I overtrick my puppy! (Nails grooming)

[oksanakazan]

It is hard to groom your dog the nail, right?

It was always for me.

That how it work with my 13-yearsold Dalmatian –

she is obediently seating and waiting, when I’m going to be done.

But I paid for every nail by little piece of food, she likes.

But puppy!

We bought a dremel. But it did not help.

Puppy cannot seat still at all.

We have done a few times, 2 of us keeping her and

Making all this very nervous process to be.

Yesterday, I trim her nail , when she was asleep.

She sleep so deeply, that she has NO idea – what was done to her.

XA- XA –XA!

I went to sleep as happy person, I now that trick will work for a while.

[Moo]

Even if you plan to do that, I would still work on the desensitization of the clippers... Imagine puppy waking up to find you snipping away with an unknown instrument.

Put the [dremel or clipper] on the ground, and let the puppy sniff it out. Praise her.
Hold the instrument, let her watch you move it/turn it on. Praise her.
Put it on her, near her, don't use it. Praise her.
Practise handling her paws while she is awake. Praise her.
Eventually you can work up to actually using the object.

[oksanakazan]

We are working on getting know the dremel.
Thank's!

[JennyG3479]

the dremel sounds like a good idea to me, the noise might scare them though

[mara]

I think when ever I have a puppy I'm going to start right away with a Dremel. They seem like a really good idea to me. No "quick" incidences, no jagged edges...Moo's advise is great.

[haunani]

to add to the above, when using the Dremel, don't expect to be able to do all the nails the first time you use it.

The first time we did Deoji, I would have been happy with only one nail, but did end up doing a full paw. It's a lot for them to get used to, from the sound, smell, and vibrations of it all. Include in that their past experiences with nail trimming. It'll take them a little bit to get over that feeling that it's going to hurt when you trim their nails. They'll figure it out, but it may take a little while.

[barnjess]

Originally Posted by haunani

to add to the above, when using the Dremel, don't expect to be able to do all the nails the first time you use it.

The first time we did Deoji, I would have been happy with only one nail, but did end up doing a full paw. It's a lot for them to get used to, from the sound, smell, and vibrations of it all. Include in that their past experiences with nail trimming. It'll take them a little bit to get over that feeling that it's going to hurt when you trim their nails. They'll figure it out, but it may take a little while.

That is good info, i have asked for one for Christmas, do you have a pic of the bit you use?

[ESlover]

Originally Posted by haunani

to add to the above, when using the Dremel, don't expect to be able to do all the nails the first time you use it.

The first time we did Deoji, I would have been happy with only one nail, but did end up doing a full paw. It's a lot for them to get used to, from the sound, smell, and vibrations of it all. Include in that their past experiences with nail trimming. It'll take them a little bit to get over that feeling that it's going to hurt when you trim their nails. They'll figure it out, but it may take a little while.

yes use the one nail at a time trick! It takes time and a lot of treats and hugs.

[ESlover]

Originally Posted by barnjess

That is good info, i have asked for one for Christmas, do you have a pic of the bit you use?

Here ya go I just took this on my phone. Hope this helps. Well this is a Minimite I guess. Well that is what it says on it.

[haunani]

Originally Posted by barnjess

That is good info, i have asked for one for Christmas, do you have a pic of the bit you use?

is the small one and is the large one.

Also, I posted this in the nail trimming thread, but be careful which dremel you get for doing this. Many of the standard Dremels have speeds that are too high for nail grooming (speed = friction = heat = pain). You want no higher than 12,000-13,000 RPM max.

The minimite that ESlover uses is a great example of one that's perfect for it. You can find it at Wal-Mart for under $20. Jeffers sells the one for nail grooming for about $20 or just slightly above. The ones for nail manicures and cleaning golf clubs are the exact same thing as the nail grooming, just packaged differently (and a different color).