[Sarah H]

It is definitely helping murph. He is showing off to tilly for definite so he gets more attention. He has seen me doing her calm training and he just wants to stay one step ahead. 2 dogs definitely helps!

Even if you aren't actually doing their nails I find having them there with the noise and seeing the treats (and yes I'm a softy and the onlookers will get treats now and then too...:Shy ) makes them happier with the whole situation and helps them want to get involved. Any way to desensitise and make the whole thing better for them has got to be a good thing.

 

[Guest]

Update (it's possible I'm getting too emotionally involved in nail club...): McKenzie is a superstar. Elliot is good with the noise, good with me picking up his foot. Not good with me putting the switched off dremel to his nail, so that's our next step. Oh and picking up our diamond tip this morning

 

[tabelmabel]

Update (it's possible I'm getting too emotionally involved in nail club...): McKenzie is a superstar.

I dont think it can be possible to get too emotionally involved in such a great club as Nail Club can it? :Hilarious

Sounds like you're getting on brilliantly there

Managed to get another 3 taps on murphs' nail with the switched on dremel today. And that was him. But he was sore for grooming too. Im going to have to up his rimadyl i think to avoid the short clip on Wednesday. This cold weather i think. We are only 4 degrees here today. Brrrrrrr:Cold

Tilly was just a total wriggle bot today. Going to be a long haul with her

 

[Guest]

I dont think it can be possible to get too emotionally involved in such a great club as Nail Club can it? :Hilarious

Well, some people might beg to differ :Hilarious

Kenzie's actually offering me her foot now which is pretty cool

 

[Lurcherlad]

Jack wasn’t so keen on Sunday when I tried, but I think I chose the wrong moment and angle.

He wasn’t sleepy enough and I wasn’t sneaky enough

 

[Guest]

Eeek made more progress on novas front paws! They are even shorter now and I'm so pleased. Never had them this length. I'm now wanting to buy a dremel !!! This nail club is really egging me on

She's not keen on paw photos though

 

[Guest]

*Ordered a nail grinder*

 

[Beth78]

*Ordered a nail grinder*

You won't regret it !

 

[Guest]

You won't regret it !

Are Whisp' nails all black too? Nova only has two light nails.

 

[Beth78]

Are Whisp' nails all black too? Nova only has two light nails.

Yes all black apart from 1 white claw. With the nail grinder it doesn't matter if you accidentally get the quick as you just get 1 spot of blood and no discomfort.

I find trimming with clippers so scary.

 

[Guest]

*Ordered a nail grinder*

Ooo which one did you get?

Elliot's nails are all black, that's why I've hit the quick so many times with clippers

 

[Guest]

@McKenzie this one from Mighty Ape

@Beth78 that sounds great! I've „only" cut into Novas quick a couple of times and it was only a Small nick each time so not much blood luckily

 

[1281247]

Milly's definitely not happy with getting her front nails done, so I'm doing a mix of rewarding for offering paw, rewarding a gentle tap with the grinder in my hand, and occasionally for a tap of the grinder against a claw, but it's just that - a tap and off.

Even if you aren't actually doing their nails I find having them there with the noise and seeing the treats (and yes I'm a softy and the onlookers will get treats now and then too...:Shy ) makes them happier with the whole situation and helps them want to get involved. Any way to desensitise and make the whole thing better for them has got to be a good thing.

So does Honey. :Bag

 

[Jason25]

We will have to give this a try again. We’ve had some bad experiences trying to cut nails lol.

I tried the clippers and got a muzzle punch to the hand. Since that she runs as soon as she sees the clippers so haven’t tried it since.

Tried the Dremel, she seemed pretty chill with the noise so I picked up her paw and touched the nail with it only for her to grab the top spinning bit with her mouth. No physical damage but she doesn’t like the dremel either now

she’s recently learnt to dig on command though, I can tap the ground with my foot and say ‘dig dig’ and she’ll start digging lol. It does seem to be shortening the nails slightly but I expect I could get it done quicker with a grinder, so we will try again but start slowly this time lol

 

[ShibaPup]

We will have to give this a try again. We've had some bad experiences trying to cut nails lol.

I tried the clippers and got a muzzle punch to the hand. Since that she runs as soon as she sees the clippers so haven't tried it since.

Tried the Dremel, she seemed pretty chill with the noise so I picked up her paw and touched the nail with it only for her to grab the top spinning bit with her mouth. No physical damage but she doesn't like the dremel either now

she's recently learnt to dig on command though, I can tap the ground with my foot and say 'dig dig' and she'll start digging lol. It does seem to be shortening the nails slightly but I expect I could get it done quicker with a grinder, so we will try again but start slowly this time lol

If she knows dig - you could potentially use a scratch board, while working on getting her comfortable with her paws and nails being handled.

It's basically a firm board, or clipboard, often held at an angle with sandpaper attached to it - so they file their own nails by scratching the board, it can be a little tricker for the back paws but useful for front paws.

 

[StormyThai]

Spa day today

Fronts

Back

I'm pretty happy with those so back to just maintaining them now.

 

[O2.0]

Oh Thai's nails look fab!! Yay!

*Ordered a nail grinder*

Muahahahahaha! Another convert.
We should start taking kickbacks from that nail grinder company!

 

[Lurcherlad]

Had Jack at the vets today for an infected sebaceous cyst and to get some antibiotics and mentioned his nails to the vet and that I’m trying to get them shorter with a grinder.

She said his were actually not too bad for a greyhound

She had a good look at them and advised grinding the tips at a 90 degree angle so the top edge was shorter (as the blood line runs under the nail). That should help improve the stance of the paw and encourage the line to recede with less risk of hitting it.

I’ll try later when he’s snoozing in the right position next to me, which worked well last time

 

[O2.0]

She said his were actually not too bad for a greyhound

Oh high praise indeed!

She had a good look at them and advised grinding the tips at a 90 degree angle so the top edge was shorter (as the blood line runs under the nail). That should help improve the stance of the paw and encourage the line to recede with less risk of hitting it.

Yup, that's the alternate cut line - look at the photo I edited for McKenzie. I don't do a full 90* angle, but near to it. You'll get the feel for what is comfortable for Jack as you grind. But yes, once you have the bottoms ground, you can keep going at the top, and it does help the quick recede.

 

[Lurcherlad]

Vet has a greyhound herself so I figure she knows her stuff on them