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Originally Posted by Jessbell  I thought it was the other way round; I thought that the more you walk your dog on rough ground, like pavement, to wear down the nail the more the vein shrinks back into the paw, but the more you cut the nail the longer that vein grows down. Well, that's what I was told by a top breeder who I know is quite the dog expert. Jess  |
the vein is the quick, and you want it to grown down in the nails so they can be trimmed nice and short. it does help to walk them around on the ground and pavement. If you just trim the tips every week, it should help the nail stay short. I guess it really depends on how your dogs nails grow!
