Friday, January 15, 2010

My dog lost her nail...im worried.?

my 9 month old puppy lost a nail. she doesnt seem to be in any pain and is acting normally, but why would this happen?It seems to have just fallen out. I'm so worried about her.My dog lost her nail...im worried.?
It was most likely the result of an injury to the nail. Sometimes nails that are never trimmed will cause damage to the nail bed as the dog walks around. When the nail bed begins to heal the nail will fall off. In most cases, the nail will grow back to a normal appearance.My dog lost her nail...im worried.?
This is normal. Actually, it's good. If the nail was getting too long, it may have started to grow into her foot pad - that would not have been good. A good way to make sure this doesn't happen is to keep her nails trimmed.





Start early and provide lots of treats so that she is used to getting her feet touched. Some animals react very badly to getting their nails trimmed, it is better to teach her that it's not a scary experience when she's young.
My little baby had the same problem!


but i checked her paws, and her behavior was normal!





so it was just to long and it probabley got cought on something.
If it wont stop bleeding or she isnt in any pain, its just like us loosing a nail, she will grown it back and she will be fine!
If she's not in pain, I wouldn't worry much. Human's nails can come off too with no long term effects
shell be fine, itll grow back
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