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					Originally Posted by Lovetodream88  I feel like there must be a reason god put them there. | 
 
  I am sure they served a pretty good purpose in the past but have evolved to not being necessary. As with humans...we don't need our appendix, but at one time we did. Kind of like that. 
I think the front and back dewclaws must be individual cases to each dog. I hear most problems with back dewclaws, but the ones that were a hazard on Shelby were his front ones. He still has his back ones.