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[Judy]

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Great pics ....looking at them there seems to be a lot of dogs using vet wrap, just wondering is this due to stopper injuries or do pedigree breeder leave the dewclaws on the pups
I also noticed a few dogs where the vet wrap has slipped onto the front feet surly this must be hindering the dogs racing ability ,,,one of our none peds has had a bad problem with tearing the stopped back this year during her racing, we were also wrapping her up, but found she was losing yards, we since have had the full stopper removed and she is back to her racing times

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Yes, its to prevent stopper pad injuries. Nearly all pedigree racing whippet breeders do have the dew claws removed.

 

[Paws123]

Great pics ....looking at them there seems to be a lot of dogs using vet wrap, just wondering is this due to stopper injuries or do pedigree breeder leave the dewclaws on the pups
I also noticed a few dogs where the vet wrap has slipped onto the front feet surly this must be hindering the dogs racing ability ,,,one of our none peds has had a bad problem with tearing the stopped back this year during her racing, we were also wrapping her up, but found she was losing yards, we since have had the full stopper removed and she is back to her racing times

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Yes, its to prevent stopper pad injuries. Nearly all pedigree racing whippet breeders do have the dew claws removed.

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Cheers for the answer , stopper injuries are a bugger to heal