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How to cut their nails properly without causing them pain?


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  • I do my dogs nails myself but I only cut them a tiny bit, even if I know I could go more I still only cut them a little bit because I don’t want to take the risk. I also have a bottle of Stypic powder on hand for if I do accidentally make a nail bleed. Thankfully this hasn’t happened yet but it’s a good thing to have just incase. I cut them every few weeks or so just to keep the quick of the nail short.
    Some people walk dogs frequently on pavement as a natural file, others I’ve seen by a nail file dog board which you can put treats in and when the dog scratches to get the treats out they naturally file their nails!


  • If you’re not sure I’d recommend taking your doggo to a groomer/vet and asking them to show you.
    Alternatively there would be YouTube tutorials.


  • I’d let the groomers or vet techs do it tbh. The first time I cut my dogs nails I must have “just” knicked the quick, he never reacted and there was no blood at first but shortly after I was done he must have banged the nail and omg so much blood everywhere. Again, no pain reaction to it and he was just running around playing leaking blood everywhere! I was bawling, my husband called the vet for advice and she said to scrap the nail into a clean bar of soap and it’ll create a waxy seal to stop the bleeding. It worked straight away. We know let the groomers trim our dogs nails.


  • Lots of walks on concrete or foot paths (heat/weather permitting) can help to keep the nails under control. We do occasional nail trims with a pet nail trimmer and a gradual approach – tiny clips at a time to prevent clipping too short and causing bleeding.


  • You have to be very very careful when trimming nails as they can bleed. We just get it down at the vets for safety now


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