Do You Clip Your Dogs Nails?

bigdawgs · 07-09-2006, 10:09 AM

I jst did them. Moose laid on his back.. he gets belly rubs when he gets clipped! Daisy is much easier now that she is on meds and less grumpy. Ken had a bad time of it this time out. Lets see, five dogs, 18 nails per dog, he quicked about 2 per dog.. No crying, yelping, but good thing we were outside, there was blood spots all over the deck! Oh well, it makes them shorter and easier, and they were good sports.

drfong · 07-13-2006, 09:00 PM

I tried today and only got about half of them. I haven't figured out a way to hold them still enough to cut them. They pull their paws away and kick with the other paws. If they would just let me do it quick it would be over with but I don't speak dog to explain that to them so it's a battle every time. Any good tips on how to hold them and control them I would appreciate it.

Curbside Prophet · 07-14-2006, 12:25 PM

Whenever dogs are afraid of things, we need to move gradually in order to get the dog use to it. Force will only make things worse. I started out by letting Elsa lick some kind of food like peanut butter or canned cat food out of a bowl, at the same time as I touched one of her paws. Once she was okay with being touched while eating something really tasty, I proceeded by holding the paw, holding a claw, pretending to clip, then actually clip one claw, then two claws, etc.. By spending time doing this and doing it so gradually that she never gets scared, she eventually got used it. Clipping claws is one of those things I think is best conditioned using treats and practicing the routine without actually doing it. Plus, you don't have to do it all at once...maybe do one claw on each dog a day and avoid the frustration of pinning them down for longer than they can tollerate.

Amanda21 · 07-15-2006, 12:15 PM

my dad and i clip Britts nails. I'll be petting her, and then my dad clips. but she knows not to fight with my dad. so she's very well-behaved. my rabbit on the other hand. she wont let me anywhere near her feet!

drfong · 07-16-2006, 11:59 PM

I'll try that. They don't mind me holding their feet, just cliping th nails. I'll try to figure out some way to associate treats with nail cliping.

Emma82 · 08-22-2006, 12:35 PM

i do trim my dogs nails, with harvey it is harder to know where to cut because he has black nails so i can not see the vain so i just take a little off every time, with my other dog she has white nail so i can see where to cut as i can see the vain, you can bye this powder to stop the nail bleeding at pet stores that is what groomer use if they cut to far. Or you can always go to the vet mine charges $5 but some do it for free.
hope this helps Emma

Sister · 08-28-2006, 11:11 AM

My pug has black nails with long quicks, and he squirms, so he is exceedingly difficult to trim. I've have several groomers refuse to do it. He is going to get it done at the vet's today. He is lame in his left leg so he doesn't spend a lot of time on cement grinding them down, unfortunately.

Alpha · 08-28-2006, 11:15 AM

I clip my guys nails

Either once ever week or every other week.

My little guy has white nails, so it's pretty easy, and my girl's got hard black ones. But I've got pretty good and clipping them nice and short, and there's no problems.

They both know the routine inside and out now, and clipping both of them takes less than 10 minutes.

Ragmop53 · 08-30-2006, 07:29 PM

I used to do it myself, but I got a little to close and it bled. I have them done at the groomers and they clip and drimmel them, which puts a nice smooth edge on them.

Take care Ragmop53

4-Her · 08-31-2006, 05:23 PM

i would start clipping them...i clip my dogs every two weeks (her nails dont grow fast)...the reason your dogs nails would start bleeding is because you were probely cuting the *quick* which is the vain in the nail.

yooper_at_heart · 08-31-2006, 06:45 PM

I let the vet handled it. I don't want to botch things up and if I did attempt it I'd probably get him to the point where he'd be afraid to have his nails trimmmed. Tucker my chi had his nails trimmed last week and did remarkably well. According to the groomer he just watched her as she trimmed his nails didn't nip or anything.

TinyStar · 09-01-2006, 03:06 PM

Now my family doesn't clip our pooches nails - but then, ours have always been outside dogs and I've found they do it themselves. Both dogs we've had usually keep their own nails trim by chewing them.
Now an inside dog that was mine, I'd probably take them to a groomer. I'm not that steady, haha.

Swissmiss · 09-02-2006, 04:13 PM

Not me I run him over to the groomer. Walk in's for nail clipping, no appointment and only cost $5.00. I hate cutting his nails, he is all stressed, I am all stressed and I hate making a mistake and cutting his quick. Five minutes and the groomer is done!!

If you keep making him bleed your doing it all wrong and really hurting him!

toniaxp · 09-27-2006, 03:53 PM

Unlike peoples nails a dogs nails are still alive and have vessles in them you should only trim the white area on the end and leave at least 2 mm left to avoid bleeding.

slobberchops · 09-27-2006, 04:12 PM

I clip my own dogs nails

allick06 · 03-24-2007, 10:07 PM

I'm a pet grooming salon manager and yes using a Cordless Dremel with a sanding attachment works and works well as I use it daily. If your dog isn't accustomed to having his nails grinded then you may have a fight but, it's much more difficult to "quick" a nail with a grinder. The reason your dog bled when you clipped his nails is because you cut too much and got his vein inside the nail. If I have to trim nails that are black and I'm not surre where the quick is, all I do is trim the tips off. There's a new trimmer out that illuminates the quicks even in black nails, I love it!

Aussiefan · 03-25-2007, 02:47 AM

I clip my own nails....also clip my dogs nails as well! haha!

I clip them once a month or so, some of the nails on my aussies are white (all of my shelties) so its easy to see exactly where the quick is, the dark nails are a little harder, but i have yet to have a bleeder in all the years so i must have a good system down lol!

Love's_Sophie · 11-06-2007, 11:44 PM

I trim my dog's nails weekly; or atleast check them to see if they need trimming. Most of the time all they need is 'tipping'.

The nails should be atleast an 1\8 of an inch off the floor to prevent injury to the dog's toes...if they touch the ground, or the dog walks more on his toenails, the dog's toes, and the tendons in his toes start to break down over time...not a good thing. Plus, the dog's can break those toenails much easier, or get them caught on things, and rip them off, etc...it is so much better to keep them trimmed short than to let them get overly long!

SpudFan · 11-07-2007, 01:36 AM

Dremmel is your friend.

brie · 11-07-2007, 01:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Amanda21

my dad and i clip Britts nails. I'll be petting her, and then my dad clips. but she knows not to fight with my dad. so she's very well-behaved. my rabbit on the other hand. she wont let me anywhere near her feet!

woa.. rabbits really need their nails trimmed.. especially if they're on a wire floor. I'm not trying to be mean.. jus tryn to help. Have you tried wraping her in a towel before you clip..

ps.. i know this thread is kinda old lol.sorry