Updated On September 23rd, 2025
Pet's info: Dog | Mountain Feist | Female | spayed | 30 lbs
My dog just torn her dew claw nail bed off exposing the quick. I have wrapped it, but what should my next step be. It is not bleeding, but she is pain when she moves it. I gave her an anxiety med to help calm her down.
2 Answers
Published on October 24th, 2017
Hi there and thank you for using pet coach to address your concern. I would recommend having it checked by a vet to make sure nothing else is wrong. Your vet can also start a course of antibiotics and an anti inflammatory to help with any inflammation and pain. I hope this helps guide you in the right direction. Please let me know if you have any other concerns.
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Published on June 3rd, 2019
If he will let you, you can lightly wrap the injured paw with something to cover the broken claw so he doesn't catch it on anything. At the vet, they will probably clip the toenail off which will hurt and likely bleed, but they will have a styptic powder to stop the bleeding very quickly and once the nail is off it can heal properly and minimize any further pain.
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