buckaroo123

I am former military and my parents were taking care of my buddy Buck while I was overseas. They had him for almost four years and I saw him about once a year. On my short visits with him I never noticed that his dew claws were getting longer. When I got back into the states and was able to get him back I finally noticed them. His dew claws on all four legs were long and curled. They didnt do his grooming, the vet that they took him to did. His other nails were trimmed but it appeared that the vet didnt do a very good job of keeping the dew claws trimmed. After I moved into my new home with my new wife we met our neighbors. They have a small Jack Russell that Buck loves to play with. Buck is a Rat Terrier mixed with Gorilla. Hes fifty pounds and has the energy of the energizer bunny. One of the first times Buck and Franky, the Jack Russell, played together they started chasing each other around the yard. Buck ended up tearing off one of his front dew claws, even though I had trimmed all of them back as far as I could. Later on he tore off the other front dew claw. Neither of his back claws have had problems, and they were always longer than the front ones. I've only had him back for six months, so his vet date is coming up real soon. When I see the vet, were going to have a discussion about removing all dew claws. My only worry is if its as inhumane as removing claws from a cat. From what I've seen so far, it doesnt seem like it. I keep seeing people talk about the back claws being the concern. What I've experienced is that all the dew claws are a concern. After watching my best friend be in pain and bleeding everywhere from his front dew claws being damaged; I believe that if its humane to the animal then get all of the dew claws removed.