Claw and Nail Disorders in Dogs

My boyfriends dog Bub has lost all his hair. his skin is thick an bumpy. It flakes off a smelly yellow skin or dandruff.Bubs eyes are getting coated with white mucus over them.His pads of his feet are super thick an brittle while his toenails are also very thick and yellow an can get long an curl. Weve tried everything weve switched his diet his shampoo weve gave him steroids(cortisone),hes took antibiotics,put coconut oil on him during or after shower,patted him down with apple cider vinegar.but only luck ive had is for it to lighten up for a couple days an then to only have it come back later.what could bewrong with Bub?whats best way to combat this situation?

My 7yr old male Rottweiler has very long claws on one of his front paws, the other feet are fine, I am very very worried incase he is in pain!?! He is not lame at all, I am just terrified incase there is something else underlining because he may be favouring one side of his body to the other

My Vizsla's nails (several of them) appear to have blood inside the nail beds. He's not bleeding from the nails but it looks like blood is under the surface. He's still active and not limping but the nails were not like that before. He jumps off the bed onto hard wood floors and pulls a lot when he's walking on leash. Can the blood in the nails be due to trauma or is this potentially indicative of a disease or infection?

My 5 year old Beagle has 2 nails that are dark. It’s looks like a bloody toe nail. There’s also a bump that looks like a wort. He only licks it after we trim his nails.

I have an 8 year old corgi mix and over the years his one back leg is not as straight as the other. It doesn’t seem to bother him except it causes him to drag his paw every time he turns or circles and his two middle claws have worn down to the center making them bleed sometimes. Other than to correct his crooked leg what are my options to save him from filing his middle nails down to nothing and causing them to bleed? I feel bad for him!

We recently found a sweet stray beagle 8-10 years of age. All of her nails are curved, but one rear paw a nail is extended 1-11/2 inches up (vertically). she is itchy and has rare places one her belly. My vet is out of town till Tuesday but I was wondering how best to treat. It seems it is more of a neglect issue. We purchased Taste of the Wild Salmon food, and I am giving her a skin calming bath today. Is there anything else I can do for her in the meantime? It make me so angry that someone would neglect such a sweet dog. She is heaven sent though My 16 3/4 year old beagle passed away 2 years ago and this little sweetie lights up my world. I just want to make her as comfortable as possible while we wait. Would epson salts be a good idea?

My boy's 7 and his nails started splitting right down the middle when he was 2. They now seem to erupt from the nail bed, the nail doesn't always split but it appears raised with the nail bed looking really red and sore. The nail usually falls off after a few days and he's fine once it does. It happens to about 2 nails a year and has happened to most of his claws at least once. He will let me look at it when it's sore but not touch it! He still runs around and wants his walks so I've never taken him to the vet. It's like his body rejects the nail, any idea what could be causing this?

My dog Daizy’s quick (vein in the nails) grows longer than her actual nail.. and it grows faster.. so it’s at the point where her nails are starting to curl underneath on to her paw pads. And you can get a bit off each month but it still looks bad. They’re very large nails, very thick, and there’s a red colour mixed in with them. They’re growing crooked and she hates it when we clip them (cause they must hurt) any advice or know what’s up ?

My dog Merry, a German Shepherd/Heeler/probably some Rottweiler mix, mostly has dark colored nails that grow at a regular rate, but on her front left paw, she has two white, crooked, misshapen nubs that do not grow. They almost look like they were nails that broke a long time ago but never grew back, and no one really knows why they are like that. Is there any reason for why they are like this?

My pug is 14 now, when he was 12 one of his back nails went straight. The rest have their natural curve that all claws have but, this one nail is so straight that it looks longer than all the rest but it's not.
No idea what could cause this. Doesn't seem to bother him. Just odd.

My husky's nails are turning reddish/brown on each paw. She has been out in the dirt, but it does not seem to be dirt, rather than discoloration. Her nails have split, but not excessively. She is not fixed, and I am not sure if that has anything to do with her about to be in heat or not. Her urine is also very yellow (not sure if that is helpful or not).

My dog has all black nails. I just noticed today that the tip of one of his nail is turning white. It lost all of its pigment in the tip. It’s only one nail though. It looks like he may have got it stuck in something and it chipped parts of that nail. There’s a couple lines down towards the base suggesting he got it stuck in something. Could this be due to trauma. Is it something to be concerned about. His nails aren’t super long either.

Hi, my 1 year old border collie pup has what I guess is a split nail. All other nails look healthy and intact. The top part of the offending nail has separated from the bottom and the bottom part has turn dark brown/grey in colour rather than her usual pink. It looks and feels rougher also. There is no pain on palpation and has been no bleeding to my knowledge. Occasionally she stumbles whilst out on a walk and goes a bit silly as she does when she is a little hurt. I wonder whether the damaged claw could be the cause.

I have a 12 year old Belgian Malinois. When he came to me a few months ago he had one nail ripped out of one of his toes. The toe is swollen to about the size of two toes. It almost looks abscessed. He licks it quite a bit, and limps on it a bit. And I’ve recently noticed that one of his dew claws is beginning to do the same. Where the actual toe has swelled up, there is a yellowish color to the under part of the nail, and there is bleeding at the base of the nail where it goes into the toe, and looks as though it is going to fall out. Which makes me wonder if this is how the other toe began. If you push on the toes, they are hard not “mushy” like an abscess. And they really only bust open and bleed not pus. I have been to the vet and they do not think they are abscessed. And prescribed him antibiotics to see if they could get rid of the infection that way. If the pills do not work, next they want to try a shot that is for skin infections as he believes it’s a type of skin infection. I am slightly skeptical of it being a skin infection. Due to the fact of how the dew claw is now starting to look.

My dog Snupe is 14 months old American Bully. He has black nails and white nails. I can see what appears to be blood around the base of his nails (inside). He did not have that three months ago. It is the same on all of his nails. He licks his paw sometimes.
What do you think?

thanks in advance

Otis

My Brazilian Mastiff has extremely soft nails and he breaks/splits them easily while digging. The last nail was suddenly split right down the center and created a "Y" shape. My vet had to cut his whole nail off level with the pad. The time before that, he was playing in water and ground them completely down to the quicks on all toes. This is my second Mastiff mix that has had serious nail issues. Is there something we can do for this or is this a Mastiff issue?

My 4 month old Pitty, Cap, has flaky nails. The top layer is flaking off, they are still thick and healthy though. I'm just curious if this is normal fur puppies?

I have a Cane Corso 1 year old female dog. Her nails have always been dark and now they are turning white. It’s look like it’s only her front nails more than one. Not sure if this is normal for this breed or if I should take her in to the vet.

Hello Dr I have Chihuahua she's a female and you know her previous owner wasn't really that great with her. Especially her nails and to this point her nails are curly and she seems to be I. A lot of pain lately she's been not her self she doesn't seem to be playful as before what's so ever shes not interested in anything she just lays around n shakes most of the time. And there's times where I try to pick her up and she like screams/yells but at that point I still haven't even picked her up. She doesn't want to eat no drink water. Could she be depressed as well do to the pain of her nails? Sometimes I feel like she's slowly dying on me.

My Pitbull/Lab/Husky mix has one nail that grows more so out of the top of his pad, it appears loose and the undernail crumbles away if you attempt to clip it. It also grows much fast and wider than other nails. It is only on one nail, doesn't seem to get worse, but cannot be on the cold, where is other paws/nails don't seem to mind..would this be a fungal infection? If may not be an immediate worry, but is it something that might get worse?

My son's 3 year old pit lost all her nails which was very painful and stinky from infection. Different medications were prescribed and seemed effective. Before they fell off, it was noted that there was no quik present, the nails were hollow. Now the new set of nails are growing in and again have no quik. The vet said that this will be a lifelong issue.

My 3 year old Belgian Malinois has one nail that doesn't grow properly and has been that way since I got him at 7 months old. It is thick and doesn't taper like normal nails. When he walks, the side of the nail is what hits the ground and the toe it is attached to is always drier/cracked looking than the others. My vet said it's nothing to worry about but that paw/toe is very sensitive and susceptible to injury. Any advice would be greatly appreciated especially with regard to how to word my concerns to the vet so that they take it more seriously. He isn't in pain 24/7 but it bugs him often enough that I would really like it resolved if possible.

My baby just recently turned 10 years old in January and he is a full need Chihuahua. One of his front paw nails has been turning a dull brownish color. He isn't limping or favoring it at all however he has been incessantly licking that toe and the nail. I'm concerned due to all of the recent licking but unsure if it's causing pain or not. I don't know what to do as a costly trip to the vey would be hard for me at this time but he's my whole world and don't want anything bad to happen. Any ideas or suggestions?

My 5 month old puppies little toe sticks up in the air,
He doesn't limp and it doesnt hurt when touched. Shall I just leave it or should I get a vet to look at it?

My 1 YO Australian Shepard has a cracked nail on his rear right paw. It is not bleeding, but I can see the quick. There is a piece of nail coveing it. Is it a bad idea to use Krazy Glue on it to fuse the nail back together?
If no, what do you recommend doing?
Also - he's in perfect health otherwise. He eats Origin Dog Food.
THANKS!

Our six year old German Shepherd Poodle Cross has a black casing of 'old nail' partly covering what appears to be new nail. There is a gap between the old and new which makes a hollow clicks noise when she walks. We have trimmed her nails but are worried there might be more of a problem. She doesn't seem worried and there is no excessive licking
Have photos if you need. Kind regards Jenny

Dew claw nail on hind leg broke off months ago.

Now nail appears to be growing out, sticking straight up in the air.

Our 9 month old Australian shepherd puppy has been constantly licking that nail for days now

Dear Doctors,

My lively lovely Stof lost his first nail in July 2017. Since then, he has lost them all, and they have grown back brittle. He has had many blood tests (all came back normal), skin, hair and nail tissue samples, all of which also came back fine. Eventually we had a biopsy (where a nail bed was removed) and the findings came back pointing to the possibility of auto-immune disease (SLO) but they could not 100% confirm it. He was treated with high doses of cortisone and doxy, but his side-effects were so very awful we could not continue with the cortisone. After a few weeks break, we treated with just doxy and supplements. He also has severe side effects from the doxy, so now he is just on supplements. He is licking an awful lot this week, every couple of weeks we hurst one just through playing or running on the beach. He is active and doesn't decline a walk or opportunity to play. His appetite remains unchanged, he eats well and enjoys his Hills food. His hair and teeth all appear healthy. Any other ideas or suggestions or treatments will be much appreciated. I am nervous of using immuo- suppressant drugs as he reacted so badly to the cortisone. His quality of life is so important. It is a hard one to chose between short term and long term side effects of suppressing the immunue system. With greetings and best wishes!

My beagle puppy who is ten wéeks old has one paw that has major hair loss on it iand the toenails on that foot don't seem to growing like the other toes are. Is this treatable

Recently noticed our almost 9 year old Pit has what looks like reddish/dried blood on all her nails where they meet the fur. I looked at an photograph from June 2017 and none of that redness was visible. We have an appointment with our vet tomorrow but was looking for a possible cause or some additional information prior to meeting with our vet. She has always been licking her paws but seems to be more interested lately. Thank you.

My 7 year old pit Deebo managed to vertically split his small toe on the outermost edge of his left paw while playing a week ago. Deebo has very long nails with very little white, so clipping them short has always been impossible. The split goes directly up into the toe bed and his claw cracked open like a clam shell. I cleaned the area as best as I could given his pain and have "walked" him daily to avoid further issue. He limped at first, now he does not. However, the nail area smells terrible and seems infected (sticky liquid seeping out). I started him on a course of erythromycin (I have a standing prescription due to his usual skin issues). It's been 5 days but the nail is still infected. Today I was going to go out and get epsom salts. I'm reading it can take some time to resolve, but do you think it requires a vet visit? I'm on a fixed income and the visit to Tufts emergency will be a layout of at least $300 - 800 depending on whether he needs a surgery.

Hi I have a male cattle dog who will be 14 this year. Due to arthritis in his hips and lower back, his rear legs have become spindly and the toes/claws are starting to get malformed. (He is on anti-inflammatories for the arthritis and gets regular acupuncture to try and improve/keep his leg function).

Unfortunately this condition has caused him to catch one of his claws and it is now pointing up more than the others. I've used a cone and bandages etc to stop him licking after he licked all the fur off it about a week ago. The swelling has gone down and it is no longer red but the claw is still at a wrong angle.

My local vet said to just leave it but I wanted to get a 2nd opinion as to whether it can be set back at a normal angle or perhaps it needs to be removed? I got a special boot to protect it from licking and during exercise.

Millie had a claw removed a few weeks ago as was badly infected. Now that’s healing she’s got a sore claw on the other front legs which she is constantly licking and chewing when she’s got her cone off. There is a little puss under it but not much compared to the previous infected claw and am hoping we can go down a home treatment this time around.

Having trimmed all her claws recently I’ve noticed that a fair few are brittle, hollow and very weak - which may be contributing to the infections/irritation. Is there any way of improving claw condition through a supplement or diet? Thanks.

When I went to clip my dog's nails she yelped and ran when I cut the first one which is kind of normal behavior but when I went to cut the second one I immediately stopped because it look like the whole side of the nail was going to crack she started to walk with a limp about a week and a half ago I didn't see any damage so I figured she just stepped on something but it was more than that she don't want me to touch her nails she acts like they're painful to touch the one that I didn't cut has brown stripe all down the side of it her other nails have red spots and red lines

I recently saw a picture of my parent's dog and became worried about the condition of one his forepaws. one of the nails looks like it's broken, blackened and apparently it's been this way for quite some time. I'm worried that it's infected and can lead to something worse if left untreated. should my parents take him to the vet right away? a picture of the paw in question is below.

https://imgur.com/a/80XWz

Hello, I hava a Pit/German Sheppard puppy. She had rickets when she was 2-3 months old due to being in a puppy mill. I had her put on vitamins, and after a month she was better. Now she will be a year old December 18 and her nails are looking very dark, kind of like bruising but she doesn't seem to be in any pain. Any ideas?

My dog was in an accident and his nail bed was injured. The nail has grown back but it is curving into her paw. Do I need to remove it? Is there anyway the deformed nail to grow back as normal nail again?

My 8 year old shelter pup Max (chihuahua/terrier mix) has ridged, different variations of brown color, and curved nails. He screams when they're trimmed. Not sure if he's been traumatized or if it really hurts as they are dark brown and I can't see the quick. One nail that isn't very long has curled upwards. Really not sure what to do here. I'd appreciate any help you can provide as he was just under anesthesia to have 3 teeth removed that were bad. But if we need to consult a vet we will.

Hello~
I have a 16 year old Mini Dachshund that in the last week has had a very swollen, and extremely painful back pawpad and nail. The nail is twice the width of all his other nails, taking on the resemblance of a horribly infected ingrown toenail. Trying to soak it or administer antiseptic spray will result in my getting bit again, he would never bite me deliberately, but this is just incredibly painful to him, bumping it on something makes him yelp in agony. Today,(Friday) he will not put weight on that foot at all, nor will he use his ramp to go out to potty, I have to carry him. This nail is so thick, wide, and has ridges along the sides. He also will out of nowhere start biting and growling at the pawpad and nail in question. I feel so helpless and bad for him. I made a appt. for him but it's not until Monday, today is Friday!!! Can you give me an idea of a temp treatment to help him feel better?
And as for his diet, he has been on a raw diet for 2 years, frozen green beans for treats, no previous issues with health at all.

So about three weeks ago she started not walking on her paw. I took her to the vet and they did X-rays and checked her paw and there were no issues. She was put on the antihistamine. 2 weeks later she started walking on it again but now she was licking it. And I noticed some swelling on the one digit and redness. I took her to the vet and they put her on some more of the antihistamine and an antibiotic. This was Monday, today is Friday and she is still licking her paw and her claw is detiorriating underneath and it is dark red. They had me send pictures and put her on an anti-fungal on top of the other two Meds. I have pictures but no way to put them on here.

Nail issue.
8 month old female australian shepherd
Back middle nail is black and less than 1/2 the size of the other nails.
Dog does not seem to be licking or favoring it.
She have a balanced diet and eats Fromm dog food.

I noticed while grooming my 4 year old Coton de Tulear that inside all her nails, up where they meet her foot, there was bright red blood and it seemed to be moving. Now three days later most of them have dried up brown blood but a few are still red. She does have pain in the area..I have an appointment with my vet tomorrow..........any comment would be appreciated.

i have a seven year old English Lab. His nails are different thickness and color (dark brown, light brown and almost blonde) by they are very brittle, splitting and he won't let anyone touch them. Any ideas what it could be?

I have an 8 month old boxer. I noticed a few weeks ago that his nails were starting to warp/curve appearing to even cause his toes to curve a bit. When I noticed that I also noticed that his nails were discolored close to the nail bed (reddish/brown color forming on white nails). He isn't licking excessively or even acting like it's a bother. His nails are not long, so that is not the cause of the curve. I saw the vet. She did not offer much except that since he's not licking she's not too worried. Sent me home with wipes for his nails 2x day for 14 days. I want to know what this could be. My vet didn't really look because my pupper was not being very cooperative. Any suggestions?

I have a white German Shepard he is not fixed and will be 6yrs old in Nov. His nails are brittle and in the center when you clip them is a hole. He has seasonal allergies and food allergies and chronic ear problems. Up to date on all shots. What do you think is wrong with his nails? It's all 4 paws all toes and he doesn't act different or in pain.