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Auster's very ticklish on her pads so I have someone else feed her while I clip/dremel the nails. When I'm home I usually clip amd then dremel a few days later abotu every two weeks. I'll probably spend all summer clipping her nails every weeks because my mother NEVER clips them short enough and they are horribly long right now. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" />
I usually have someone give her Bil-jac, but hopefully I can substitute a recreational bone once I get some for her.
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That't terrible, milt! For shame! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />
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I used to trim my pup's nails every couple days, now at 7 months I don't need to hold on to her, she reluctantly lets me do them (but still expects a treat when I'm done).
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I know this is an old thread, but it's pertinent to my current dilemma.
Konig has decided that his nails will not be trimmed. He has tried to nip my wife for it while she held him and I tried to trim. He tried to flat-out bite the groomer at Petco for it. He goes into complete spaz mode if I try to muzzle him there (at Petco), and thrashes around uncontrollably. I'm 6'4", 205 pounds, and I can't hold this dog.
He is not paw sensitive-I can mess with his feet all day. I have tried food incentives, etc. I also made what I think was a major mistake the other night-he took a nip at the wife while we were trying to trim him, and I gave him the real treatment (a swat on the muzzle, clamped down, big NO!).
I'd appreciate tips here.
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#37612 - 11/25/2003 07:42 PM |
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Iian,
How old is Konig?
I'm a bit suprised at this post - you have always seemed to be a fairly experienced handler and I'm pretty sure than you'd have seen signs of increasing stress from the dog during previous nail trimmings. Has something out of the ordinary happened to the dog lately?
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#37613 - 11/28/2003 10:15 AM |
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Konig is 3 years old. I don't think that there's been anything unusual, other than our move to Virginia 3 months ago. We have taken him to have a trimming here, but I didn't see the last one before that. My wife took him to a vet, and they brought him "in the back", because they said if he didn't respond well to trimmings it would be better for her not to be there. Who knows what happened, but the techs told my wife he was horrible.
I have been trying for the last few days to sneak up on him when he's relaxed, show him the trimmer, and then just snip one nail, with play reward immediately following. He is not showing the same signs of aversion now, but still won't sit still for trimming more than one at a time. (Probably because he's excited to play.) This seems to be working.
I think on the last trim I tried to push him back into the trimming when he was still stressed from the groomer's attempt. It was definitely an escalating thing, as you pointed out. What do you think?
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You can probably guess what happened -- they quicked him, he objected, they got rough to control him to finish the job. He's decided it ain't gonna happen again.
I quicked my dog once. It was a few months before he would let me trim his nails without a lot of fuss. For now, we have a deal -- one good dog treat is worth trimming a single nail. I've found that although he can count, he can't measure. So, a regular small California Natural treat is good for about one paw's worth of toenails.
You may also want to try the Dremel Tool method of grinding the nails down. I've heard many dogs accept this better than the clippers. This link demonstrates using the Dremel and provides several good tips.
http://homepages.udayton.edu/~merenski/doberdawn/dremel/dremel.html
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#37615 - 11/29/2003 10:21 AM |
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He's getting better now-still doing one nail at a time, but it's much easier. I just have to catch him when he's quiet.
Will-looking back, I did see more stress in the dog, and didn't respond to it correctly. Lesson learned.
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