dew claws

[ANTHONYCHEZ 27]

my bitch has dropped her pups, just condering when i should have them de-dew clawed

[labsnlurchers 39]

before three days old mate

[sighthound1811 6]

the pups outta my bitch were done on the second day..cheers chris

[joeorcheston 0]

i done the litter i breed on the 2nd day 2

[ANTHONYCHEZ 27]

i done the litter i breed on the 2nd day 2

they were born monday is it too late and wil a vet do it

[labsnlurchers 39]

i done the litter i breed on the 2nd day 2

they were born monday is it too late and wil a vet do it

most vets dont do it after 3 days but were they born on mon night/tues morning? if so a couple of hours wont make a difference, just get to the vet 1st thing

[ANTHONYCHEZ 27]

i done the litter i breed on the 2nd day 2

they were born monday is it too late and wil a vet do it

most vets dont do it after 3 days but were they born on mon night/tues morning? if so a couple of hours wont make a difference, just get to the vet 1st thing

do they just pull them off? or cut them out? and is it inportant to have them done

[labsnlurchers 39]

i dont have any of my pups done mate, and all the dogs in my kennel have dew claws. they chop them off with a 'nail clipper' at the vets.

[polecat 1]

alway done my own before 3rd day

[allgame 0]

do it your self geta pair of nail clippers

[victor 10]

why would you want to taje their dew claws off?

ik know it is common but have absalute no iead why!

[woodj 33]

In my opinion i hate to see a running dog with dew claws, they can cause a lot of problems, some can get through there working life and never injure them but others all you have is problems with them. In my opinon there better been taken off.

[allgame 0]

you should hav ecut them off your self as soon as you got the pup it'll hurt it and they bleed but it wont be to bad dont it to a pup that had a dew on its back leg at 5 weeks berly even noticed

[bill88 6]

Before three days old,good quality clippers or sharp scissors and a silver stick to stop bleeding.I have a dog with and a dog without dew claws and my old man never did his collie/greys.Neither myself nor my old man ever had a dog laid up with dew claw injuries,but i do know people who have had problems with there dogs injuring the dew claws.

[Cyndi 0]

my bitch has dropped her pups, just condering when i should have them de-dew clawed

 

 

We do them at three days. Before that they do not have as good a clotting factor and bleed more. You can do them up to 5 days but they seem to cry more and it seems to be more painful to them. So as to do less harm do it at 3 or 4 days. We use hemostats. You place the opened, curved hemostats against the skin and push in a bit, trying to get the dew claw behind the small bulb that encases it. On small pups use closer to the tip rather than the base of the hemostats. Hard to explain. But when you close the hemostats it will crush the blood supply and push the base of the dew claw out. After you close the hemostat you scrape the dew claw off with your finger nail. Hold there for a few seconds. We do use a silver nitrate stick if it bleeds. It will never grow back and you get a small, nice knit together scar. Actually almost no scar.

 

Here is a link to the type hemostat we use. For small pups, I have always helped a breeder friend who has poodles do hers, we used the 3.5 size.

 

http://www.scissorsales.com/hemostat.html

 

I just found this description on the web that explains it a bit better than I did.

 

Think of a dew claw as a thumb and as such it has a ball and joint connection. Place small, curved hemostat behind the dew claw with the outside of the curve against the pup’s leg and apply pressure in such a way as to cause the joint to bulge outward and then clamp the hemostat. Take razor blade or even your fingernail and scrape the dew claw right off against the hemostat clamp. Before you cut, you can actually roll the dew claw between your fingers to make sure you have successfully removed the ball out of the joint. Leave the clamp on for about 20 seconds before removing and rarely does it bleed. But, if it does bleed a little, just apply a small amount of clotting powder and usually bandaging is not required. However, if bleeding occurs even after application of clotting powder, take a 4 inch long, ½ inch wide strip of vet wrap and a small ½ inch square of gauze pad and place the pad against the wound and wrap the foot with the vet wrap. This will help stop the bleeding.

 

Good luck

Cyndi