Just won't let me near her nails

Ok, so I have three dogs as you all know and the oldest, Kotton will let us do her nails and will even tolerate a nail trimming at PetSmart as long as I am standing right in front of her talking to her.

Kash did let PetSmart do hers twice as long as i was standing there...

And then there's Koko...she will not let ANYONE near her nails. We have to trick her and do one or two at a time while she sleeps or licks ice cream. But once she realizes what we are doing she literally screams. At PetSmart she screamed and peed and even with me holding her acted like we were trying to kill her.

I have always played with her feet from the day we got her because that is how I was taught to get them used to it. Nothing works with her...any ideas?

 

I was just going to make the same thread! How weird is that.

I have the same problem with Gizzy. He will not let anyone at his nails either. A groomed, vet or myself. He has never had anything bad done to him in the past while having them clipped, I've been there every time. He doesn't get aggressive with us but he does let us know he doesn't like it and it's not happening. My cousin has the same thing with her dog Turbo, which happens to be a Saint Bernard, which is a far more difficult challenge than we have. I've tried some of the tricks you mentioned, a complete bust. I would like some tips and suggestions also.

Maybe it's a thing with all dogs who names end in O. There's Koko, Gizmo and Turbo. Funny.

 

There's a great way to do this without the dog, or you even realizing it! Start playing with you dog on a large strecth of pavement. Have them run around on it for a while, play some fetch on it. Take them on walks or jogs on the sidewalk around town. When you look at concrete you'll see that it that the texture is made up of what looks like a bunch of really tiny rocks. Just like you use a nail filer for your nails, the concrete works for your dogs running across it with their nails. Its great, they will think you're just playing. Don't expect just a one time go though. It will take some time before the dogs nails will be sanded down.

Best of luck to you!

 

Great tip! I do walk my dogs on the sidewalk daily sometimes twice. It still doesn't do a lot for controlling the nail growth. I guess it's time to hit the pavement a little more often.

I do have a question though maybe you can help me with. My sister has a large yard so she never has to walk her dogs outside the yard. Her dogs, mix pit bull breed, never have a problem with their nails, they never seem to grow.

 

Thats a tough one since I don't really know the temperment of this dog or the other mix of the breed but I'll try my best!

If the dog digs around a lot in the yard then that would help keep its nails trimmed down to a certain extent. So it's a pit bull mix? Pit bulls are a short haired/thick haired breed. Hair growth is connected to nail growth, correct? Short haired breeds don't rapidly grow hair. That could be why your sister's dogs never have a problem with nails.

 

I never knew that hair growth and nails were related. My mom was right, you do learn something new everyday! I keep getting the rash on my foot, got any ideas why? LOL!, J/K.

 

Yea that's how we get two of them done, Their nails aren't too bad because they play out back and there is concrete back there. It does work, but in the winter can be kind of hard. I have three tiny dogs that can't spend much time out in the cold

 

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I have the same problem with my sister's dog Rin. Unfortunately, I am partly the reason why she no longer trusts anyone to do her nails. I accidentally cut the quick and it bled out. It must have been pretty painful that she no longer trusts anyone.

Fortunately for me though, she files her nails by doing the digging action on concrete as long as she's free to do so. Hopefully, she'll do so again so I won't have to cut them for her.