I HAD TO WHELP DOWN PUPPIES ON SUNDAY
the owner didnt know her bitch was in whelp 5 days before the birth,
the bitch is a portgueses so the puppies are portgueses/cross.

all but one was black/white the other brown but had dew claws on the hind feet

I have a 16 and half year old rottie cross.When I got her at 8 weeks old she had dew claws on both front legs and double ones on her back legs.I had them all removed when she was 8 months old as they tended to catch on the back ones.

Correct me if i am wrong, Beauceron have double rear dew claws :)

Briards and Catalan sheepdogs both have rear double dew claws

Bernese have dew claws front and back xx

Pyreanean mountain dogs have a double back dew claw

ive seen a border collie with rear dew claws

I've seen a few Ridgebacks born with rear dew claws - not a breed requirement, though, they've had them removed!

Norwegian Buhunds have horrid (I am told) dewclaws on the back legs that are removed.  Yet no-one I have ever spoken to has ever seen the on Norwegian Elkhound pups (thankfully).

Have seen an Australian Shepherd with rear dew claws but he had them removed...

Gabrielle

or could the hind dew claws be a gentic thing beacuse to the type breed of the dam and the sire unknow,
mixed up genes.
or have the pups taken on the sire gene to get the dew claws,

my guess it could be a collie

I have a Yorkie I groom which has double rear dew claws - is this a record??

i did a seasch last night on this subject.
it more likey to be gentic problem and beacuse they are of a mix breed,

Italian Spinones have double hind dew claws, some are even born with double double ones, the extra one has to be removed.
Many breeds are born with hind dew claws, but most are taken off unless it is specifically required in the breed standard.

One of my rotties had rear dew claws, they were horrible floppy things almost like extra toes without any substance to them. I was paranoid she was going to catch and tear them, so when she was spayed we had them removed as well. They took a long time to heal though, much longer than the spay.

My 7 year old Malinois was born with rear dew claws (removed).

> i did a seasch last night on this subject.
> it more likey to be gentic problem and beacuse they are of a mix breed,

It's not a genetic"problem"as such it was the norm in the past, the claws are now redundant in most breeds & have disappeared, but pop up from time to time. My Rjj had rear dew claws, the first his breeder had in his puppies in over 30 years of breeding. He isn't a mixed breed but an ISDS WSD(BC with the KC) I've seen them in the odd GSD puppy & Beardie puppy. Rjj had them removed on a Tuesday & the stitches on the Friday & the next week you couldn't tell he had ever than them !

My 'mutt' had rear dew claws, behind 1 of them, there were 3 mangled little dew claws, that looked like tiny little bits of skin with a little bit if nail (like a grain of rice) sticking out the end. When he was castrated we had them (all of them) removed, as the claws grew excessivley quick and he had a tendacy to get them stuck on things. They healed up nicely in no time :)

All breeds can have but not so common in most.  We have two Pomeranian's that have them at the moment.  Never had any for over 20 years and then the last 3 litters every pup has had them and we actually didn't look for them as we've not had it.  I hate them and hate trying to clip them as it's not solid and the flap flops everywhere.  YUCK I HATE THEM!!

one of my pups was born with just one rear one, ive seen a few collies and collie x's with them in the past

> I hate them and hate trying to clip

I hated trying to clip my dogs dew-claws, I was alway worried that if he moved suddenely I would pull the whole thing off :(

Some newfies and Leo's are born with rear dew claws but they are removed.

Peanuts

Sibes are sometimes born with them, they are usually removed.

Beaucerons *must* have them, they are very substantial double ones - jointed and with their own pads

Bracchi do

Diane

a shi tzu i groom has them on its hind feet

I have had shar pei puppies with them!

Rotties can have them on the rear, i always remove any rear ones but the front ones are not loose like the rear, it depends on the parents and the genes, my foundation bitch produced about half her litter with them but her daughter had none in her litter. back ones are horrid and IMO are better off removed at birth as removing them later as someone on here as already said takes a much longer time to heal and then the older dog can chew at the wound too.

My little 'un had them, now removed.

As somebody has already mentioned Briards have them and they must  have them as they are also jointed with their own pads and are an essential part of the dogs anatomy to assist with them working. I believe Beaucerons and Briards are very closely related so the same applies.

Our last batch of Beagles out of 7 pups two had dew claws on their hind legs