{"id":46991,"date":"2014-03-11T12:02:43","date_gmt":"2014-03-11T19:02:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cookiesandclogs.com\/?p=46991"},"modified":"2016-05-30T20:37:30","modified_gmt":"2016-05-31T03:37:30","slug":"speckles-bleeding-dog-nails","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cookiesandclogs.com\/speckles-bleeding-dog-nails\/","title":{"rendered":"Speckles’ Nightmare Manicure\/Pedicure – Disasterous Dog Nails #Dogs"},"content":{"rendered":"
Last week, Speckles ripped one of her nails off . . . the ENTIRE thing, quick and all!<\/p>\n
Tuesday afternoon, Speckles was laying near the open sliding glass door as she normally does. Somehow, her nail must have slid into a small opening and, when she tried to get up, it got caught. Unlike with a child, there was no way to tell our dog to calm down so we could come over and help her get free. So, Speckles immediately started to FREAK out.<\/p>\n
Accompanied by a series of blood-curdling yelps,\u00a0she frantically jerked her arm back and forth until her far right nail came completely off with her nerve ‘stuff’ still inside. (I’d show you a photo but I don’t want to gross you out THAT much.) Before we even knew what was happening, Speckles limped over to her bed and tried to hide blood spewing all over.<\/p>\n
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Frans grabbed a bunch of towels and I moved quickly to wrap her paw and apply slight pressure to stop the blood flow. We called the vet but, of course, it had<\/em> to be 1:00 pm and they were closed for lunch until 2:00pm. We didn’t know if we should wait until the office opened or take Speckles straight to emergency. We called the emergency clinic for some advice. Fortunately, we were told to just do our best to stop the bleeding, use some cornstarch if needed, and wait for our regular vet. If the bleeding didn’t stop, then we could head to the emergency clinic (that’s always more expensive though).<\/p>\nDisasterous Dog Nails –\u00a0Getting Professional Help<\/h3>\n