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Originally Posted by Kerryn915  I have had a few of those over the years... Embarrassed to say but I neglected the nail clipping and his nails would randomly break off like that. No pain, no blood and just a little "shedding". I always thought bc he gets lots of walks outside on the pavement and a little clipping at the groomers twice a year (he's a red legged Yorkie so fine and wirey hair, slow growing) that was enough. Now that I clip them regularly, I haven't had the shedding. Was alarming at first to see but in relation to how long the nails were it wasn't all that bad. Again bad on my part  |
yup....this is one of the most common reason for "shedding" a toe nail. Black toenails can be daunting to clip....my best advice. "Tip" them once a month (take your clippers and clip just the tip of the toenail) if the nails are neglected and overgrown, tip them every other week until they are a more comfortable length. Our senior weenies nails are black and they were so long when we adopted her they were growing into her pads. It took me several months to get them to a comfortable length for her. When they are left to grow the quick grows longer so if you are inexperienced it is very easy to cut that quick if you just lop the whole undesired length off at once.