nail clipping

[Suzanne St]

Sometimes you can cut a nail, and within seconds the nail will begin to bleed. To stop the bleeding if you nick or chip the quick, which is the blood vessel inside the nail. Stypic powder quickly stops the bleeding by coagulating the blood. This also comes in a pen can be bought at most pet shops, also some flour can do the trick

[John Thomson]

Thanks for posting Suzanne.......I walk my two dogs on hard surfaces quite a bit which keeps their claws short.......I've never tried clipping them.
Does anyone else clip their own dogs nails?
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John Thomson
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[kendal]

we do, its funny cos there nails end up sharper strait after clipping than they were before. but i think it goes away after they have had a walk.

[Deborah Hamilton]

I cut Moli's sometimes.
When Mishka had her accident and wasn't getting walked I sat watching TV on the floor while I filed her nails with a rough grade emery board. Does the trick with no risk of blood for those that are squeemish.

[kendal]

my two don't like the feel of it, they wont sit still. its quicker for us to just clip them.

but i do think its good it makes them smoother.

[Janice]

I've never tried to clip a dogs nails but as long as they get a bit of a walk on a paved surface it doesn't seem to be a problem. But what about dew claws? Do you clip them too?

[John Thomson]

Rear dew claws are usually removed by the breeder........front dew claws can get sharp ( when giving a paw!!!)
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[Fiona]

Hi

Star is a big baby when it comes to nail clipping. I used to have to do it to all 8 of the pups weekly as they begin to hurt and scratch the bitch when feeding you have to keep them short. Then just one day at around 7 weeks Star decided he hated it and freaked out! You have never seen anything like it! Ended up having to take him to the vet because I was afraid of hurting him.

I don't have to do it now as he has white horn which is softer than the black and is walked on a hard surface daily. He also likes to dig massive holes in my garden which help keep his nails nice and short!

[Eleanor]

hi

I have clipped both Bracken and Brooklyn's nails, a mix with light and dark

I had to work v hard on desensitization, but I got there in the end,

but generally they don't need them done with road walking.

no dew claws so I suppose I'm lucky there

Eleanor

[Laura]

I have never needed to clip my dogs nails. We do a lot of roadwork and biking (5 + miles per day) and it seems to keep them nice and short. I have a bitch here whose nails are like talons but if you look closely the quick is near to the tip, she has hare type feet rather than cat feet so they are always like this.

[shirley c]

Im forever doing ours, the oldies grow so quick as they cant walk very far now, the lurchers mostly run on grass so we dont do a lot of roadwork, I dremel them sometimes too

[Magz]

[Nicola]

Out of all the dogs i've groomed, i've only ever managed to cut into the quick of one dog.....my own dog, Molly!

It's not a big deal though, looks worse than it is. I use Trimmex, or failing that, I would stick the nail in a bar of soap.

[Isabel]

We trim doogles sometimes. I cut one too short once and made it bleed, so put it in a bowl of flour. He was a real drama queen about it, he came miracouly better when i gave him some food How often are you meant to trim them?

[Fiona]

Just when ever they get to long or sharp Izzy. I haven't had to do Star's since he was a tiny pup and Jakes never need done. On occassion I will trim the dew claws but thats it.
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