Dew claws

[NEHunter 14]

Thanks for the advice everyone, I think that I will be booking her in soon, the money is worth it for peace of mind and a healthy dog.

[Wild Whippies 11]

I've done dew claws on show dogs for years, neither finances or confidence are an issue with me. However I have on occasion not dewclawed our racing whippets, especially where the pups have been born with a low birth weight.

Whether I choose to have them removed later on depends on how they've formed. Some dewclaws stick out abnormally or the nail grows out, these one's I would consider removing but I'd probably vet wrap them for racing and see how they faired over free running before I booked them in.

Generally, the one's with dewclaws here have grown relatively flat in line with the leg and I keep the nails short and rounded so they won't catch.

To date, I have had no dogs with dewclaw injuries out of 9 dogs with them. (ages ranging from 12 months old to 7 years old)infact, they've never has any toe injuries.

I've got others who had their dewclaws removed, have then gone on to develop toe injuries and amputations leaving the remaining toes even more vulnerable to injury.

Our greyhound who we paid a fair price for came with her dewclaws on. She'd spent her adolescence free running in open countryside chasing anything that moved. I've also taken thousands of racing photos which has led me to believe they keep stability of the foot when running at top speed through a bend.

My dogs are all free run every day over mossland and grassland, they have the odd chase, but I don't actively work mine and the ground is of fairly reasonable condition.

 

My own feeling is, it isn't neccesarily the end of the world if a dog has it's dewclaws on. If they look like they'll catch or the ground your working is harsh then it's probably worthwhile getting them removed because in all likelihood you probably won't strap them up everytime you go out but bear in mind all toes are vulnerable to injury.

[The one 8,503]

Deffinatly get them done i spent week's taping up my bitches dew claw because she ripped it and i didn't want her out the game for six weeks right at the start of the season

[Water Badger 26]

Not all breeders are aware they can cause a problem so they leave them alone for 2 reasons

1 they have not got the confidence to do it 2 they don`t want to pay to have them off because it eats into profit of pupps

 

 

anyone who is descent in the lurcher game dont mind eating into profit coz that should not be there reason for breeding in the first place, and any descent dog lad should have the competence to do it, it realy is that easy. you only have to look on youtube it shows you on there how to do it

 

Thats fine but if you are new to the game and dont have a good selection of contacts that you can get a dog through of the breeding you want you may well end up on the phone to a puppy peddler and they are definatley intrested in £££`s.

[Water Badger 26]

I have had them done on my beddy whip anthing you can do to reduce injury to your dogs is good

 

You can bet they will injure themselve right on when you either have a top invite, Good new ground or when the farmer wants you theire ASAP frustrating situation then you enter the area of running a damaged dog before it has healed and making things worse and causing other problems

 

Heres my boy after his opp

 

 

Nice dog there, how old was he when he had them off? How long till he was over the op?

 

He is six months here and he was back out off the lead in two weeks money well spent for piece of mind

[stoaty 171]

About the same time for the whippet and it healed great well worth the money any day get your pup done sooner rather than later matey quicker its done the better for both of you

Stoaty