Does your dog have dewclaws?

[PJ's Mom]

Peej doesn't have dew claws, and Bailey only has them in the front.

[cali]

most of my guys only have dew claws on the front but Blair has single dew claws on the back feet and double dew claws on the front feet, which is totally normal for a pyrshep.

[BitsyNaceyDog]

Bitsy. Buster, Nacey, and Nova all have dewclaws on their front feet only. Charlie doesn't have any.

[Thandi]

Mika has very long back dewclaws, and I am trying to keep them short because they can catch into each other and hurt her. Her previous owners never had them removed. My vet says he'll remove them when he cleans her teeth--there is no bone holding them so it'll be pretty easy and painless. They look very strange after having dogs in the past with no back dewclaws.

[Cazi]

Some dogs actually shed their dew claws. I only found that out by accident.

We took Amber out for a walk and all of a sudden I noticed that her foot was bleeding, quite bad too.

I took her to the vet and he examined her and told me that she had shed her dew claw.

It has grown back again, but is much smaller than the original one.

[Shelteez2]

Neither of my dogs have dew claws. They both had them removed when they were a few days old.

Amy- Do you get many greay pyrenees at work? We do a few and I have to say nothing creeps me out more than double back dew claws. LOL I don't know why but they just do.

[cyber-sibes]

Star has front dewclaws. They've never been a problem. Sherman's were removed by the breeder when he was a puppy. i have read on another husky site that it's preferred that they be removed because sometimes dogs catch them on stuff and they can get ripped off.

[ParNone]

All three have the front dewclaws. Never an issue with those, except extra work in the nail clipping dept.

Murph has his back dewclaws and he has got them caught on things before. Luckily I was home each time. I'm glad Oz and Gully don't have those back ones. Less to worry about.

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[wolf_Q]

Originally posted by Shelteez2
Neither of my dogs have dew claws. They both had them removed when they were a few days old.

Amy- Do you get many greay pyrenees at work? We do a few and I have to say nothing creeps me out more than double back dew claws. LOL I don't know why but they just do.

We don't do many but I have seen a few....I think they are creepy looking too. And a pain to clip. Actually I find all back dewclaws kinda of icky looking. I like the way the front ones look on most dogs though for some reason.

[Kfamr]

Mine only have front dewclaws.

Honey has both front and back.

[Cincy'sMom]

All 3 have front only

[cali]

my mistake Ripley also has back dew claws, but thankfully unlike balri they are single dew claws not double lol

so I take it both the great pyr and pyr shep(they worked together for those that dont know) have back double dew claws? they are a pain in the neck! lol particulary with a dog that requires 3 people and sedatives to clip any nails!

[MariaM]

Major just has front dewclaws.

[Andie]

The boys both have dew claws on the front. Katie Mae had her's removed I do believe when she was a few days old because she was going to be a hunting.