Bloody paws
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WCLARKE wrote: On both of her front paws 3-4 toenails were bleeding. It looks like from running so hard she filed her own nails down too far. The bleeding stopped almost as soon as we got home. Is this normal? Is there something I can do to prevent it from happening again? Maybe she should only run on grass?
I know some border collies have been known to do this (really hard running dogs). Sometimes nails, some times pads. It may just be that it will happen on certain surfaces, and it may be something she grows out of as she matures. I've had one dog tear a nail during herding, but that was my fault for not keeping her nails short enough. The filing action is different - wonder why only in the front. Where they doing lots of quick stops & turns? For now, obviously, keep her off that particular surface, give her nails some time to grow out (won't take very long) and then just keep an eye on her. I probably would have dropped into a dead faint had I looked down and seen one of my dogs leaving bloody pawprints or something. 
Kristine |
Try and not let the dog run on hard surfaces unless they are used to walking on them, but even then this can happen, it is nothing to worry about just make sure the wound is clean and they will be fine. My bitch got blisters on her front paws whilst playing on Tarmac and that just before a show. She had slipped her coller and went to play with another sheepie, was not my day I never even went into the show as there was no point she was limping. A 600 mile round trip for nothing  |
| When I lived in NY the only place I had that I was able to allow the dogs run free was at the tennis courts in my complex.
I had Boxers at the time and they would grind their nails down by running. Sometimes there would be a bit of blood. We didn't go there very often, but they did enjoy it so much. They didn't seem to be in any pain. It was also kinda nice not to have to trim their nails for a while though.
Here we have rough concrete around our pool. This is where the Sheepies run their daily Sheepie 500. For some off reason this does nothing to my OES. Doesn't even grind down the nails.... Darn!!  |
I took a few balls with me so there were lots of stops and turns. I was a little freaked. I will definately let her paws rest. They seem fine now. I'm always afraid to clip toenails for this very reason. I let the professionals do it for me. It is so wet here, everywhere, and I am trying to keep them as unmuddy as possible. Well it's snowing again so...  looks like I'm still waiting for dry weather. |
| After learning the hard way, I now keep styptic powder around just in case we have an incident. A week or so ago, Clyde came in looking like he'd been shot. His foot was covered in blood and (apparently oblivious to any pain), he went streaking through the house, leaving it looking like the aftermath of a murder crime scene. I finally sat him down and started picking around and it turned out he must have sliced the side of his paw pad on some ice in the yard. We got him all cleaned up and stopped the bleeding which didn't take half as long as cleaning up the bloodbath in the house. It's amazing how much a little cut can bleed! |
| Last year, after a very cold, cold spell, Pirate can in with a bloody paw. I couldn't figure it out. I check his paw, and saw one of the pads was sliced. We went to the vet who told me, he probably cut it on an ice cover on the snow. They explained, its almost like a razor. Ouch...Poor Pi! |
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