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Poor baby, Peanut hates his feet touched too. I love playing with them- he will put up with it for like 3 mins then he will pull his foot up and then kind of kick me if I still touch him LOL.

Well I think you just have to start working with him. Baby steps. First I would start playing, touching his paws- all of them. Touch his pads, in between in toes.. do it for maybe 5 mins at a time and reward him, and praise him. Do that a couple times a day- always praise, always reward him.. then increase the time.

Once you are able to get passed that start bringing out the grinder. I would first make him sit by it, praise him if he sits by it without shaking or stressing out, reward him, praise him. Then put it in a place where him and the grinder can be close to it and turn it on. Make sure he is close enough to hear it- reward him for sitting calmly around the grinder, do it in times as well… then you can start putting him in your lap, with holding the grinder close to his feet, with it on. Do that in sections, praise and reward him when he is calm about it.

Once he is comfortable with the grinder, and with his paws touched you can start training to grind his toes. This will have to be done in baby steps as well. Start with maybe one nail, reward and praise when he does good…

It can be done, and you can work with him to get over his fear. You will just have to take baby steps.

I have been able to conquer many fear’s Peanut has had- it just takes time, and you have to work as a team.