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.
The dew claw attaches to the paw by a loose flap of skin. The person who is cutting the dog's claws should pull the dew claw away from the leg and cut the claw without cutting into the blood vessels found in the quick. If the quick is cut, the dog may suffer pain and bleeding.