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How do you cut your Yorkie's nails? Hi All, I was wondering how you all deal with the nail cutting situation. I've tried to cut Baby's nails before, but she freaks out. Once the vet cut her quick, and now she yelps with every nail. The reason I want to inquire about this is because I want to cut her nails myself b/c it's too expensive to keep getting them cut. The vet charges like 10 bucks...and her nails grow fast. So...I wanted to know: 1. How many of you cut your own Yorkie's nails? 2. How do you do it? 3. How do you keep your Yorkie still!!?? 4. What kind of nail clippers/scissors do you use? 5. How often do you cut them? Thanks in advance!!!! :animal36 |
I have the groomers do Tiggers. Once a month. They let me hold him while they do it. If you do decide to do it at home make sure to have some stypic powder close by just in case. |
I let the vet or groomer do it. I tried to do it myself last week and I got her front paws done and then I was starting the back paws and I don't know what I did but she screamed so loud and I felt so bad so I stopped. I took her to the groomer I use for my pom and had them shave her ears and finish her nails. |
I do both. My girl was issues so I do it my self to gain trust and I also book her with my vet so her favourite hugger and other Auntie can help her too. Joy |
Darn! I should have added 3 possible answers...Yes, No, and sometimes both. Sorry...I always think of these things after the fact!! |
I let them groomer do it....I don't like to be the bad guy and he acts like a completely different dog for her so it just seems easier to me. |
My Pippa hasn't had her nails cut yet. We walk alot so i think they file down quite naturally on the concrete ground. If they do need to be done i will get the vet to do it to be on the safe side. |
I do Sophie's myself. She doesn't mind it that much. |
Until Tatum was about a year old, I had absolutely no problem doing them myself. She was so cooperative. Then I don't know what happened - she didn't have a bad experience with me I know that - but now she won't let me do it at all. I might get one snuck in but after that she wiggles so much I'm afraid I'll hurt her. So now, it's the groomer's job. She doesn't go to the groomer all that often since I do ear and hiney trimming after baths so I think we might have to think about making little trips to the vet to have her nails done a little more often. |
I have the groomer or vet do it...which ever one I am at first. My vet doesn't charge me anything when they do it, but they only do it if Mojo needs it when he goes in for a check up or something. The groomer always does it (I pay $20 to have everything done). I have tried it myself and have had my husband try it, but Mojo just does not like us to do it at all. We have played with his paws since he was very little, but he will not let us do it. He is pretty good for the groomer and vet though....and it is free....so, for me, why not save the stress on him and the worry on us and just have them do it! |
i also do both 1. How many of you cut your own Yorkie's nails? i've just started doing it myself. 2. How do you do it? i have him on his stomach for his hind legs, on his back for his front legs. 3. How do you keep your Yorkie still!!?? i give him a flossie to eat while i do it. he concentrates so much on the flossie, he barely notices the clippers. 4. What kind of nail clippers/scissors do you use? whatever's at the pet store grooming section. 5. How often do you cut them? i'm trying to do just a little bit per week. the quick is suppose to regress more into the paw if to keep the nails trim. it can also extend further out of the nail if the nail is left along all the time. it's best to do a little bit often just to get him used to the routine. |
I do mine, myself. They don't like it but I've never made one bleed so I must be doing something right. Just have to get a firm hold so they don't jerk their paw out of your hand. 1. How many of you cut your own Yorkie's nails? I do 2. How do you do it? They are on their backs where I have easy access to their nails 3. How do you keep your Yorkie still!!??talk to them in a calm, low voice 4. What kind of nail clippers/scissors do you use?they are clippers for dogs...don't know the name or brand 5. How often do you cut them?about once a month |
I cut mine. I use the dog nail clippers that have a hole their nail goes through Cut of just a small amount maybe 1/4th inch I usually do one nail per day, per dog when I brush them. If they are being good, I might do two or three on one foot. When they feel long, mostly the front nails, the back seem to stay shorter??? |
I file Gus's nails. I don't like to clip them because they are so sharp after and I am scared of cutting to low. He just sits there now. I started when he was a baby. I would put him in my arms and hold him like a baby and play with his paws. I rough handled them and to get him used to me touching them. It wasn't easy at first. It helped when I would sing or hum to him. I hold him and put his paw to my lips and sing or hum. He loves it. He is really good about it now. He'll lay either in my arms or on my lap. He gets his nails filed after every bath,,, (once a week) I've been told that I look foolish doing it by my husband, but others think it's cute. I treat him just like the kids. My daughters still love it when I play with their hair and hum to them. My son on the other hand is too cool for that now. |
I have always filed ours and done all the grooming. Baby Blessing is real easy to do and loves to get brushed and combed, I have been using the emory board on her nails once a week, I think starting at young enough age it helps. They love to be fussed over :-) |
I place a towel around Jade and Mitsou to restrain them when I cut their nails. Nathan is a dream come true . I just turn him on his back and he don't move . |
Bailey use to let me do it, then my old groomer must have cut to low, and now it is IMPOSSIBLE, I have a new groomer,and I watch her do it ... It isn't pretty. I have tried every hint to do it at home... aint happening! :mad: |
the groomer does it for me i am afraid i might hurt her |
I try to cut chloe's nails but it usually consists of several tries. For instance she will lay on my lap and sleep when I am on the computer so I try to keep clippers nearby and I will try to clip one of her nails while she is asleep. But thats all I can get is one nail because then she will wake up and not let me touch her feet anymore :rolleyes: . Othertimes I will try my best to firmly hold her and cut her nails but she fights so hard with me so I usually give up after a few nails. Im so afraid if anyone else tried to cut her nails they would severly hurt her(actually she would be hurting herself) because they wont realize how hard she fights to not get her nails cut. Its just sooooo hard and I think me and chloe both dread nail clipping time equally. |
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Actually, I can answer yes and no! :) I prefer her vet to clip her nails, but if they need it before her vet visit, I do it! We are fortunate that little Toto has a "footsie fettish"! :p She loves her little feet massaged and rubbed and doesn't mind us doing anything to them!! ;) |
Yes I definitely cut Tiger's nails. I have not taken him to the groomer ever and the vet normally does it for me at N/C as it is part of the normal check-up routine. But now that he is complete with his shots for the time being, then I have been doing it myself. I got the clipper at walmart . .fairly inexpensive. I always clean my Tigers 4 paws, his behind and his thinking every single time he relieves himself. So he is fairly used to me paw handling him :D . However, he can sometimes resist and wonders what contraption I am holding :D . So the best time for me to cut his nails is in the early morning (saturday when we don't have to get up so early yet bright enough) when he is not quite so awake yet. Or better, if you can do it while he is asleep. I always do it every other week and I only nip the edge of the nails, as shown to me by my vet. Also, it is better to clip at an angle making sure that when his paws are firm on the ground it levels (hope I explained that well enough :rolleyes: ). Doing it yourself isn't so hard and it sure saves you a ton of money. Hope this helps. I have never filed but would like to get a filer . . . .can anyone tell me if I can use human mail filers? |
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I do it myself. You need let ur baby familiar with the nail cutting. Maybe in the first a few times, they fear, they shake, but they will get use of it, if you usually try to cut their nails. You can buy the tool for puppy nail cutting at supermkt. Please not that, do not cut too deep, it will coz ur baby bleeding. Try to cut just a little bit for the first time. And give ur baby some snack after that cutting. Do not go to Vet for nail cutting. toooo expensive! |
I clip Neos nails myself.Maggie i havent yet but i will.I bought some clippers from walmart (6 bucks)at first it was hard to make him stay still,very worried myself about cutting to short.I set him in my lap i guess like you would a young child.I take the foot i am working on and kind of press on the pad while pushing back the hair so i can see the nail.Make sure you can see the nail you can tell the difference on where to cut(just like our nails are 2 different colors)after a while they just get use to it like baths,walks,command words, ect....Neo still wiggles but its over in a matter of a min or two. |
1. How many of you cut your own Yorkie's nails? I have been doing it since day 1 2. How do you do it? I stand up and hold him with my left arm and hold the clippers in my right arm. It's totally fool-proof. 3. How do you keep your Yorkie still!!?? Since we are standing up and he doesn't want to fall and hurt himself, he doesn't fidget. I used to try every damn position with him, but one of us would always end up getting hurt. He would fight to the death - clawing me and biting until I would give up. Then, I realized that he needed to be a little bit afraid. Before I figure out that I could stand up and cut them and he would sit still, I would run the vacuum in the other room. He is afraid of the vacuum, so he would sit still. Sounds mean, but it was the ONLY way he would behave. 4. What kind of nail clippers/scissors do you use? Some cheap ones I got from PETsMart 5. How often do you cut them? about once every month |
I'm to scared i let the vet do it |
i have the groomer do it im a chicken |
devoted to Lucy! I always trim Lucy's right after a bath while they're soft. I keep her wrapped in a towel and take one paw out at a time to trim the nails. I use the trimmer with a hole in it and do just slightly more than the tips each time. I hold her in my lap with my left arm and trim with my right hand. She didn't like it at all the first couple of times, but now she watches. |
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