[lizard55033]

How offen does everyone trim their dogs nails to keep them short by the pads?

My dogs are a bit long now and need to trim. So once I trim to near the "blood line"; does that "bloodline or quick" receed a bit?

 

[jeff t.]

How offen does everyone trim their dogs nails to keep them short by the pads?

My dogs are a bit long now and need to trim. So once I trim to near the "blood line"; does that "bloodline or quick" receed a bit?

I don't trim, I grind with a dremel every couple of weeks. No bleeding, no pain, no stress. Here's a link with guidance and instruction.

http://homepages.udayton.edu/~jmerenski1/doberdawn/dremel/dremel.html

The quick will recede with repeated shortening of the nail.

 

[Kasomor]

Should do it every four days but I get to it once a week.

Cut and Dremel.

 

[RetrieverLuvr]

The Quick will recede the more you trim them. Some say that the vibration and heat of the dremel will make it recede.

I grind my guys at least once a week.

 

[Misty Mountain]

I trim my dogs nails every Monday with a dremmel. I also have a grooming table like they use at dog shows. Makes it easier to control because there is a "noose" that holds the head. Control the head, control the dog!

Cutting nails used to be an Olympic sport at my house. Now it is pretty "quick"!

Thanks,

Toni
www.retrieverlife.com/

 

[RoosterBuster]

I usually get a few at a time, my dog hates it.

 

[jeff t.]

I usually get a few at a time, my dog hates it.

I've found that it helps a lot if

• they get half a biscuit after each toenail
• I don't allow the sanding drum to wear out..a fresh drum removes nail material, a worn out drum generates too much heat
• I don't try to remove too much at one time..keep the sessions short and stressless

 

[mwk56]

I have a 13-yr old who I have never had to trim, and her 9-yr old son I have never had to trim! I never had to trim the 13-yr old's mom (she is now 16.5) until she became a full-time house dog.

I have others that I try to trim once a month.

Meredith

 

[alynn]

Tried a Dremel but my dogs hated the sound. Once a week I use heavy duty nail clippers & clip them close to the quick. They don't really like it, but put up with it. It is just one of those things that happens.

 

[windycanyon]

I don't trim, I grind with a dremel every couple of weeks. No bleeding, no pain, no stress.

Same here. Pretty much the 1st and 15th of the month or when I start to hear clicking on my tile floors.

 

[jeff t.]

Tried a Dremel but my dogs hated the sound.

I introduce the dremel very gradually over a period of a couple of weeks. At first I just turn it on so pup can hear the noise. I gave the pup a cookie each time I turned it on..pup learns to associate noise of grinder with cookie.

Later I started giving a cookie after each toenail. Now they associate nail grinding with getting cookies...a good thing. I also use the battery operated dremel, which is less noisy.

 

[windycanyon]

I actually first intro the battery powered dremel on "1" (low) at ~3-4 wks old now. It just takes a brief touch to the nail at that point. It's questionable how much they can actually hear at that point, so I figure that is about as good as it gets.

Most of the time these same pups don't even budge for the dyson (loud!) whereas my first lab RAN from even the quietest vacuum cleaner.

 

[Chelsey's Triple H]

I've never had to trim my dogs nail because they wear naturally on our pool patio and our daily walks, but I do have to trim my rescues dew-claws and I use a dremmel to do so. Quick and easy.

 

[Bob Glover]

My girl hates having her nails clipped. She loves getting a bath, because she was introduced to it gradually. My next dog will be introduced at a very young age to the nail clipper.

 

[Patti Benton]

I used a Dremel on my 2 labs. They didn't like the noise at first, but I lay them on their side on a crate pad and put their head under my leg to muffle the sound. I try to do it once a week.

 

[Doc E]

We free road our dogs at least 5 times a week (on logging roads = surface is small rocks). Have never had to trim nails.



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[agilek9's]

Picking up the dremel gets my guys very excited.
My three try to push past each other to be first to have their nails trimmed with a dremel. Like Jeff T., I introduce the dremel when they are pups, just turning it on first with a treat for letting me hold the paw only.
Eventually I touch the nail briefly then building up over time, getting a treat for each nail, working up to getting treat only after one paw is done.

It is very funny watching them jockey for the position in front of me to be first.

 

[J. Walker]

The Quick will recede the more you trim them. Some say that the vibration and heat of the dremel will make it recede.

I grind my guys at least once a week.

That's something to keep in mind. If the nails have gotten too long, too much grinding at one time will heat up the nails and be painful. Initially, I have the dogs lie down then put my leg over the neck/shoulder area. Then, I only do maybe two nails, then they get a cookie. By the second or third trimming session, dogs seem to be okay with the noise and vibration.

 

[windycanyon]

I just got in from a pain/chiro clinic held by one of my dog trainng clubs and found it interesting that the vet mentioned too long of nails as being a factor in some of her clients. If they cant' comfortably walk, they'll compensate, and create much larger issues.

Saw one dog that had to be muzzled and even at that, never got a full exam (scratched up her owner terribly w/ her dews!). Sorry, but if I had a dog like that, that a vet couldn't even look at, I just couldn't imagine feeding it.

Bottom line, work on it. If you've got a dog that can't stand having its feet touched, you've got a far bigger problem.

 

[Blklab]

dremel with a lot of treats!