So as long as I've known Schultz he's always had nails that aren't like other dogs....so I'm wondering is this a bulldog thing?
Schultz's nails (not all of them) just especially index front toenails and ring finger back toenails are brittle and occasionally split to the toe pad ...blood, tenderness not fun for him ...not fun for me because I have to soak his tootsie in betadyne for a few days to stave off infection and wait for the quick to harden up and not be a wound.
Our nail routine is every 4 weeks he gets his nails dremeled by a professional. But even though we maintain them some of his nails just splinter.
Today he did his scratch dance after a BM on our walk and I noticed his back right foot soaked in blood....sure enough that ring finger toenail has split to the pad....home we go and into the betadyne to clean it out..
He's on glucosamine and chondroitan for his joints and that should bolster healthy nails, too...he eats high quality food .... Just hate to see him all gimpy because of toenails.... Any ideas?
Schultz's nails (not all of them) just especially index front toenails and ring finger back toenails are brittle and occasionally split to the toe pad ...blood, tenderness not fun for him ...not fun for me because I have to soak his tootsie in betadyne for a few days to stave off infection and wait for the quick to harden up and not be a wound.
Our nail routine is every 4 weeks he gets his nails dremeled by a professional. But even though we maintain them some of his nails just splinter.
Today he did his scratch dance after a BM on our walk and I noticed his back right foot soaked in blood....sure enough that ring finger toenail has split to the pad....home we go and into the betadyne to clean it out..
He's on glucosamine and chondroitan for his joints and that should bolster healthy nails, too...he eats high quality food .... Just hate to see him all gimpy because of toenails.... Any ideas?