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      My border collie/McNab has dew claws on his hind legs. Anyone else with that?? I can get them removed but he would have to be restrained for up to 6 weeks – probably drive me crazy. One toenail is 1 1/2 the size of a regular toe nail & curls around to try & dig into his pad. I can’t use a nail grinder but he will let me use a nail file. I’m having trouble finding one that is coarse enough to keep that nail filed down. Anyone know where to get a coarse nail file? thanking in advance

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      I had the rear dewclaws removed (because they were dangly) when one of my girls was spayed at one year. Once she pulled the bandages off, she didn’t bother her feet and was back to normal as soon as her spay restriction was up. Six weeks seems excessive.

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      My dog has two dew claws on each back leg. he is 5 now and he has only had one issue with his dew claws, he ripped a nail out while running through the snow that had an ice cover on top. outside of that issue i have never had. Hope this helps

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