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Last week, Speckles ripped one of her nails off . . . the ENTIRE thing, quick and all!<\/p>\n

The Nail-Ripping Dog-Yelping Drama Begins<\/h3>\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>\n

Disasterous Dog Nails –\u00a0Getting Professional Help<\/h3>\n

The bleeding did slow and, as soon as it turned 2pm, we jumped in the car and headed for the vet’s office in Redwood City<\/a>. I called to let them know we were on our way with a quick summary of the situation. They happened to have an open appointment and we only had to wait about 10-15 minutes before Dr. Stiglich came in. She said that the nail probably wouldn’t grow back but that everything else looked okay.<\/p>\n

Dr. Stiglich took Speckles to ‘the back’ to trim the nearby fur, clean the wound, and apply a soft bandage (she chose to use the zebra print \ud83d\ude1b ). We had some anti-inflammatory\/pain meds for her already so the vet said we could give her a bit of that if she needed it. The bandage could come off in four days. I was relieved that the vet only charged us $87 for the visit and supplies.<\/p>\n

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To prevent this from happening again, our vet encouraged us to get a nail grinder. We could only bring Speckles to get her nails trimmed every 3-4 weeks because she\u00a0hates getting her nails trimmed with a vengeance. With the grinder (which doesn’t phase Speckles at all), we can use it more often so her quicks recede. Then we can keep her nails shorter, preventing them from forming a hook-like shape and geting caught under things like sliding glass doors.<\/p>\n

The carefree animals that dogs are, the whole ordeal is over and done with for her. Speckles was initially worn out from the experience but has been healing fine.\u00a0When taking her out to do her business, we’d pop her paw in a plastic baggie and secure it with a loose rubber band to keep the bandage dry.<\/p>\n

All Better<\/h3>\n

The bandage came off yesterday and so far so good. We did notice a bit of blood on her paw this morning but that dried up quickly.\u00a0She hasn’t had any problems trotting to the kitchen every time she hears the slightest sound of the refrigerator door opening.\u00a0The only difference now is that we now have one less nail to get take care of \ud83d\ude1b<\/span><\/p>\n

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