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Originally Posted by celstu1  Not that too many people actually saw or responded to this thread... but for those who did I wanted to follow up.
Fletch went to the vet yesterday. One dewclaw has no boney attachment and the other one is fine. The vet said she does recommend removal but there is no hurry. We are on a teeth cleaning plan and when the boys go in for a dental he will have his dewclaws removed. She told me a lot of groomers see a docked tail and assume the dewclaws were removed (like they should have been) so they never check the dewclaw nails, she told me to specify to the groomer to check and clip the dewclaws. She clipped his super short and we are going to reevaluate in 6 months. Fletcher has to go on a diet. He went from 8.9lbs in Jan (too skinny) to 12.9lbs today. He got fixed but gained too much weight. Not sure how he did but he has to be monitored for food now... he was always my super skinny boy and now hes overweight slightly! She'd like to see him at 11lbs. She also said he has exceptional knees. No sign of anything wrong with them at all, she says thats GREAT for a yorkie because they are known for knee problems. She told me if he fell while jumping then he's just a bad jumper because there is nothing wrong with him. LOL **PHEW** |
I swear that I posted to you about the dew claws and it's not here.
I'm so sorry...............I have dew claw experience with both my boys. They had danglie dew claws like you are taking about and when they were neutered I had the vet remove them. They seems fine afterward. They did have a couple of stitches but as far as I could tell no pain. Too bad you didn't notice when they were neutered you could have had it done then. I can also say that Doodlebug was a puppy but Bogey was well over a year old when his were done. As for the going on a diet I can totally sympathize with that as well. Bogey gained weight while I had my foster Truman who could not see well and had doggie dementia. He would wander away from his bowl and Bog would help himself.
I tried to cut back on his food and went back and he gained a 1/4 lb. So I literally started to count kibble pieces and he has now lost almost 3 lbs now
But you really need to cut back. I also changed his food from Venison and Sweet potato to Lamb and Brown Rice.
Glad you were given a good report at the vet and she was able to trim back the dew claw for him.