Gus was very skittish about his paws being handled. So what I did was,,, hold him like a baby and started to massage his ears, neck and slowly worked myself down to his front paws. I started this at a very young age. After a while he didn't have problem with ME touching them. The back paws were a different story. He still don't care too much to have his back paws messed with but he doesn't fight it either. The first and only time I took him to get groomed, I stood there and watched. He put up such a fight when trying to clip his nails that she made him bleed. I was so upset. It was the last time I let any groomer near him. I do all grooming myself. I file Gus nails each week so they don't get out of control and that way he wont get too freaked by spending too much time filing. He would get kinda freaked at first but now he will just lay there and sometimes falls asleep.
Poor little girl. I do hope you find a solution that will work for her. Good luck!
__________________ Monica, Proud mom of Gus who is forever missed! And new mom to Leiloni Gus's Dogster page |