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Originally Posted by aqeuous18  We do both the nail trim and filing. I prefer filing because it almost completely erases the quicking unless you are completely not paying attention (in which case, it may not be a good job for you lol). It also gets the nail smooth and as short as possible.
As far as quicking, yes it is a fairly common occurrence depending on how many people work there. I try to get filing for most of my clients. However, I might quick a dog once maybe once or twice every couple of weeks. If someone is quicking a dog every single day than they are not paying attention or are rushing. In the beginning it can be tough, especially with black nails. My advice is to take a little off at a time until you can see that dark black spot.
An experienced Groomer once told me that if you never quick dogs than you are not cutting nails short enough. |
Most of the dogs don't sit still long enough to be able to use clips and a file, I'm not sure if that's what you mean by filing. Because when they use the dremel that is all they use, and it works as a filer too.
But it's like they always at least on 1 toe every other dog one of the groomers hits a quick. One was bad but it was because the dew claw was cracked, and they used some kind of stick that looked like a long unlit match and just held it onto the nail. I'm not sure what that was. They usually just use that steptic powder.
I'm just apprehensive about that, and the anals. They do the anals on almost every dog unless the owner specifically asks not to, but I hear 50/50 on this that it's good for them, and it's bad for them. I hear lots of times about people saying that it's like once you start doing it regularly then they will always need it regularly. I haven't checked my dog because of the GROSS factor that I know I'll eventually need to get over, but I don't want to start something that I will have to keep doing because I started it. She doesn't seem to have any butt issues like itching or scooting on the floor so yeah.
But for the nails I mean majority of the time they get upset about it and start squealing, whatever that noise is called. But if you don't do it fast enough on most of these dogs, you'll never get it done. That's something I learned because most of the dogs hate it they don't want you holding their feet and clipping their nails.