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Originally Posted by Nancy1999  I'm always a little upset with threads like this, while you may be a trained surgical nurse, I'm afraid that the next person who reads the advice given will have no training at all. Can't the price for dewclaw removal be tacked onto the price for puppy? If you don't have a mentor who will train you, perhaps you could work out something with your vet and he will train you? The problem with people giving step-by-step advice on a forum is it could be wrong, or someone might misunderstand a part of the procedure, or it could sound so doable that many breeders will start doing it themselves. This is exactly the reason why people want to see dewclaw removal outlawed; someone shouldn't attempt it who has just read a paragraph or so on it. You do sound like a person who could be trained to do it properly, and I hope you seek out an experienced person to train you. I've read that the AKC has classes; perhaps you could look into that? |
Hi Nancy, I appreciate and understand your concern. I certainly would hate to see some of the nursing tasks I see advertised as "do it yourself" all over the internet - sometimes people don't understand how dangerous something can be if not done properly... which is why I am still hesitant to do so myself even with my background. I even probably would have become a vet had it not been for my allergies.
Unfortunately I am in Canada so no AKC classes here, I will probably go ahead and get the vet to do these ones. I don't plan on having any more litters from these two. In a couple years I would like to get into seriously breeding Yorkshire terriers for the betterment of the breed. The concept of selectively breeding to produce certain coats and traits intrigues me. I just love the breed so I think at that time I will go ahead and get training to preform the task myself.