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What are the risks of declawing dogs?

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Huge is the simple answer.
The only viable reasons for declawing a dog are medical, through injury or infection. It is barely necessary to clip a dogs claw if it is exercised correctly Declawing, like docking is, usually done for the vanity of the owner.

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