benny55 said
Ouch! Poor Beezus!

My Happy Hannah, a large rear leg amp. Bull Mastiff, just pulled her entire toe nail on front leg off several weeks ago. Actually, barely hanging on for a coup,e of oirs u til she chewed it off. Of course, it was a week end and vet was closed. I tried wrapping it to keep it clean, but like Beezus, that lasted about a second. The quick was fully exposed and bleeding and I know it was painful. The photo looks like it's pretty ,uch pulled off of the base of the quick and is barely hanging o also.   Only seemed to slow her down a day or two.
It may be that your vet will want to take off entire nail depending o. how far up the quick it is.

I know I wasn't any help other than to say I know it's worrisome when a dog hurts one of their three legs! Just try and keep it clean but Beezus will probably lick off anything you put on and then check with the vet.

Good for yo for adopt I g such an adorable pup! Very luck oy? You will find.....and have already found.....the bond is incredible!

Keep us posted! Would love to see another photo of your pup!

Sally and Happy Hannah

She seems to be leaving the foot alone when it's bandaged than when it's not. She'll eventually get the bandage off, but at least she's not licking/chewing the nail?

I am so lucky! She is a wonderful dog and we are already best buddies. That's dangerous - asking a proud mama for more pictures of her baby! I'll limit myself to just a few.

daisygirl said
Ouch!  Poor Beezus.  A friend's dog (quad-paw and Daisy's best friend) split one his toenails awhile back.  The vet removed the nail and put him on antibiotics.  Is Beezus able to put weight on it?  Splash favored his paw for quite some time after the removal.

There is nothing worse than when one of the good legs get injured.  Hope she feels better soon!

Marla and Daisy

She can put weight on it, but I'm not sure if that is because it's not causing her much pain or because she has no other option (other than refusing to walk altogether).

hhackett said
Call your vet and make an appointment (hopefully you can get in before the holiday)! The nail needs to be removed. This is painful and a mild sedative (like Dexdomitor) will most likely need to be used. Also, she really needs to be put on antibiotics. Feet get infected super easy, so we always put dogs with torn nails on antibiotics. It would be nice if the vet would give her some pain meds too! With torn nails we usually just bandage for the first day to prevent bleeding after removing the nail. After that we actually recommend not bandaging anymore. Also, as much as we all hate the "cone of shame ", an e-collar is your best bet to prevent licking! All vets are different, and this information is based on my best opinion and the procedures followed by the practice I work at. Good luck!

Rats! I was afraid that would be the answer. Unfortunately, I don't think I can get her to the vet until Saturday at the earliest (and maybe not even then if they don't have an early appt available) due to my work schedule. We are insanely busy right now and I already had to miss a few hrs yesterday to take her to the vet! (She had repeated bouts of "reverse sneezing." I didn't know what that was as I've never had a dog that did that and it was pretty frightening.) My boss was very understanding, but I don't think she'd be thrilled if I missed a few more hours this week over a toenail. Do you think this is something that is serious enough that I should take her to an emergency vet (which I can get to on my off hours) if I can't get her to her regular vet this week?

EDIT: Sorry about this weird post. My computer hates me today.