Question for today

[Ste11aeres]

How come my dog will try to chew off the too long end of his dew claw, but tries to get away when I want to trim it?

 

[Mia]

Sometimes it depends on what your using to trim, the guillotine ones crush the nail a little and I think hurt a bit:

These work a little better, and don't crush as much:

Most dogs get a little nervous when their nails are being trimmed, unless they have been trimmed since they were puppies.

 

[Ste11aeres]

Sometimes it depends on what your using to trim, the guillotine ones crush the nail a little and I think hurt a bit:

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These work a little better, and don't crush as much:
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Most dogs get a little nervous when their nails are being trimmed, unless they have been trimmed since they were puppies.

I already use the second type. But your pictures might be useful for others.

 

[Ste11aeres]

My poor dog. I'm always doing unpleasant medical things to him. I had to spray stuff in his ears (under a vet's advice) to try to flush out a ball of wax that was bothering my dog. He hated it so much. I'm really glad he has never shown aggression to me even when I do something he hates. He's really good at twisting the body part in question around to the angle that makes it most difficult for me to get to it.