Nail Trimming

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Right, just got back from the vets as the boys needed a pedicure ready for the Hound Show on Saturday. I've been umming and aaahing about whether to actually compete or just watch but my mind has been made up.......

I normally cut the boys nails myself, and have no problems. It's not something that they particularly enjoy, but I wedge (w00t) them in between my legs and off I go. With the hole in my leg preventing this, and no other family / friend that i would trust with black nails :blink: the only thing for it was to take them to the vets.

:rant: [SIZE=21pt]£27.00[/SIZE] :rant:

I cannot believe it, £13.50 each. I'm in shock :wacko:

It's not that I'm tight, but I just find that unbelievable. My vets are normally very reasonable and have never ripped me off. We've used them as a family for 28 years.

So I'm not wasting that money, if nothing else, their nails will look nice :- "

 

[TC]

Blimey, from a couple of pms I've had it seems that my vets are quite reasonable, so I take it all back :b

Spose I just had no idea how much the poor people out there who don't feel happy doing their own dogs nails have to pay each time

 

[mazza]

Flippin heck, that seems extortionate !

When I got Annie back from the vets last week after her op, I noticed they had trimmed her nails very nicely, which i thought was good of them as I had'nt asked for them to be done. Think this is standard practise with my vet, they see the opportunity of doing it while the dogs under.

 

[Nicola]

Seems pricey to me :blink: . Mine charged £7 once, but that was a few years back. Invested in a dremel recently. It's a god send...wish I'd bought one years ago.

 

[Janimal]

Seems pricey to me :blink: . Mine charged £7 once, but that was a few years back. Invested in a dremel recently. It's a god send...wish I'd bought one years ago.

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Are they easy to use Nicola. I trim my own dogs nails too - and several K9 people have mentioned the dremel (w00t) wondered about investing in one.

 

[JAX]

If any of you want to bring your clippers with you to any show , I will be quite willing to do their nails FREE OF CHARGE :huggles: . If they do get upset , its best to wait till theyve been in the ring first though :blink:

One of `my` puppy owners took the dog for its booster and they cut his nails ( without asking !) and charged an extra £10.00 for the priviedge too :rant: :rant: Unfortunatley they didnt realise till they got home and looked at the bill :angry: and now you wonder ILKC why some of us ( at times ) are so :rant: furious about being ripped off by Vets :angry:

 

[whippetmad]

my vets used to charge about £3.00 per dog,now i do them myself most of them are pretty good about it,Max hates it,it takes two of us to do his and they are all black nails.

if you do make them bleed(sometimes it happens)i reccommend TRIMMEX this stops nail bleeding,it will last for ages.

 

[ILoveKettleChips]

Under a fiver here ... although in some cases I think it should be £50 ... the damage an irate Yorkie can do when it's resisting nail-clipping is phenomenal ... I have been known to come home looking like I've been through a combine (w00t)

 

[chelynnah]

i'll match Jax's offer - I don't mind clipping.

I do my girls about once a week to keep on top of it. It's a pain, but if you stay on top of it it's not too bad. I recently bought a proper dremel and it makes things sooo much easier, and even Panicky Savvy is ok with the dremel now.

Yes - dremelling is actually quite easy - check out this site which has GREAT instructions http://www.doberdawn.com (click on the link on the left of the site 'how to dremel a dogs nails')

Wendy

 

[Janimal]

Wendy - thanks for that link - that seems very interesting. Might ask the OH to invest in one of those and help me with the trimming. :thumbsup:

Janis

 

[pamalkie]

Well we must be really lucky here because our vet trimmed Jillys and my brothers dog Harveys free of charge. :thumbsup: Jakeys never need done but I do Jillys myself now using ordinary nail clippers about once a fortnight I just take the tip off. She doesn't mind me doing it :huggles:

Don't know if I'd be brave enough to do black nails though (w00t)

 

[Nicola]

Seems pricey to me :blink: . Mine charged £7 once, but that was a few years back. Invested in a dremel recently. It's a god send...wish I'd bought one years ago.

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Are they easy to use Nicola. I trim my own dogs nails too - and several K9 people have mentioned the dremel (w00t) wondered about investing in one.

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Yes..keep a supply of treats handy, and keep offering them a treat, if they are good and let you use the dremel. They soon get the idea and you soon get the hang of how to position the dremel against the nail etc. Fred hated clippers, would scream the place down. Hates the pressure on the nail...and I've never caught him on the quick either!

 

[chelynnah]

Another hint - if you're able to afford a cordless one they're a LOT quieter - that's the only way I got Savvy to accept it. The corded ones were too loud and totally freaked her out to the point of a panic attack - just by having it turned on and nowhere near her.

Wendy

 

[annlouise]

Right, just got back from the vets as the boys needed a pedicure ready for the Hound Show on Saturday. I've been umming and aaahing about whether to actually compete or just watch but my mind has been made up.......
I normally cut the boys nails myself, and have no problems. It's not something that they particularly enjoy, but I wedge  (w00t)   them in between my legs and off I go. With the hole in my leg preventing this, and no other family / friend that i would trust with black nails  :blink: the only thing for it was to take them to the vets.

:rant: [SIZE=21pt]£27.00[/SIZE] :rant:

I cannot believe it, £13.50 each. I'm in shock  :wacko:

It's not that I'm tight, but I just find that unbelievable. My vets are normally very reasonable and have never ripped me off. We've used them as a family for 28 years.

So I'm not wasting that money, if nothing else, their nails will look nice  :- "

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whilst out for a walk one afternoon we passed a dog grooming parlour.

i decided my boy should have his trimmed, 4 mins later and £34 worse off!! :rant:

I WAS FUMING! never went back of course!

 

[Nicola]

Another hint - if you're able to afford a cordless one they're a LOT quieter - that's the only way I got Savvy to accept it.  The corded ones were too loud and totally freaked her out to the point of a panic attack - just by having it turned on and nowhere near her.
Wendy

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Yes..I bought the cordless one too..mainly because it was half the price, although you do have to take the future supply of batteries into account I suppose. I would imagine it is a lot easier without having a cord in the way. Didn't realise it was a lot quieter..that has to be a bonus!

 

[Janimal]

Another hint - if you're able to afford a cordless one they're a LOT quieter - that's the only way I got Savvy to accept it.  The corded ones were too loud and totally freaked her out to the point of a panic attack - just by having it turned on and nowhere near her.
Wendy

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Yes..I bought the cordless one too..mainly because it was half the price, although you do have to take the future supply of batteries into account I suppose. I would imagine it is a lot easier without having a cord in the way. Didn't realise it was a lot quieter..that has to be a bonus!

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thanks Wendy and Nicola - my hubby had a look at them yesterday and wondered which was best corded or battery chargeable. Nice to know about these things first hand. :thumbsup:

 

[chelynnah]

Another hint - if you're able to afford a cordless one they're a LOT quieter - that's the only way I got Savvy to accept it.  The corded ones were too loud and totally freaked her out to the point of a panic attack - just by having it turned on and nowhere near her.
Wendy

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Yes..I bought the cordless one too..mainly because it was half the price, although you do have to take the future supply of batteries into account I suppose. I would imagine it is a lot easier without having a cord in the way. Didn't realise it was a lot quieter..that has to be a bonus!

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thanks Wendy and Nicola - my hubby had a look at them yesterday and wondered which was best corded or battery chargeable. Nice to know about these things first hand. :thumbsup:

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I have to confess that I REALLY splurged and went for the £70 cordless Dremel (actual dremel brand) with Lithium battery. You can recharge it at any point in the battery wear - it's supposed to be a HUGE longer battery life, and it has lights that tell you where the charge is at.

I absolutely LOVE it!!

Wendy

 

[Max&Smokey]

Wendy, I cant thank you enough for the link. At last a chance to get the wife to beg me to buy a power tool usually its the otherway round.

 

[chelynnah]

Wendy, I cant thank you enough for the link. At last a chance to get the wife to beg me to buy a power tool usually its the otherway round.

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ROFLMBO!!!

My hubby isn't handy around the house, but you should have seen his eyes light up when I showed him the new toy.

I think it must be something primal in a man that even if he doesn't have a clue how to use them he sees a power tool and the brain goes to mush and the eyes glaze over and it's just 'p-p-p-power tool' in some neanderthal voice and off they go LOL

Wendy

 

[kris]

if you dont want to invest in a dremel go to a hardware store and buy a bastard file (im not swearing this is what they are called!)they are a rough cross cut file,all my dobermanns were done with these and theyre easy to use.i used to get folk bringing their dobies here for me to do their nails which i did free of charge and in alll the years i did dogs nails i never cut the quick on any of them.the trick is not to take too much off at once.as you file them down the vein recedes further into the nail bed so the next time you do it you can take a little bit more off till eventually youll have them nice and short. always file from under the nail upwards.that was you mimic the natural wear and tear of the ground filing the dogs nails. :thumbsup: