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« on: April 06, 2011, 07:39:26 am » |
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I picked some pups up yesterday off passed breedings and I noticed that one had rear dewclaws I remember in pass threads reading about it but it didn't stick what does this mean I've never seen it before
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C L
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« Reply #1 on: April 06, 2011, 09:06:05 am » |
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There are some people who like to have rear dewclaws on their dogs and others who don't care. There are some breeders that clip the rear dewclaws off when the pups are very young. I have seen nothing to indicate that rear dewclaws are an indicator of working or hunting qualities in a dog. In the case of dewclaws being characteristic of a family of good dogs then there may be some meaning there but I believe that dewclaws per se don't indicate anything other than their presence. In rough terrain and brush, rear dewclaws can get torn off and cause problems.
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Charles Long, Overton, TX
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NechesBobcat
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« Reply #2 on: April 06, 2011, 09:22:32 am » |
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I have never had a dog with rear dew claws but I have had several get there front ones rip off running through the woods. It slows them down and it very painful. I wouldn't want to have to worry about back ones.
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Some people call it damage... I call it hog sign.
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Hog Dog Mike
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« Reply #3 on: April 06, 2011, 10:06:54 am » |
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I have a Plott that has rear dew claws. One of them grew around and back into the leg before I noticed it.
Some of the old timers claim dogs with back dew claws make better dogs.
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leonidas
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« Reply #4 on: April 06, 2011, 10:19:09 am » |
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Nothing at all.....Some are removed at birth to reduce sratching of the owner. Other reasons are so they don't get hung up in the woods or while in the kennal. I picked some pups up yesterday off passed breedings and I noticed that one had rear dewclaws I remember in pass threads reading about it but it didn't stick what does this mean I've never seen it before
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country man 563
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« Reply #5 on: April 06, 2011, 10:58:44 am » |
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i had an old mama dog that had double dewclaws on her back end......and have had ole timers tell me that if they got double dewclaws there a heck of a dog , kinda they same way if they got a knot on the top of there head there gonna make a heck of a dog or so the old timers say
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MIGUEL 76442
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« Reply #6 on: April 06, 2011, 10:40:03 pm » |
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My Plott has one on each leg ,but my BMC has one on each front leg and two on each back leg the total of six.
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