Promised my friend I would ask the experts about this. His male rottie 15/mo has been to the vet several times to be treated for toenail casings that are rotting away exposing the quick. He has ruled out anything environmental (ie: salt, chemicals, pavement, running).The dog is not biting the nails in question either. I understand research may be going on for this at Cornell University. Does anyone have knowledge of this condition. The dog has also been diagnosed with Pano. Any help is appreciated. Thanks
Jerry
In dogs, a condition called lupoid onychodystrophy (also known as 20-nail disease) can cause all the nails to fall out. When they grow back, they will usually be brittle and prone to cracking, says Grant Nisson, D.V.M., a veterinarian in private practice in West River, Maryland. Vets aren't sure what causes this condition, although it may be related to the immune system, he says.
All dogs were presented for claw disease and were healthy otherwise. Typically, owners first noticed a single, abnormal claw on two or more paws. However, within a short period of time (two to nine weeks), every claw on all four paws was affected. In half of the cases, the condition was painful, being associated with varying degrees of lameness and discomfort on palpation. The other half of the dogs seemed to be unaware of their disease.
The initial clinical sign usually was a separation at the claw bed and sloughing (i.e., onychomadesis) of one or more claws. Particularly observant owners reported a "brown line" or "bruising" at the claw bed prior to sloughing. Such changes probably represented subungual hemorrhage. After claws had been sloughed, regrowth was characterized by short, misshapen, dry, soft, brittle, often crumbly, and discolored claws. In four dogs there was malodorous, hemorrhagicopurulent discharge from the claw bed, presumably due to secondary bacterial paronychia.
Intelligent dogs rarely want to please people whom they do not respect --- W.R. Koehler
Gerard, it sounds an awful lot like a fungal infection with a secondary bacterial infection.
I would try the following, I would make a gentian violet solution and have the dog stand in it (one paw at a time) until the nails have become good and soaked. I might do that 2-3 times, 3 days apart. After that I would paint gentian violet directly on the nails (and surrounding area) until the condition improved (nail infections can take a while). Using that method you will do no harm and at minimum it will treat the secondary infection. IF it is fungal it should knock it out.
The one big issue with this method is that Gentian Violet is a purple dye and he will leave purple foot prints after the soaking.
I went through something like this with a female rottie. This was about 10 years ago, she was three. I spent a small fortune trying to get a definitive diagnosis. It was not fungus, there was some bacteria. We even sent a section of the nail in to the lab for a complete review. Medication did not help. Nail after nail fell off, leaving the quick exposed. Was very painful. And when the nail tried to grow back, was mishapen and would peel off again. Finally had all her nails removed surgically. That's the only thing that would stop the pain. She healed well and had an active life after that. Susan
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