Mine walks around on a lot of concrete and pavement, I've never had to trim his nails. They stay the perfect length. Although, I'm assuming I will have to soon because there's snow on the ground now.
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Mine walks around on a lot of concrete and pavement, I've never had to trim his nails. They stay the perfect length. Although, I'm assuming I will have to soon because there's snow on the ground now.
Interestingly, I have only one dog like that, despite the fact that they have the same walk routes, etc.
There is a pet dremel on the market called Pedipaws.It has a hole in it where you place the dogs nail to file it.It is battery operated,is fairly quiet and costs about the same. You can buy it at most pet stores and at Bed, Bath & Beyond.
I don't like Pedipaws for long, thick nails but it would probably work well for your situation since you are just looking to smooth and round off the nail tip.
I use a dremel everyday on my grooming clients dogs so I can get the nails right to the quick without the risk of getting to close. Most dogs tolerate it and some are afraid of the noise.
Mine walks around on a lot of concrete and pavement, I've never had to trim his nails. They stay the perfect length. Although, I'm assuming I will have to soon because there's snow on the ground now.
Interestingly, I have only one dog like that, despite the fact that they have the same walk routes, etc.
I don't ever have to trim Turb's back nails, but the fronts do require attention every now and then.
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I`d like to try the dremel. How time consuming is it? I can do all 3 of my dogs with the heavy duty clippers in less then 10 minutes with steptic standing by.
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Very. It takes me about 20-30 minutes per dog, depending on how long the nails are. (Mind you, I stop often for treats/praise) and you can only do a couple seconds of contact at a time, to avoid burning the dog.
I prefer to clip first and then use the dremel to round off and shorten the nail even more. Although in my case I do not save any time that way, as my dogs really hate being clipped and I struggle to hold them down, it's a big fight.
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If you're talking about one of the two items on TV sold under the names Peticure or Petipaws they're pieces of junk. The motors in these things are way underpowered for most larger dogs. We've had a couple returned because when the nail was touched lighly to the sanding head the drum stopped Another person had their dog get their nail stuck on this stupid thing by it catching between the sanding drum and the plastic guard around it.
If you do decide to go the sanding route go buy a cheap dremel from one of the major hardware stores.
BTW: A dremel on most dogs who are buttheads for nail clipping will not change that they don't like having their feet held still. If your dog will not let you hold it's feet long enough for you to write your intials clearly on the bottom of each of it's toe pads with a felt tip maker a dremel may not be the tool for you.
Good point. I wish I had known that before I dropped $40 or so on my Dremel for pets. Clipping his nails has always been a huge pain, so I figured I would get the Dremel. He hates it. Whines and carries on like you were killing him. So now I have a low power, battery operated Dremel tool for use in my home improvement projects...
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Another person had their dog get their nail stuck on this stupid thing by it catching between the sanding drum and the plastic guard around it.
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