A Painless Way to Trim Dog Claws
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Poor Moses has thick, fast growing nails with a quick that extends to within a sixteenth of an inch of the tip.He always ended up tracking little specks of blood everywhere at the end of a manicure, no matter how hard we tried to avoid cutting into the quick.
Last week I saw a commercial and it led me to a perfect solution that has ended Moses' weekly torture sessions forever.The advertisement was for a product called "Peticure", which looked to be nothing more than a Dremel clone with a grinding stone and a plastic guard. I didn't buy one. What I did do was get out my cordless Dremel and put the mini coarse-grit sanding drum on it.
I started on Moses' front paws, gently grinding away about a sixteenth of an inch of the tips. After the first couple of nails he realized this wasn't hurting at all and ceased his usual struggles.What used to take 40 combined man-minutes per week and caused my beloved pup a lot of pain has now been reduced to three minutes a day.
I've done the process for four days now and I estimate that by mid next week I will have Moses' claws trimmed back to the point that it will only require a three minute session once a week from then on to maintain a perfect doggy manicure. No blood, no pain, and no terrified dog. Moses is perfectly content to lie still and let me machine away the tips of his claws now with no need for Robin to hold him down.
If you decide to try this method, be careful and make sure you have a steady hand. You don't want to slip and injure yourself or your dog, so attempt at your own risk. The "Peticure" product is probably a lot safer, since it has the plastic guard on it to keep you from doing damage if you slip up, so you might want to go that route instead. Go to http://www.peticure.com to view the product and see their video demonstration.
Either way, it beats the old pet nippers hands-down - er, paws down.
Published by Timothy Frazier
Tim is a freelance blogger and creative writer living in Grapevine, Texas. He enjoys riding his Triumph Rocket III, woodworking, and making his Grandson, Jade, giggle. He and his wonderful wife, Robin, ha... View profile
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3 Comments
Post a CommentAnd I thought my husband was the only person to ever do this! I thought he was crazy, but it works great and the dogs don't mind at all.
Hello there :-) It's pretty cool that the peticure commercial helped you find a cheaper, painless method on trimming your dogs toenails. I bet you and Moses are a lot happier now. I decided not to declaw my cat, but I found another product I didn't have listed in the article that you commented on. It's a cardboard scratching box with catnip in it that cost only $5 at Wal-mart. Took a while for him to figure out what to do, I had to get down on the ground and pretend to scratch it myself to show him and then put treats in it a little out of his reach so that he had to scratch them out to get them, but after a while he finally caught on.
This is good info to have!.......................thanks