I hate trimming nails!!

[gymbo68]

Originally Posted by whispersmom2

I am a believer that anything can be fixed with duct tape, but this is one thng that nothing can fix.

I love duct tape.....
But I never do the boys nails we let the vet or groomer ....it is just easier....

[Jaspermom]

I even began a thread in the Training category because of it!! Maybe this tecnique can help someone else!


Must celebrate small victory: TOENAILS!
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Hip Hip HOORAY!! I can't believe it but Wosie let me cut ALL her nails in one sitting today!

She was pretty mellow this afternoon, so I thought I would go for it. I flipped her onto her back on my lap with her back feet touching my tummy, and I did each nail quickly on one paw, one at a time, telling her she was a good girl and asking her to wait. I had to stop her from struggling after each nail, but kept speaking low and quietly, telling her how good she was, and she would calm enough for me to clip the next nail. When I got one paw done, I clicked the clicker and gave her a treat and lots of petting, still keeping her on her back on my lap. She calmed again, so I moved to the next foot. By the time I got to the last foot, she was almost asleep!! I can't believe it, really I can't!! The last time I tried to cut her nails was a month ago, just before she broke her leg, and you would have thought I was trying to kill her, lol!

I am soooooo excited, and my girl no longer sounds like she is tap dancing when she walks across the floor!!

[Sydney'sMom]

Originally Posted by red98vett

I wrap my girls in a towel and take out one VERY STRONG paw at a time...and look them in the eyes ....& tell them I'm bigger and it's gonna happen. hehe - it sometimes works - sometimes not.

LOL! Villette...I do the same thing. And I thought I was the only nutty one. When Syd is fighting me on any grooming procedure, I end up picking her up and getting right in her face and saying "Syd...I'm the Mommy and we are going to do this because I said so and I am bigger and stronger and have a stronger will than you." Sometimes it helps.

Syd and I are both Scorpios...so sometimes it is a real battle of wills in our house.

[Yorkie guy]

Heh,Heh,Heh
Remember going to the vet and asking for a sedative so we could trim Priscellas nails....YOU DON'T NEED TO DO THAT DOC SEZ!! and he proceeded to trim her nails,went in the back to get her other meds and when he came out with them said ,oh' and heres some pills to calm her down!....Heh,Heh

[rrosenberry]

I have tried and tried again, every suggestion I have heard... not happening! So now I make an appt at my groomers she usually does it for free, in between visits,, Sometimes she has to GET on the table and put a leg around his body to hold him,, IT was ugly, I witnessed it.. She said He isn't THAT bad, that she has ones that are worse,, I can't imagine.
So, needless to say when she was done wrestling him.. I gave her $ 10.00 dollars, she said "that's too much", I said " Oh no, that's not near enough"
I don't even attempt it anymore, it is impossible,and then I dont have to deal with him being MAD at me for an hour or so.

[Sydney'sMom]

Originally Posted by rrosenberry

and then I dont have to deal with him being MAD at me for an hour or so.

LOL! I know what you mean about "being mad". Doing any major grooming to Syd is a 2 person job...aka nails, hair cuts, butt trims, etc. And I have my mother help me instead of my finacee, #1 because my mom is experienced at grooming dogs and #2 because my fiancee is just WAY too much of a softie when it comes to Syd.

Anyway...after a nail trimming or whatever Syd acts mad at my mom. Usually grandma is her favorite person...but after that she will turn her back to my mom and refuse to sit on her lap. It's like she is saying, "I expect this crap from my mommy...but you too?"

[rrosenberry]

Originally Posted by Sydney'sMom

LOL! I know what you mean about "being mad". Doing any major grooming to Syd is a 2 person job...aka nails, hair cuts, butt trims, etc. And I have my mother help me instead of my finacee, #1 because my mom is experienced at grooming dogs and #2 because my fiancee is just WAY too much of a softie when it comes to Syd.

Anyway...after a nail trimming or whatever Syd acts mad at my mom. Usually grandma is her favorite person...but after that she will turn her back to my mom and refuse to sit on her lap. It's like she is saying, "I expect this crap from my mommy...but you too?"

That's funny, my BF is the same way, I say Hold him,, it will be so much easier,, after he has watched me try to do it alone for a half hour..and he says " No, I don't want him all mad at me!" NICE!