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Originally Posted by remus We never cliped his nails, they look to be fine.
Is there a special reason to clip them? |
Yes, you should always clip them. If you don't there are a number of problems that can go wrong such as... your dog getting his nail caught and snagged on everything, growing to where the point your dog is walking on his nails, growing to the point where the nail will curve back into your dog's pads. Of course all of these are very painful for your dog and it is very likely that this could happen to your dog. The only time you don't have to clip them is if they are on several different rough serfaces to where the nails get worn down, but this is usually only in outside dogs. Since you never cut his nails, the quick has probably grown out which means if you were to have them cut the quick would be cut which would bleed which would cause pain. I am not saying don't cut your dogs nails, just that the first few times it will be a bit painful, after that it won't be so bad because the quick will go back to where you can keep your dogs nails cut short without any worries on cutting the quick. The quick is a like a blood vein that grows through the nail. You can tell if your dog needs his nails cut by looking how much the nail curves. Is the nail from the beginning to the end of the nail mostly straight or is it straight at beginning but curved downwards for the majority of the nail alot? If it is curved down alot your dog needs his nails cut.