This is actually quite common I was told by my vets don't worry!

My dog is considerably smaller than yours (chihuahua) but did exactly the same thing. Vets said as long as she didn't lick it and wasn't in pain it would naturally drop off, and sure enough the next day it did and now is all fine. Please bare in mind though I made sure she wasn't jumping on furniture and I put a collar on her while it was sticking out.

Is he in pain? If not, should be fine but give the vets a ring to see if they want you to come in about it, if they do they do, mine didn't.

 

This is actually quite common I was told by my vets don't worry!

My dog is considerably smaller than yours (chihuahua) but did exactly the same thing. Vets said as long as she didn't lick it and wasn't in pain it would naturally drop off, and sure enough the next day it did and now is all fine. Please bare in mind though I made sure she wasn't jumping on furniture and I put a collar on her while it was sticking out.

Is he in pain? If not, should be fine but give the vets a ring to see if they want you to come in about it, if they do they do, mine didn't.

The dog already ahs a vets appointment:whistling2:
Dew claw injuries are quite common. There are a couple of things the vet may do, remove the claw(forceps and a quick tug if its barely attahed) or he may just bind it to the leg until it naturally healed.

Good luck, Im sure your dog will be fine

 

my puppy ripped a claw, not dew claw but i had a vet visit the next day anyway
when i got him there he said just bath it in salt water to stop infection, and that was the only worry as it heals or falls off

it ended up falling off after a week of barely hanging on

im no expert but if its just the claw id just bath it and maybe pull it out if its only hanging on

 

baha they put him under general anesthetic, he had an xray and they cleaned it and chopped it off hes now plodding round with a lovely green bandage on :lol2:

 

they removed the bone or just the claw?

 

i mean the vet could have pulled it out instead of xray, drugs and an overnight stay if he could have got it :whip:

 

oh that, yup :lol2:

 

i'm not a fan of dew claws, too easilly injured, luckilly all my previous dogs with the exception of one have had theirs removed. the one who didnt had very close, attached dewclaws and the only problem i had with him was when he dug them into me!

 

My dog used to do this constantly! The last time though it was quite bad so we thought it best to have them both off! They were attached pretty well by a tlot of bone though compared to some that are just skin bless her!