Marquess de Sade
Crazy nails make me sad =[.
While grooming I saw dogs everyday with curled toes.
Most likely a lot of that is just dead nail and not quick. I always started by taking off a little bit to get an idea of where each dog was at specifically but most of the time you end up able to take off a decent amount. Not enough to make it great and they usually still touch the floor/click when they walk but at least so the dog is no longer walking on the nail. You can only do so much and we always made sure to give the owners a long talk about how it hurts their dog etc; Bottom line is people either don't think about it or don't care.
I know vets specifically can push the quick back a lot more rapidly but I've heard the way they do that may not be the nicest.
You just learn to tell what to look for. Of course it is easiest in white nails but having styptic powder around is always a good idea just in case.
If you know what Elsie's quick looks like and can tell you're there then the dremmel is definitely the best for getting them back to the length you want. You can get a lot closer with the dremmel tool than with nail clippers alone and I always recommend it anyway.
Me too! It must be so uncomfortable, and I worry about long term effects.
:[ That is so sad. Zobby's nails are k-razzy bad, but they're not curled at all, just way too long. He gets run ~8 miles/week on pavement AND he has a scratch board that he digs on every other day so I don't know why they're not nubs.
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Lol, I know how to do Elsie's nails; that's no problem. I'm just working the quick back right now and it occurred to me that I have no idea how you'd do it in one session without being cruel.
Because Zobby used to go to the groomer for his nails every 6 weeks, and when he moved in here, I was like f that lol i own dremmel and if you tried to touch his feet he'd straight up bite you while screaming in absolute blind terror, and he didn't used to be that way, so I was wondering if maybe that particular groomer wasn't super gentle. It took a couple months to get him okay with anyone handling his feet again, and now we're working on getting him comfortable with the dremmel.