Pre-Halloween blood bath!!!

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Pre-Halloween blood bath!!!

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Well, I decided to cut Emma's nails before I went to bed Sunday night. I was doing them like I always do; her on her back in my lap, when the darling other half had to say, "you're not really taking anything off." Normally, I don't listen to the comments of my little crab-cake, but for some reason I did.

I had done the fronts and decided to remove a bit more from the rear. I snipped them all and put her down. I have a sheet on the sofa to cut down on the hair, and I noticed a splotch of blood. I thought it was my thumb, which I had cut on a clock mainspring earlier. Nope, wasn't me. Emma was walking on the couch and more spots showed up.

Hmm...I went into the kitchen to get a paper towel and she followed me in happily, but leaving a bloody paw print everywhere. I freaked. I grabbed a paper towel and threw her on her back to find the cut. There it was; a nice nick of the quick on one nail only. She bled like a stuck pig! I finally got it stopped with some corn starch and pressure from a paper towel, but man did I feel bad. I stayed up until 1:30 in the morning to make sure she was ok.

Funny thing is, she never flinched, pulled back or yelped the entire time it happened. I had no idea I had done it. I'm thinking that Peticure thing might be a good idea!!
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What a good, trusting girl to not even let out a yelp. If that had been me cutting Samantha's nails, it would've been me covered in blood...she'll have none of that.
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EEEEWH, i did that to Butters once. I am always so scared I will cut him. I did :shock: , he yelped! #-o A little blood, I felt so bad for days, he would give me the sad eyes. :cry:
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I brought Kearra to Petsmart to get her nails trimmed because I was afraid I would do that and THEY DID IT.....Kearra HATES to have her nails trimmed to this very day. Good thing I went to a professional :roll: Yup, guess I should of did it myself and maybe I would of been conservative on how much I trimmed off too.
I wish someone would try that peticure thing and see how it works.....I'm thinking it will make noise and that will freak my girls out just as bad as trimming their nails does already
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vicster605 wrote:...I wish someone would try that peticure thing and see how it works.....I'm thinking it will make noise and that will freak my girls out just as bad as trimming their nails does already
Bubba bought a peticure/PediPaws. See discussion: http://forum.chowchow.org/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=11508

If you have a Bed, Bath and Beyond, it's selling there for the $19.99 price. So that might be the petite model of of the PediPaws, but they also send out $10.00 off coupons in the circular.
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I just use a regular dremel. I prefer the cordless version. I use it on both the Chow boys as well as the wee dogs with great results. Aesop has actually never had his nails trimmed, since I've always used the dremel on him.
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Ok, as a groomer, I feel like I should comment on this thread. Accidents happen, even professionals accidentally cut the quick. In my experience, most dogs don't even notice when you do it. Some scream and cry and fight the whole time EXCEPT when you actually quick a nail- then they don't do a thing. I've had dogs where I nicked the quick and didn't even notice until there was blood on my table because the dog didn't even move and it took a minute to even bleed.

Just a minor cutting of the tip of the quick generally they don't even notice. It's when you cut way far down that bothers them most. This only usually happens if they are fighting while you're doing it. Also, when I tell someone their dog didn't like their nails done, you would be surprised how many say that THEY cut them way too short when they were younger and haven't liked them done ever since. Most people who aren't sure what they are doing will take too big of a chunk off, thus cutting farther into the quick causing more pain.

I try my absolute hardest not to quick a dog, but it does happen. Usually it's because they have super long nails and it's hard to tell where the quick is or I misjudge how long they are. It is also easier to quick an older dog with brittle nails. I will tell you one thing, a quicking of the toenail is nothing compared to the dog having to walk on horridly long nails that splay the feet out and the nails growing out to the extremes and then getting caught on something and getting it ripped off. A ripped off toenail is definitely more traumatizing then cutting the quick.

Also, most dogs don't like their nails done simply because they don't like their feet being handled and has nothing to do with the nails. If their feet aren't handled enough early on, it won't be so easy later. Some breeds seem to be pre-disposed to not liking their feet done. These include dachshunds, scotties, corgis, bassets, min pins, chihuahuas, and cocker spaniels. Nine times out of ten these breeds are absolutely awful for feet whether they have been quicked or not.
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