I tried sneaking the clippers to her nails last night and nearly got my hand bit off! She can be very aggressive when she wants.:(
The Dremmel thing - is that the basic Dremmel rotary tool? Not that I'll even think of trying that one on my own!
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I tried sneaking the clippers to her nails last night and nearly got my hand bit off! She can be very aggressive when she wants.:(
The Dremmel thing - is that the basic Dremmel rotary tool? Not that I'll even think of trying that one on my own!
I file her nails! lol:) She's a princess!
Here's a link to the Dremmel:
http://www.jbpet.com/Shopping/produc...ngNailTrimmers
How does poor little Grandpa Smokey do when you clip his nails? I am just betting it's not a pretty picture from other things that you have posted regarding his grooming. :p (((Hugs))) to the little guy. :) Actually as my RB toy poodles aged they were even easier to groom and do nails, etc. They looked at it as a good chance for them to grab an afternoon nap! Yep, they actually dozed off! :)Quote:
Originally posted by wolf_Q
Usually I hold Reggie in my lap. He squirms, but doesn't try to bite or anything.
haha! great thread! I work at a vet clinic (not a regular vet though) and I too am obsessive with nails. lol every dog we do procedures on we clip their nails, and a lot of times people just ask us to do it when they are in for an exam and we do. its a lot easier when they are sedated though! ;) It really gets to me to see dogs with dagger long nails..
Ive only had Brock 2 weeks now and I cut his nails last wed (a week from tomorrow) when I took him to a self grooming place. we have a dremmel at work and the guillotine type clippers, but I agree, those kind get dull really fast and it can pinch the dog a lot more and make it a lot more uncomfortable than it already is. the grooming place I went to had the kind like you pictured and I liked them a lot (Id never used that kind before). so Im going to have my dad or one of the girls at work show me how to use the dremmel tomorrow. I havent purchased any dog nail clippers yet cause Im hoping Brock will tolerate the dremmel so I can just do that once a week. Im glad his nails had been kept short before I got him. It can be really difficult to get them back to a good length once they are allowed to grow long. Im also glad he only has one black nail! They make me really uneasy too!!
"Kito tolerates it but acts like a drama queen (this is when we usually hear a good Shiba scream or two!!)..."
"Boy oh boy do I know that scream!! We have a couple shiba's come in for grooming or to just get their nails cut, and there is only one that we can do by ourselves with no muzzle. Our next best shiba takes 2 people and a muzzle, and as for the others...anywhere from 3 to 5 people (no kidding) and the screaming!!! LOL You'd think we were amputating a foot. "
oh my goodness, this cracked me up!!! we have a shiba that comes in to our clinic every 3 weeks to get his allergy injection because his owner cant do it and we call him the screamer for obvious reasons! ;););)
Honestly I very rarely clip his nails. Maybe once or twice a year. They are very very small and don't seem to grow at all, they never have. I don't really understand it, but whenever I've tried to clip them I could just barely clip the tips off. He's kind of hard to do...he doesn't care about what I'm doing, he just doesn't like to be held against his will, he tries to bite. :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally posted by Pam
How does poor little Grandpa Smokey do when you clip his nails? I am just betting it's not a pretty picture from other things that you have posted regarding his grooming. :p (((Hugs))) to the little guy. :) Actually as my RB toy poodles aged they were even easier to groom and do nails, etc. They looked at it as a good chance for them to grab an afternoon nap! Yep, they actually dozed off! :)
After reading this thread yesterday I thought I better trim up Katie's nails. I just did it about 3 weeks ago, but I thought they were looking a little long so I decided to go ahead and make sure they stay short. Alden told me not to, he said they looked pretty good and I just did it not too long ago. I wouldn't listen. I just HAD to make sure they were perfect. Katie is pretty good about it and I usually have to give her some treats and that way she will tolerate it. Sure enough I cut one too short! It was awful! I don't know how I messed up. Katie has all white nails so it is very easy to trim her nails. I have never done this with her before. She let out a yelp and jerked her paw back and the blood was really flowing. Alden ran to get a towel and some flour (no cornstarch in the house). I sat with her and kept trying to get the bleeding to stop and she was soooo good. She just layed beside me and kept licking my face like I was the one that was hurt or something. Talk about making me feel really guilty! Katie is fine though. After the yelp she didn't seem bothered by it at all. She seemed to just want to console me because I was upset. It sure did bleed for a long time though. I felt like such a bad mommy :( I'll have to make sure this never happens again.
Robin
P.S...To Alden's credit he did not say I told you so because I think he already knew how bad I felt and also I was shocked that he knew about the flour thing. He said the vet had mentioned it to him the last time Katie was there and he trimmed her nails.
Try not to feel too bad. It dows happen unfortunately. I think dogs sense how you're reacting to it, and then react accordingly. So some people who act like the end is near and really super coddle their dogs make for dogs that act really upset the next time you bring out the clippers, whereas people who just go on matter of factly and don't make it a big deal make for dogs who don't care either.Quote:
Originally posted by RobiLee
I sat with her and kept trying to get the bleeding to stop and she was soooo good. She just layed beside me and kept licking my face like I was the one that was hurt or something. Talk about making me feel really guilty! Katie is fine though. After the yelp she didn't seem bothered by it at all. She seemed to just want to console me because I was upset. It sure did bleed for a long time though. I felt like such a bad mommy :( I'll have to make sure this never happens again.
Of course that's just my generalization from dogs I see at work. I'm sure there are exceptions.
It might be worthwhile (for your peace of mind only) to get some quick stop from the pet store. You will probably never ever need it, but knowing you have it there might help :)
Giving Katie a pat for being the stoic akita she is, taking things in stride and still comforting her mommy when she's upset.
I was trimming nails today on my two.. One of Tommy's dew claws was pretty short already but it had a pointy little tip on it and I decided I'd just shave off the tip there but I got a tad too much and saw a bit of blood welling on the tip. I keep my grooming stuff in a fishing tacklebox (habit formed from the days when we showed Willie). Anyway I keep a little spice container with some corn meal in it and I just immediately dabbed that on. Tommy never had any reaction except he wanted to see what the corn meal was and was snuffling that as I was dabbing it on. That stuff works wonderful, clots it up right then and never a drop hit the floor. Course if I had cut it really deep it wouldn't have worked quite that well but it stopped it right away. Tommy showed absolutely no pain reaction at all, he didn't even jerk his foot when it happened.
I've seen it a lot worse a couple times, once when I worked with a groomer for awhile when I was in high school washing dogs, and she accidently cut kinda deep on a nail of a golden retriever. Another time with Willie when the breeder was at the show with us and hurriedly helping groom him up, I'm not sure how she did it so badly but she cut really deep on one of his nails, really bad. I was extremely alarmed at the amount of blood, going through some hand towels and putting some styptic type powder on the foot. Willie himself, again didn't ever react much except when it was first cut he did jerk. We could not get that nail to stop, it started up bleeding again in the show ring. What a nightmare, I still have no idea how she managed to mangle that nail so bad as I was sitting right there and he wasn't jerking his feet or anything.