Dog nail trim - pictorial

[technodoll]

OK finally got my new trimmer today!! gave the beanies a long-overdue nail trim, felt great to be "in control of the blade" again

So here is Maika losing her daggers and slipper-feet... first trimming the fuzzies:





then the nails get a snip and a shave:





she is such a good girl...



last touch-ups:



and voila! all done and good for about two weeks before we do it all again, LOL!

[technodoll]

and then for dakotah... his foot "before":



lots of icky fuzzies!



bye-bye fuzzy foot...



trimming and shaving off bit by bit...





here you can see i slipped and nicked his quick, there is a pin-size drop of blood on one of his nails. that's because he jerked his foot away from me as i was cutting, the little rat!



all done, ain't he a handsome foot for a 3-year old appartment doggy?

[Byrd]

Nice.

I have four fuzzy feet over here for ya.

[jiorji]

me too!! me too!!!
we had our paws manicured today as well

lovely feets Maika and Dakotah

[technodoll]

jiorji we want photos of that manicure!

byrd, i'm so pooped from it all though... i wrecked my back painting on sunday and this didn't help, LOL! 36 nails and 8 fuzzy feet... i need a drink now! LOL

[Byrd]

LOL Yeah, I know the feeling. I need to do Willow's though, before she gets snowballs.

[technodoll]

this morning hubby said that on his way home from the park, he had to stop and take the snowballs out from one of dakotah's feet cuz he was limping and i said OK that's enough procrastinating you bad momma, get yer scissors out and get it over with!

[Prin]

Great pics! Looks so easy with the scissors... stupid guillotine mumble grumble

Jemma had hers done at the DMV today.. Lucky bugger... Done by super pros.

[Smiley14]

Oh man, you make that look so easy! I take the chicken route and let the groomer do it for me. I am impressed! LOL! And such adorable feetsies!

[hazelrunpack]

Oooo...I did the Pack's toe hair yesterday...and 12 paws of nails. I hear ya about the back, hey! Nice job, TD!

[jiorji]

is it just the front paws that get cut? Cos with kitties, the back ones are always less sharp

[Prin]

With my doggies, the back ones are actually longer. They don't use them as much. Also the two middle claws are always shorter than the outside ones.

[hazelrunpack]

At our house, the back ones stay shorter, but the tips on the nails are sharper and narrower--so those get nipped off. The front ones get longer and seem stronger (harder to trim), with the nails on the middle two toes shorter (usually) than those on the outer toes.

[Prin]

lol That was so funny. I thought I was going nuts there for a minute.

[technodoll]

Originally Posted by hazelrunpack

At our house, the back ones stay shorter, but the tips on the nails are sharper and narrower--so those get nipped off. The front ones get longer and seem stronger (harder to trim

that's about it here, too... and i don't know if you can see from the "before" photos, but as prin mentioned in another thread, dog's nails don't always grow the same: maika's are pointed out towards the front of her feet, and dakotah's curve downwards a bit. he actually is a lazy walker and drags his feet on the hardwood floor (doesn't lift them much) so it was time to trim the nails, and maika is very quiet even if her nails are actually longer. weird!

[Prin]

Boo's a dragger too. Only the back ones though.

btw, nice human nails too... All evenly cut and all that... Ooo...

[Hunter's_owner]

Great pics TD!!!
Hunter is a dragger too, but only with his back legs. Also, I only need to trim his nails on his back paws every second time I trim his front ones. Cassie's on the other hand have to be done every time, but they are softer and white, and much easier to do. She also don't mind it, and she eats the nails after, so its a treat built in

[technodoll]

Originally Posted by prin

btw, nice human nails too... All evenly cut and all that... Ooo...

gosh you're too funny i gave up on manicures and nail polish 3 years ago there is just NO point when you have dogs

i'm very lucky that the beanies let me play with their feet without too much fuss, and hope all this hard work will pay off down the road, ie older dogs whose nail quicks are still reasonably short so as they age, their feetsies stay nice and tight.

[Scott_B]

wow. I love how nice and short you keep the nails. How often do you cut them?

[technodoll]

Originally Posted by scott b

How often do you cut them?

normally every 10 days or so, depends on how fast their nails grow (seems to vary from month to month!). i was without a proper nail trimmer since November so I slacked a bit... to the delight of the beanies, LOL!

[4thedogs]

I clip nails similar to you.
I take the tips off and then shave back as far as I can go without hitting the quick. Once I have taken the length off I shave and round out the sides to dull them.