trimming nails

[mr.chiwawa]

When I first brought Mister home I did the same thing got him used to his feet being touched and used to be able to trim his nails without an apperance from kujo. But recently all that went out the window. Now feel free to laugh at the next part as it is quite funny I bought a pair of doogles for him for car rides and such as where he is a chihuahua his eyes are twice as sensitve as other breeds. ANYWAY I discovered that when I put them on him he goes completely limp and doesnt move a muscle. So now when its time to trim his nails I put the doogles on him and trim them then I take them off and hes fine agian. Strange I know but it beats paying the vet to do it and the vet even has a diffcult time with him. Best of luck to ya

[lizbud]

What are doogles ? Smokey hates his nail trimming. Took him to the vet
today & he was a complete dream of a pup. Never flinched once. It was
over in minutes. He got plenty of treats for that.

[lute]

What are doogles ? Smokey hates his nail trimming. Took him to the vet
today & he was a complete dream of a pup. Never flinched once. It was
over in minutes. He got plenty of treats for that.

dogles are like sunglasses for dogs. You can buy them at PetCo, PetSmart, PetEdge, or most other pet stores.

[lizbud]

dogles are like sunglasses for dogs. You can buy them at PetCo, PetSmart, PetEdge, or most other pet stores.

Oh thanks. I remember seeing those before.

[mr.chiwawa]

Now try picturing them on a chihuahua cause there smallest size is STILL 2 sizes too big for his little head I dont have any pics of him i will take some tomarrow then youll see why its soo funny

[cali]

yup, my moms dogs are nutty about getting their nails clipped. Ripley needs 2 people, one to slio and one to hold a spoon full of PB lol its the only way your getting near his nails. Perky is actually fine, she requires PB to get her nails clipped because she knows Ripley gets it, so even though she knows darn well how to behave with the clippers, she will throw a fit and act up just so we will give her PB while clipping lol. Blair in another story all together. he HATES having his feet touched, he completly freaks out and gets extremly aggressive, we have requred 3 people and a muzzle to keep him from seriously injuring someone while clipping his nails..and that was when he was sedated. we are normally positive all the way for these things, but he wont touch food or toys whatsoever if you are anywhere near his paws. after years of work with him I have managed to be able to clip his FRONT paws without getting attacked, but he needs to be leashed, in a small room, alone with me, and I need to be extremly firm with him, cutting him off at the pass if he tries to attack. I still cant get near his back paws though, and his double dew claws back there make it even worse, I have the odd time manged to distract him long enough to snip a single back paw nail without getting attacked, but afyter the one he is on total gaurd and it aint happening again lol

[angelchampy]

I definitely have to see that picture of Mister too. He must be adorable.

My dogs were okay with trimming until they got older. Same with brushing. As soon as they hit about 8 or 9 years old, things changed. They started getting wierd about things like that (bathing too). I found dogs develop phobias as they get older and it doesn't matter if you've done it all their lives. Cats are another story all together. Kudos to anyone who can trim a cat's nails. I got bit and scratched so many times, I just took them to the vet. Too painful.