a must

[Jods]

I wish i could be like you guys Mercedes nails are so tough we have to pay the vet to do them. he even has a hard time, shes broken MANY clippers!! I wish I could do them myself its so much easier and they would be doen more often

[Lori Jordan]

My Maggy is the same way,i orderd the clippers of the net they cost about fifty bucks,but well worth it,her nails are tough and they crumble when i cut them.

[Uabassoon]

I wish I could cut Payson's nails that often. His are usually long because he is afraid to leave the house so we can't take him to the groomers. We have a friend who is a groomer that will come over to the house and clip his nails but he freaks out and starts to hyperventilate so we don't do it very often.

[Chilli]

I so wish I could clip my boys nails once every week, but they won't allow me. Frisk is terribly afraid we'll hit the quick (it happened a few times when he was really young), and Ethan has NEVER allowed us to clip his nails... so they both have to go to the vet.
The cats get their nails clipped once a week, though.

[K9karen]

Not weird at all. i clean Logan's water dish at least 3x a day and always her food dish before and after a meal. Nails are a different story. Hers look pretty good. She won't let me touch them so the vet does them every 3 months and she's fine. I keep a watchful eye out on them, and so far, so good, nothing ugly or horrible.

[Roxyluvsme13]

Gee, I wish I was a clean freak! Well, Roxy's terrified of having her nails trimmed, and she walks on them constantly, so they usually stay down pretty well. Lily doesn't get hers trimmed as often as she should since I do it myself.

[bckrazy]

I'm definitely the same. Gonzo wears his own nails down because he goes on a jog with my sister on dirt/road trails every day, but I still clean them and clip off any chipped pieces all the time to keep them healthy. I do Fozzie's all the time, to keep them short and to get him accustomed to nail clipping.

They get a lot of meals outside, when it's RMB's. But if it's pre-made or muscle meat/organs or veggies, I totally clean out their bowls right when they are done also.