[TxVicki]

My Allie whom I adopted last March (2011) has all 4 of her dew claws. However the back ones are just as you describe. I do notice that at times they seem to bother her. Now the ones on the front are more attached to the bone and don't seem to be a problem. I am considering having the back ones removed when she is under for teeth cleaning. I thought when I took her in this year for her yearly visit they would say she needed a teeth cleaning, but they were just fine. So I will wait until that needs to be done.