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Old November 30th, 2004, 06:39 PM
Rottimom Rottimom is offline
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It's like an extra toe. Some dogs have them, some don't. My Herc had very dangly back ones, but his front ones are tight to his paw and dont dangle. I don't think a good vet would recommend removing them unless they were very dangly. Herc's back ones were removed at the same time he was neutered (about 10 months old) and the recovery was brutal. He kept removing the bandages and re-opening the wound. He kept breaking the cone collars. And licking licking licking. I honestly thought they would NEVER heal. At the time I felt like the worst person in the world but now I am glad we had it done because the risk of them tearing was very high.

I think he knows I am talking about him right now. He just came over to me and groaned loudly, like "Stop embarrassing me Mom."
Gotta go!
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