I have a 14 year old Maltese that chewed her nails for most of her life. Eventually when I grew a brain and switched all my girls to grain, poultry, white potato, soy free foods foods, their groomer mentioned to me (I hadn’t even realized it) that Hey! When did Hannah stop biting her nails (she never ever needed any of her nails trimmed because she bit them all off)? My reaction, of course brainless that I was, said HUH? I’ll be damned! She has never bit them again. So was it the grains, poultry, white potato, soy, white rice??????? Don’t know but I hope this directs you to look into any of these ingredients you might be feeding.
theBCnut Hannah never had nail infections or anything. She chewed all her nails on her paws and feet. The vet and groomer used to tell me that periodically they would come across a dog that just chewed their nails but they didn’t seem to be concerned. I bit my nails when I was a kid (actually I stopped after going through hypnosis at the age of 21) so I didn’t give it much thought. I figured she was healthy and I didn’t think hypnosis would work for her LOL!
