Do you clip your dogs nail

**Pam** · 09-30-2005, 07:05 AM

Yes I do both of mine too. I used to do them every two weeks but have stepped it up to every week. Bella's nails are easy to do (clear) and she is very cooperative. Ripley's are black and I admit to being nervous when I do them so I take very little off each week. When he first came to live here I cut them too short and he bled and I don't ever want to do that again because then he might be afraid of the whole process.

**lvpets2002** · 09-30-2005, 07:43 AM

Well I have in the past [but scared too] due to one time I clipped to short & was just sick about it.. So now the Vet does the dogs.. But now I do my cats all the time.. I know their paws very well & am comfortable with them..

**Suki Wingy** · 10-03-2005, 03:51 PM

I try to with a guiatine one but my mom gets mad when I do because she cut the quick once and now she takes him to petsmart to have it done. His are kept pretty short anyway from running on cement.

**Kirbys Mom** · 10-03-2005, 11:15 PM

ya i do it for my collie, plus bath her, brush her and clean her ears. she likes to move her hand on me when i do it.

**just me** · 09-30-2005, 10:58 AM

Being outside dogs, they naturaly stay short.
When I had Lady, she was inside all the time, I had to trim them and did it myself. Shes been gone 14 years.

**gemini9961** · 10-01-2005, 09:10 AM

Not usually, however I did clip Sadie and Maggie's yesterday. Took some time, but it got done. I had them in a big 35 gallon tote because they were in there to get a bath. They put their paws on the edge to try and get out and I clip them while they are standing there. Maggie bit me a couple of times and screamed like a human kid but it got done. Sadie kept pulling her back paws away and I had to be patient. Usually, I let the vet do it but I was feeling brave yesterday so I did it myself. Haven't tried clipping Grant's yet myself, my clippers are pretty small for Sadie and Maggie so I don't think they would work on his nails.

**Flatcoatluver** · 10-01-2005, 06:20 PM

Yeah I Give My Dogs A Bath Once A Week Because They Sleep On My Bed And My Bed Is White, So I Read A Grooming Book And They Said To Clip Their Nails After Their Bath So Their Soft And Easier To Cut And Less Likely To Bleed. Then I File Them So Their Not So Sharp And Condition Them So They Don't Crap Since My Dogs Are A Fast Agility Dogs

But Both My Dogs Have Black Nails Even My White Dog Does.

**gkristian** · 10-02-2005, 05:03 PM

i clip Foxy's nails once a week

**grybai** · 10-04-2005, 12:29 PM

Laura's cut Payson's nails but I'm a little nervous of doing it myself. I'm going to have to get over it though because he needs to have his nails cut pretty often- he's still scared of the outdoors (I'm working with him on it, but the going is slow...) so they don't get worn down at all naturally