Extra toes on our puppy

@LadyDuck yeah these are very floppy there’s definitely no bone in them. It’s in a weird spot doesn’t look like any dew claw I’ve ever seen before and sticks off the back feet in an odd way.

@LadyDuck I’ll have to try to look at the adult dogs to see how hers look

@shaggin They look more weird because he is still a baby.

@shaggin I trust your judgment more. You’ve always demonstrated you know what you’re doing .

@AmbiePam on a lot of things I don’t so who knows . He has had dogs all his life his family bred beagels so he definitely would be a lot more experienced then I am. I just think it would be better to do it now then to have to worry about it getting ripped off down the road or someone paying at a vet to have them removed.

@AmbiePam you can and I mentioned it to my husband but he said the mom dogs sister has the same thing and it’s never caused any problems so I think he wants to just leave them be.

@celticeagle dew claws look different and are usually on the front feet. This appears to be Polydactyly and is genetic. The mother dogs sister has the same thing my husband said.

@shaggin ........How interesting.

@Daddyevil she has a favorite one that is the ugliest in the litter . I told my husband he could tie a string around those toes now and they would fall off. He said the mom dad’s sister has had them her whole life and it’s been no problem. I worry they will get ripped off while running through all the brush while hunting but he has a point.

@shaggin Kids do some really funny things. If other dogs in the family haven't had a problem, then the puppy probably won't, either.

@wolfgirl569 dew claws are usually on the front feet, these are on the back feet.

@wolfgirl569 wow interesting.

@shaggin Our beagle mix had them on all 4.

@Dreamerby I don’t think so. His little feet are adorable but the extra toes ick

@shaggin awww don't say that. He might feel sad in case he reads this

@snowy22315 I’ve been hauling water in for 7 days. 3 are 5 gallon buckets and then I have 3 big juice jugs and 2 smaller juice jugs. I fill them every night. We use that for washing dishes and flushing toilets. It would be way worse if we had no where to go shower. We have been skipping showers every other night to not burden people so much.

@jstory07 I’m losing hope. Someone is supposed to come this morning to give us an estimate on how much it would cost to have a meter pit put in and lines run to our house. Then my husband would have come connect the pluming inside our house. I’m hopeful if we go this route we can have town water within a few days. It’s been 10 days now without water.

@Marilynda1225 the dew class I’ve seen on the front paws look nothing like these weird things that stick out on these puppies back feet . It has been frustrating. A guy came to look at the well today he can’t work on it as what needs to be done goes against his liability insurance. So our option is my husband can pull everything back up and check for leaks, lower the pipes so they aren’t the angle they are then put in a submersible pump, have a new well drilled or connect to town water. We are going the town water route which will cost us $2000 up front then just a monthly cost based on how much we use. We should have water by Monday at the latest I hope.

@noni1959 the well guy was unable to touch our well. The things were against his liability insurance. A man has been here all day digging up the ground and putting a meter pit in so by the latest tomorrow we should have town water.

@noni1959 as of yesterday at 4pm we finally did. Some things are leaking now from how high the pressure is of the town water. My husband needs to get a thing to put in to turn the pressure down. Hopefully he can get one after work on Monday.

@shaggin I hope you now have water again.

@Traceyjayne hopefully tonight was the last night I need to fill buckets of water. A guy who works on wells is supposed to come in the morning.

@LindaOhio my husband has been working on it all day. He still is but I’m holding out hope for running water soon. I want to do dishes in nice warm sudsy water and shower in my own house and shave

@LindaOHio nope they couldn’t get it working. My husband is saying home today and is calling another plumber .

@shaggin Is it fixed by now?