Thread: Toe Nails - Clipped or Filed down?

I've been using the tips and techniques at the below site, but am still having troubles. I have nail clippers and a dremel; however once Q is held and the tools go anywhere near her, she turns in to a maniac, flailing around and gouging anything she can get with her razor sharp uncut nails. I can put pressure on her feet, play with the nails, etc. and not even phase her though. In the past 2 months, I had the vet's office trim her nails once and another time I was able to trim at least half of her nails over a few days. I figured I'm not getting anywhere on my own, so I'll let a professional handle her and hopefully after a few visits, she may become more calm and I'll be able to shorten them at home.

I called a few groomers near my house and was quoted $10-15 for trimming and $3-7 to clean her ears as well. I luckily found a nice lady, really close to home and she will trim for $7 and dremel for $10 and will ear clean for free. I decided to bring Quella today on my lunch break. They have 4 groomers onsite, one of which was the owner and the place was very clean with 4-6 dogs getting groomed or caged awaiting their owners. For $23, I may even drop Q off for a few hours and get groomed, dremeled, etc. I liked that the dogs aren't caged in a back room and all of the cages were in the main grooming area to watch the action until their parents pick them up. Unfortunately I wasn't able to hold Q while the lady dremeled, because she was flailing around so a guy groomer assisted in restraining Q while she had her nails shortened. They are SUPER short and look/feel amazing! Now she won't be able to snag the customers at Petsmart dresses (I did warn that she was a jumper and had super long nails, but she continued to squat down to wrestle Q).


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XoXo from Quella La Roux and her mommy too!