What's happeneing with NAILS? Ru's hurt too!

I just read some of you guys have problems with nails too! Last night Greg played with Ru on the concrete- despite my warnings and nagging. Of course Ru has a broken nail now, and one which has gone right down to the quick. Also a few tiny scuffs on his pads which are not quite deep enough to bleed, but he's trying to lick them constantly. We put corn flour on the quick to slow the bleeding, it didn't bleed much, I think it's just the very end of it as the rest of that nail is fine. The other nail didn't bleed. He's had his cone on all night to stop him irritating the areas. I'm reluctant to go to the vet as it doesn't seem too bad, how do you treat the quick when you cut a nail too short?
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When I cut a nail too short I use cornstarch to stop the bleeding. Once it's done bleeding I just check it every day or so. There's never been a problem from that for any of our dogs. I think the quick heals pretty quickly along the end.

We nicked Theepers' quick once and I swear that dog bled out a pint of blood. I dealt with him first of course, and then went back to clean up. He was on a plastic sheet (the kind that go under office chairs) at the time, so it was easy to clean up, but it was like a scene from Dexter. A bucket of bloody water and five or so blood stained rags later I was out putting the rags in the trash. I figured somebody would call that in to the police. LOL
Styptic powder does the trick really well :wink:

Hope Ru is feeling better.
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