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- Newsgroups: rec.pets.dogs
- Path: sparky!uunet!ide.com!helena
- From: helena@ide.com (Helena Winkler-Parenty)
- Subject: Nail clippers vs. grinders
- Message-ID: <1992Dec30.171028.7825@ide.com>
- Originator: helena@poseidon
- Sender: helena@ide.com
- Organization: Interactive Development Environments, SF
- Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 17:10:28 GMT
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- When our puppy was little we first tried cutting his nails with
- clippers. It was horrible the way he struggled and squirmed. We then
- bought a grinder, since our breeder and quite a few other people said
- that they had much better results with a grinder. That was just as
- bad, or maybe even worse, since grinding takes longer then clipping.
-
- Since his nails were short enough, and didn't for health reasons need
- to be trimmed, we stopped trimming his nails for quite a few months.
- Finally we felt we had to trim his nails since the middle two on each
- front paw were getting close to touching the ground. We asked a friend
- who trims his 2 Ridgebacks nails every week try his grinder on our dog,
- thinking maybe his grinder and/or technique was better than ours.
- Still lots of struggling.
-
- Finally I had an idea that is working great for us. I thought since
- people's toe nails are easier to trim after a bath or shower because
- the nails get softer maybe that will work with our dog. The next time
- we bathed our puppy after the bath we tried using the clipper. He
- didn't struggle or complain at all! A few weeks later after bathing
- him we again used the nail clipper on his nails. Again, he didn't
- struggle or complain at all.
-
- Its worth a try, your mileage may vary,
- Helena & Babka
-