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well, your veterinarian can perform a surgery to remove them if they are getting caught on things and causing pain to the dog but htey usually wont perform the surgery unless its harming the dog. Otherwise they can remove the dewclaws only when they are puppies(within 5 days of being born). If you ask your veterinarian they can show you exactly how short the dewclaws can be cut and you can try cutting them yourself to make sure they are as short as possible. You just have to be careful not to cut the quick! Sometimes dogs have long quicks which means that you can't cut them very short but the more often you trim the nails the more the quick will receed.
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