dog dangling toes
Some more careless owners may not even know the dog has hanging toes, so some owners still feel that the dog's front paws only have four toes.
The ancestors of dogs themselves had 20 toes, 5 on each paw.
Most dogs have only 4 toes on one hind paw, but a few dogs will have an extra toe hanging in the air on the inside of the hind paw, and some dogs even have 2 such toes.
Suspended toes do not touch the ground and are residual toes without function.
Can first see if the dog itself has dangling toes
The problem caused by dangling toes is that the dog forgets the dangling toes that are hidden deep under the hair, so that the nails of the dangling toes cannot be trimmed in time or the problems caused by the excessively long nails can be detected in time.
Suspended toe amputation needs to be performed by a veterinarian. It can be amputated within 3 to 5 days after the puppy is born. At this time, the amputation is less traumatic and can be done without anesthesia.
Just like some of us humans have wisdom teeth, and some people don't have wisdom teeth, the individual dogs will also be different, so the owner can check it first, if you don't have it, then you don't have to worry about it anymore.
Suspended toe excision is only a minor operation. As long as the operation is ok, there will generally be no adverse reactions, so the owner does not need to worry too much.