Comments on: Dog Tore Off Dew Claw http://saveabull.com/2008/dog-tore-off-dew-claw/ All About Pit Bulls and Bully Breed Dogs Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:06:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Tommy Kay http://saveabull.com/2008/dog-tore-off-dew-claw/#comment-2116 Tommy Kay Fri, 06 Jan 2012 19:48:09 +0000 http://saveabull.com/2008/dog-tore-off-dew-claw/#comment-2116 A sensible and well-written page. Thanks for writing it, and for adding the updates. A sensible and well-written page. Thanks for writing it, and for adding the updates.

]]> By: Dani http://saveabull.com/2008/dog-tore-off-dew-claw/#comment-2098 Dani Fri, 09 Dec 2011 16:29:52 +0000 http://saveabull.com/2008/dog-tore-off-dew-claw/#comment-2098 Junior tore off a toenail and the nerve is exposed. The nail is missing to the hairline, but the complete nerve is still on !! I was able to get bleeding stopped. Have put antibiotic on nerve 3x a day, he won't leave a bandage on. Will the nerve just dry up as the nail regrows from nail bed ? Unable to take him to the vet. Junior tore off a toenail and the nerve is exposed. The nail is missing to the hairline, but the complete nerve is still on !! I was able to get bleeding stopped. Have put antibiotic on nerve 3x a day, he won’t leave a bandage on. Will the nerve just dry up as the nail regrows from nail bed ? Unable to take him to the vet.

]]> By: JAK http://saveabull.com/2008/dog-tore-off-dew-claw/#comment-2084 JAK Sun, 20 Nov 2011 23:59:48 +0000 http://saveabull.com/2008/dog-tore-off-dew-claw/#comment-2084 Beware of giving a Labrador or Lab cross aspirin. I poisoned my Lab with an aspirin when he was sore after an agility competition. He was vomiting all over the motel room. I gave him water and bread to ease his stomach and he came out OK. I found out later that Labs have this sensitivity. Beware of giving a Labrador or Lab cross aspirin. I poisoned my Lab with an aspirin when he was sore after an agility competition. He was vomiting all over the motel room. I gave him water and bread to ease his stomach and he came out OK. I found out later that Labs have this sensitivity.

]]> By: Ghost http://saveabull.com/2008/dog-tore-off-dew-claw/#comment-1995 Ghost Sun, 17 Jul 2011 01:24:12 +0000 http://saveabull.com/2008/dog-tore-off-dew-claw/#comment-1995 I just noticed it tonight on the walk. My pitbull's dewclaw is still attached but the quick is exposed. When we got home, I gave her a warm bath and let her feet soak in the warm water with a bit of soap. She had to wear the muzzle because she kept trying to nip me. It's very painful for her. If I touch it slightly she whines. I put Biocaine - it's medicated cream specifically for pets - on it and lightly wrapped it in gauze but she took the gauze off. She keeps trying to lick it and I don't know what to do. It's not bleeding but the vets aren't open til Monday. I am not sure if I should just let her lick it or pull it off or do whatever she has to and then take care of it. It only hurts when it is touched. Other than that she is running, jumping and playing. If you look at the nail, you will not see the bloodline under the dewclaw because it is sticking out from under it. I just noticed it tonight on the walk. My pitbull’s dewclaw is still attached but the quick is exposed. When we got home, I gave her a warm bath and let her feet soak in the warm water with a bit of soap. She had to wear the muzzle because she kept trying to nip me. It’s very painful for her. If I touch it slightly she whines. I put Biocaine – it’s medicated cream specifically for pets – on it and lightly wrapped it in gauze but she took the gauze off. She keeps trying to lick it and I don’t know what to do. It’s not bleeding but the vets aren’t open til Monday. I am not sure if I should just let her lick it or pull it off or do whatever she has to and then take care of it. It only hurts when it is touched. Other than that she is running, jumping and playing. If you look at the nail, you will not see the bloodline under the dewclaw because it is sticking out from under it.

]]> By: gigi http://saveabull.com/2008/dog-tore-off-dew-claw/#comment-1994 gigi Fri, 15 Jul 2011 04:12:11 +0000 http://saveabull.com/2008/dog-tore-off-dew-claw/#comment-1994 Don't Linda worry the dew claws pretty much heal themselves. The bad news is this can happen again. Dogs run and play ruff. Sometimes it is better to let the dog lick and take care of the wound themselves. Bandages or bandaids just don't work. A little Neosporin sometimes helps too. Don’t Linda worry the dew claws pretty much heal themselves. The bad news is this can happen again. Dogs run and play ruff. Sometimes it is better to let the dog lick and take care of the wound themselves. Bandages or bandaids just don’t work. A little Neosporin sometimes helps too.

]]> By: Linda http://saveabull.com/2008/dog-tore-off-dew-claw/#comment-1993 Linda Fri, 15 Jul 2011 01:49:20 +0000 http://saveabull.com/2008/dog-tore-off-dew-claw/#comment-1993 Thank you for posting your experience. My Ajax snapped off most of his duclaw last Sunday, emergency vet snapped off the nail and said it didn't hurt the quick so she didn't even charge me. Tonight he bumped his nail and it popped the nail up exposing the bulging quick. I cleaned and bandaged, but bandage was More irritating than the injury- he is running n playing, until he bumps it, then he yelps n licks it. I'll take him to vet in the am just to b on the safe side (I'm a hospice nurse n can handle people fine, but animals are not my specialty- I get too emotional ). So glad your dog healed well from this injury Thank you for posting your experience. My Ajax snapped off most of his duclaw last Sunday, emergency vet snapped off the nail and said it didn’t hurt the quick so she didn’t even charge me. Tonight he bumped his nail and it popped the nail up exposing the bulging quick. I cleaned and bandaged, but bandage was
More irritating than the injury- he is running n playing, until he bumps it, then he yelps n licks it. I’ll take him to vet in the am just to b on the safe side (I’m a hospice nurse n can handle people fine, but animals are not my specialty- I get too emotional ). So glad your dog healed well from this injury

]]> By: trisha http://saveabull.com/2008/dog-tore-off-dew-claw/#comment-1986 trisha Thu, 30 Jun 2011 04:43:26 +0000 http://saveabull.com/2008/dog-tore-off-dew-claw/#comment-1986 my baby girl is a chihuahua, and she was playing tug-war with some young kids, i guess not realizing how are or ruff they were playing, but its a rope (a dogs toy), and Daisy would wrap both hands around it, put a grip ,pulling it, while they hold it straight up, but anyway it ripe the nail all the way off, it bled right much, and i could tell she was in pain, a good 3-4 days, but she would steady lick it, but the day afterwards, it had already started growing back, to me that was fast, but its been now 6 months, and now she cant jump up on my bed, which its a good height, but always b4, barley jumps up to counch, it seems like its messed her up from jumpin, and now when tug-war is played, she will grab, but wont hold it 4 long, sometimes she will start to grip with her claws, and pull away, she hasnt forgot what happen, but my concern is what affect did it do to her jumping up??? my baby girl is a chihuahua, and she was playing tug-war with some young kids, i guess not realizing how are or ruff they were playing, but its a rope (a dogs toy), and Daisy would wrap both hands around it, put a grip ,pulling it, while they hold it straight up, but anyway it ripe the nail all the way off, it bled right much, and i could tell she was in pain, a good 3-4 days, but she would steady lick it, but the day afterwards, it had already started growing back, to me that was fast, but its been now 6 months, and now she cant jump up on my bed, which its a good height, but always b4, barley jumps up to counch, it seems like its messed her up from jumpin, and now when tug-war is played, she will grab, but wont hold it 4 long, sometimes she will start to grip with her claws, and pull away, she hasnt forgot what happen, but my concern is what affect did it do to her jumping up???

]]> By: Angel http://saveabull.com/2008/dog-tore-off-dew-claw/#comment-1878 Angel Tue, 19 Apr 2011 01:58:58 +0000 http://saveabull.com/2008/dog-tore-off-dew-claw/#comment-1878 My GSD snapped his front nail while playing. The rest broke off and the quick is exposed. He keeps eating the band-aides off. He is still walking and running normally. (keeping him indoors for the next few weeks.) Is there anything else I can do to speed up the process of healing? I have been cleaning it & keeping his activities to a minimal. Thank you! :) My GSD snapped his front nail while playing. The rest broke off and the quick is exposed. He keeps eating the band-aides off. He is still walking and running normally. (keeping him indoors for the next few weeks.)
Is there anything else I can do to speed up the process of healing?
I have been cleaning it & keeping his activities to a minimal.
Thank you! :)

]]> By: Remo http://saveabull.com/2008/dog-tore-off-dew-claw/#comment-1810 Remo Sun, 06 Mar 2011 22:17:06 +0000 http://saveabull.com/2008/dog-tore-off-dew-claw/#comment-1810 Very helpful article! Thank you very much for sharing this information. My dog tore one of her dew claws this past Thursday when she was playing. It was bleeding but it did not seem to bother her that much, the hardest part was trying to keep her off the carpeting until the bleeding stopped. Than last night (Saturday) she was playing, the injured claw got snagged once again and got to torn even worse! About an hour after we bandaged it up, she tore her bandage off only to reveal that her dew claw had now fallen off! At first I freaked out, I honestly did not know what to do at that point and was debating whether or not to take her to the 24 hour emergency vet downtown. But, she seemed to be doing a lot better now that the broken claw had finally fell off. There is still a little part sticking out of her leg (underneath the actual dew claw) where the claw did not break but since the broken part of the claw has now fallen off, she seems to be doing a lot better and the bleeding has completely stopped. I will continue to monitor it, keep the wound clean, and apply Neosporin, and hopefully I will be able to avoid a trip to the vet. I noticed in your article you used salt water to clean Tuckers wound, does it clean the wound better or have any benefits? I know it probably hurts putting salt water on an open wound. Thanks again. Very helpful article! Thank you very much for sharing this information. My dog tore one of her dew claws this past Thursday when she was playing. It was bleeding but it did not seem to bother her that much, the hardest part was trying to keep her off the carpeting until the bleeding stopped. Than last night (Saturday) she was playing, the injured claw got snagged once again and got to torn even worse! About an hour after we bandaged it up, she tore her bandage off only to reveal that her dew claw had now fallen off! At first I freaked out, I honestly did not know what to do at that point and was debating whether or not to take her to the 24 hour emergency vet downtown. But, she seemed to be doing a lot better now that the broken claw had finally fell off. There is still a little part sticking out of her leg (underneath the actual dew claw) where the claw did not break but since the broken part of the claw has now fallen off, she seems to be doing a lot better and the bleeding has completely stopped.

I will continue to monitor it, keep the wound clean, and apply Neosporin, and hopefully I will be able to avoid a trip to the vet. I noticed in your article you used salt water to clean Tuckers wound, does it clean the wound better or have any benefits? I know it probably hurts putting salt water on an open wound.

Thanks again.

]]> By: gigi http://saveabull.com/2008/dog-tore-off-dew-claw/#comment-1808 gigi Wed, 02 Mar 2011 15:03:21 +0000 http://saveabull.com/2008/dog-tore-off-dew-claw/#comment-1808 I thank your website for all the info on dog ripping dewclaw. It helped relieve my own worries about my dog's injuries. Sometimes the best is to let the dog care for their wounds as mine did by licking them. A ripped dew claw ( or both) is very painful. I did give her some Previcox (which I had) for pain according to weight. I didn't have to see a Vet merely made a call to verify the Med amount. This saved me a Vet bill which at that time I could not afford. My dog Belle's dew claws did fall out about a week later and they have since grown back. Belle rarely jumps the fence now. I think she has only gotten out once since the accident. I am sure it is a painful memory and lessson for her. I thank your website for all the info on dog ripping dewclaw. It helped relieve my own worries about my dog’s injuries. Sometimes the best is to let the dog care for their wounds as mine did by licking them. A ripped dew claw ( or both) is very painful. I did give her some Previcox (which I had) for pain according to weight. I didn’t have to see a Vet merely made a call to verify the Med amount. This saved me a Vet bill which at that time I could not afford. My dog Belle’s dew claws did fall out about a week later and they have since grown back. Belle rarely jumps the fence now. I think she has only gotten out once since the accident. I am sure it is a painful memory and lessson for her.

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