally Posted by Ladyhawk  The blood clotting mechanism doesn't kick in until they are 72 hours old so 2 days is too young. You can use hemostats and cut, that is what I do. The dew claws are cut between the joint and the leg. |
My experience has been no problems with clotting. I used to always do the "dewclaws" as soon as they were born and they actually bled less. I would do tails day 3. Vets wont do it past 4 days. I ONCE did it at a week because the lady demanded I do it. After that I never docked again for anyone.