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Should I get her dew claw removed? Millie is going for her spay on Wednesday. She needs her teetch descaled and baby teeth removed. Should I get them to remove the dew claws. She is a year old now, and i heard it can be very painful at that age, and have also heard of dogs getting bad infections etc? |
My vet told me that it is a good idea to have them out only because they can get caught on things. When my last yorkie (who died in Nov.) went under for something else he just took it out. I think that it is up to you, but when they are going under you might as well get it done... |
My vet told me that it is no big deal when they are very tiny, but when they are older it is like amputating a human finger. She said she would not do it on an older dog. Has anyone else heard this? |
JMHO, I wouldn't do it. It can be very painful. If you keep them clipped, they really aren't a problem. One of mine has them, and they haven't been a problem at all. As far as catching them on things, they can do that with their toe nails too ;) |
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Dew Claws I am wondering the same thing, my Maximillion is 4 months and he is scheduled to be neutered in 3 weeks, should I have them removed? It just seems to me that you have to keep them clipped and at this point I am scared I will cut it too low since I can barely see them. Also do you think it bothers them? |
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You have to keep the nails clipped too, so it is just two more nails to clip. There are small safety clippers out there that will only clip so much at a time. Also if you take them to the groomers regularly, they can do it, also many vets will do it for a small fee. |
I have had my Lab and my papillon catch theres on something and had to got to the vet to get it fixes. For some reason it has only happened to the dew claw. If it were me I would get it done. It was so painful when it got cought. This is just what has happened to me. |
My baby girl, 7 months old was spayed yesterday. She too had her two back dew claws removed. My breeder told me it was no big deal. But it was a big deal! For starters it was $325.00 for both dew claws. The actual spaying was only $199.00. Her legs are bandaged up and she has a couple of stitches on each foot. She seems to be fine and has no problem walking around..maybe a little tender. The vet told us that we can unwrap the bandages in 5 days. I am upset that the breeder told us it was no big deal! |
Can anyone post a pic of dew claws? |
For one thing, there is a big difference between regular (front) dew claws, and the more rare back dew claws. I have seen about 3 Yorkies with them on their back feet at birth, and they are not fun to remove, even from a newborn. The front dew claws are more simple to remove, but do sometimes grow back. I personally would not be concerned about front dew claws, I have never had any problems with them getting caught, they are trimmed the same way as their regular nails. I use baby fingernail clippers for most of mine. By the way, the dew claws can be trimmed down further, almost all the way down to the skin. Now, that being said, the back dew claws I WOULD have removed, they ARE very simple to catch on things and they are more or less "hanging" off the foot and have skin attached to them. It's hard to explain without a good photo, I wish I had one of a newborn, you can see the difference quite well on them. |
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I have heard that it is very painful too. I wouldn't do it. Almost all of my dogs have had dew claws and have had no problems. There have been some threads in the past on this. I did a search for "dew claw removal" and several threads came up. There are lots of opinions on this thread http://www.yorkietalk.com/forums/yor...l-docking.html If I remember correctly most people said they wouldn't do it. |
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