Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: 1  comfort, soothe, console, solace(verb) give moral or emotional strength to. 2  soothe(verb) cause to feel better. the medicine soothes the pain of the inflammation.
If the dew claws are not removed between 2-5 days old, the dog will have to be anaesthetised to have the procedure done, but there is no age limit. My local vet advised that it would be a fairly simple procedure to remove my adult male Dobermans front dew claws, which a quick recovery period.
Since the dog's dew claws are located higher than the other claws, people often assume they have no use. Actually, a dog may use his dew claw to hold on to objects, such as bones, to keep them steady as they are chewing on them. They might use a dew claw to scratch an itch or remove something from their teeth.