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Topic: my dogs nails are black
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lisastuhr
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posted February 20, 2004 09:10 AM
My dog mindy has real dark nails and it's hard to see where to clip them I was just wondering is their a certain length on the nail of how far down you should go to clip them? Lisa
Posts: 29 | From: poplar bluff.mo | Registered: Feb 2004
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Ashley02:
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posted February 20, 2004 02:56 PM
well my dog's nails r long, but not 2 long, a way 2 not have 2 clip them not very often is 2 walk them on hard concrete for a little walk and exercise, 2 help wear down the nails. we hardly
clip my golden retrievers nails.
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Posts: 30 | From: TN | Registered: Feb 2004
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kdtod
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posted February 20, 2004 03:28 PM
i have to clip my doxies nails every three weeks or they get clicky on the floor. however, when we went camping he was big into digging holes in the hard campsite ground....and his nails were wonderful! all nice and softly rounded... certainly don't want to train yer dog to dig....just thought i would add my two cents!
Posts: 16 | From: vancouver | Registered: Jan 2004
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ellierat
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posted February 20, 2004 03:35 PM
If your worried about cutting too far, here is an easy way.
Just clip off the very sharp pointed tip, then get some coarse sandpaper and scrape away a bit at a time on each nail.
Also if your game, under the nail you will see there is a groove, at the start it is filled and thick, hard to explain, but the thick part stops and you get a hollow part where the nail tapers out, if you cut just a little further on from the thick part up towards the tip of the nail, you will be o.k., cause after the thick part the nail is dead, but I always cut further on just to be sure.
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Posts: 880 | From: australia | Registered: Feb 2004
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