I researched the pedicure and decided not to purchase due to negative comments on the battery life. So instead I purchased just the cover part (which was sold separately for those of us who already owned dremmels) to add to my dremmel tool.
The nice features of the pedicure/pedipaw type products are:
1. The dust from the nails doesn't fly around as much as just using the dremmel.
2. The hair doesn't get caught in the dremmel as much.
3. If you file into the quick, it usually isn't as deep as clipping into it and there is less bleeding.
The drawbacks are:
1. The noise. You MUST train your dog properly to accept the tool or they will freak out! (See below)
2. You cannot easily get the tool at a good angle to give a nice rounded surface to the nail. It can be done, but is actually much easier without the cover on the tool. If you have a show dog and want that nice close trim with a rounded nail, try a plain dremmel or an ordinary metal nail file.
Before you decide to purchase any of these products, please read the COMPLETE article on dremmeling your dogs nails at www.DoberDawn.com. She has an EXCELLENT article on the entire process from beginning to end, including how to introduce your dogs to the noise. I wish we had read it before we did our dogs' nails. Now they are a bit scared so we are trying to retrain which takes MUCH longer than just doing it correctly in the first place!
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