Our vet has refused to remove dew claws on even older puppies. She says if you can't get it done when they are three days or so that it shouldn't be getting done. At three days, it's just a little nip, but on the older dogs, it's surgery. Myra Savant
>From: Carol Richards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: The Cavalier King Charles Spaniel List ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: [CKCS-L] pain >Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2002 18:57:45 -0500 > > > > > > ...The vet says it's over before they know it > > Vets also say the same when they dock tails and remove dew claws. And >they > > used to say the same about human circumcision. Now it seems they aren't >quite > > >My vet doesn't say that. Madeleine had front and rear dew claws. When she >was spayed, they removed the rear dew claws, but the vet said it would be >too painful to remove the front. Maybe it's not painful when they are >little puppies, but at six months he did not want to do it. > >I worked for a vet for a short time that thought that doing the ears was >painful--can't remember what he thought about docking tails. > >Carol Richards >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >http://www.geocities.com/carolscavaliers/ > >"My little dog, a heartbeat at my feet." > Edith W > >========================================================= >"Magic Commands": >to stop receiving mail for awhile, click here and send the email: >mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20NOMAIL >to start it up gain click here: >mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20MAIL > > E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] for assistance. >Search the Archives... http://apple.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ckcs-l.html > >All e-mail sent through CKCS-L is Copyright 2002 by its original author. _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com ========================================================= "Magic Commands": to stop receiving mail for awhile, click here and send the email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20NOMAIL to start it up gain click here: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20MAIL E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] for assistance. Search the Archives... http://apple.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ckcs-l.html All e-mail sent through CKCS-L is Copyright 2002 by its original author.
