While the position of a dog’s dewclaw—separated from the rest of their digits—makes it look like the canine version of a thumb, they don’t exactly use it to hold a beer, indicate approval, or do ...

My dog badly injured his paw two weeks ago. It became swollen and red and, when I took him to the veterinarian, he said it was infected and X-rays showed that the dewclaw was fractured. Surgery was ...