How do I stop my dog's nail from bleeding?

Question

He flinched while cutting them and he is bleeding non stop. I have never seen blood actually squirt out like it was on him. It has slowed a little, but we called shelter and they gave us the powder to put on it, however, he weighs 120 pounds (more than me) and I am having a hard time trying to get him to stop moving. Evertime he moves, it starts pouring out again through the powder. The vet is closed here, and like i said i talked to the shelter (he is a dog we adopted from he was there 5 years and he is 8 great dane/lab mixand we volunteer there all the time) but the powder doesn't work with him moving all over

Answer 1

Even though it looks like a lot of blood it really isn't. The bleeding will stop on it's own with no worries.
You can dip the nail in sugar, flour or cornstarch too. This will help.

If it is cold where you are and you can safely do it the dog can go outside for a bit and taht wil lhelp stop the bleeding.

Answer 2

I had a Lab Husky cross for seventeen years. She outweighed me by at least 20 pounds. She cut one of her paws on broken glass when my family and I were walking near a stream and was bleeding profusely.

We took her to a friends house and contacted the vet, and he recommended that we get a large bowl and fill it with cold water and add some ice cubes. We had to place a towel under the bowl, and then just held the dogs foot into the water for a few minutes at a time. Once she realized that this was slowing the bleeding, and making her feel better, she did not struggle so much. This would be my best suggestion. I hope that it helps.

Answer 3

Keep up with the first-aid, and take it to the Vet if needed for now. Next time, try getting a Dremel grinder. I wonder why I didn't buy one years ago! It is a small round grinder and sold in Pet Catalogs and some Pet stores.

With it, you have an extraordinary amount of control since you are lightly sanding down the nail like a fast nail file. And. it is much more comfortable for dog and owner alike.

Answer 4

Flour, cornstarch or just apply pressure. If you plan to continue cutting the nails yourself, you can purchase some styptic powder from any pet store. To minimize cutting the quicks, you should always have someone hold the dog for you and just clip the tips of the nail, you can "grind" the nail down a bit more to make them shorter and smoother by using a dremmel tool (hardware store or now they make them especially for pets). Always make nail trimmings a positive experience, yelling and such will aide no improvement on the dogs behavior. Good luck!

Answer 5

you need to have the septic powder which will stop the bleeding but if you don't have that you can use flour and apply pressure hard to stop it from bleeding. i do this every so often when i clip my dogs nails. i groom and i still do the oops when i clip nails but when i do i use the powder or some flour which will work just as good as the powder. don't use anything other then the powder or flour because you can make the bleeding worse if you try other things that are not suited for this. good luck

Answer 6

This exact thing happened to mine. I tried wrapping a sock around him so at least the blood wouldn't be everywhere (this didn't work, either). I finally got a styptic pencil, held him down (bribing him with a treat helped) and pressed it on the wound. It did help--if you don't have that available, I think you can use cornstarch in a pinch. Try to get him to stop moving--sometimes giving them a bone or a new toy will help limit their movements. It will definitely stop, but probably not as soon as you want! Good luck!

Answer 7

Apply first aid. Keep the dog under control. while you apply the powder and then place a gauze wrap around the paw. it may take some time to heal and for the dog to stop bleeding check the paw regularly and consult your vet in the morning.

Get some assistance if needed.

Answer 8

If you do inadvertently go too deep you can use a styptic pencil, available at any drug store. Just hold the pencil on the end of the nail you must be in contact with the actual wound. If his nails have grown out so long you may want your vet to trim them, they have better means to control any bleeding.

Answer 9

You can try getting some corn syrup and applying it with pressure. It will stop the blood from coming out.

At the local pet store you can buy a special goo that you can use to close up the ends of nails if you cut them too close to the quick and hit the vein.

Answer 10

This happened to my dog and the only way we stopped the bleeding was to put the liquid bandage on it. Make sure it is clean and after putting the bandage on it try to wrap it in gauze. I doubt he will keep it on but if it stays on for just a minuet it will give the liquid bandage time to dry. If it doesn't dry you may have to take him to a vet. Call the shelter, they will be able to tell you where a vet is or tell you to bring him to them.