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Blooie said:
I won’t leave dew claws on. They are easily hidden in fur and I’ve been in on one two many surgeries where a hidden dew claw curved so much and got so long that it grew back into the leg, requiring a messy surgical removal that a puppy at a few days old wouldn’t have even felt being done as it was clipped off. There is no bone in a dew claw in tiny puppies; as they grow a little that soft cartilage becomes bone. I’ve treated the massive bleeding from dew claws in house dogs that have snagged and pulled out getting on or off furniture. Nope.

So despite all the videos in the world, and all the advice to “just keep them trimmed”, I find them virtually unnecessary in 99.9% of domesticated dogs. So I get rid of them if that makes me cruel and sadistic to other animal lovers, so be it.
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Hattie has her Dew Claws removed. She had her first vet visit before she came to us and they removed them.
Bamabexchicks said:
Some breeds of dogs have to have intact dews to be registered. And most dogs don't have them on back legs. But declawing is an entirely different thing. They literally remove the ends of the toebone . Look at your finger and imagine having the last part amputated from the third knuckle. No fingernail,cause the whole end is off. This is what people do to cats all the time. Sickening.
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If I had not watched a video I would have declawed my cats. I had no idea what they did. All 3 of mine have their claws.
The Farmers' Daughter said:
I don't know what I'm looking forward to the most. A flush toilet, being able to take a shower, or wash my hands even, or having clean dishes, or an actual stove to cook with.
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All of the above:D
 
Blooie said:
Good morning. Actually been up since 4:22 this morning, after a relatively decent bedtime (for me) of 9:46 pm. I was tired last night, and it shows on my FitBit! I’m still tired this morning but no point now in going back to bed.
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I'm sure you'll give that FitBit a run for it's money at some point today Blooie! (Or you could just let Fiona wear it and she can take care of it for you.)
 
drumstick diva said:
No justification - just horrible pain for the dogs. I think they do it mainly to make a dog look sharper - by that I mean "scary." Some types of crop are to lessen damage when dog - meets dog. Just repugnant ( but no Pugs involved)
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Yeah, that’s what I figured but I wasn’t sure. Seems pretty stupid to me. I think they look better with their natural ears. Of course, I think they look better with natural tails too but that one I can understand a little bit more, even though dogs use their tails to communicate so much, some dogs are born without tails, or the tails get in the way so I get that one.

DigMyChicks said:
Hattie has her Dew Claws removed. She had her first vet visit before she came to us and they removed them.

If I had not watched a video I would have declawed my cats. I had no idea what they did. All 3 of mine have their claws.

All of the above:D
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I’ve been around or had some dogs without dew claws and some dogs with but most with. Gator, Libby, and Franklin all have their dew claws. Our last two dogs before Gator did not.
 
rjohns39 said:
I'd love to and someday probably will, but they are a game changer here in TN as they are managed by fish and game rather than agriculture.
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Japanese quail are not regulated. They are not considered wild since they are a farm bird.
 

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