[nagdu] petty paws

[Hope Paulos]

Thanks Jenine!
Hopeand Beignet

> ----- Original Message -----
>From: "Jenine Stanley" <jeninems at wowway.com
>To: "'NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog 
Users'" <nagdu at nfbnet.org
>Date sent: Fri, 31 Oct 2008 22:09:16 -0400
>Subject: Re: [nagdu] petty paws

>I too use a nail grinder, I'd have to look at the package to see 
its brand,
>but I won it as a door prize at some convention or other.  Nice 
door prize.
><grin

>I love it though and Swap takes extremely well to having his 
nails done once
>a week.

>Yes, they can generate a lot of heat from friction.  In one way 
this can be
>good though if you happen to cut the quick.  The heat will 
cotterize the
>wound.  Chances are your dog will never let you grind its nails 
again, but at
>least it won't bleed everywhere.

>I've found that the best way to grind the nails is to come from 
underneath
>the nail up over the top.  It's hard to explain in writing.  It 
would be as if
>the dog was walking on the grinder, that part of the nail, is 
where I grind.


>I say this because I started out grinding by going down over the 
top of the
>nail to the underside.  This ended up taking off a bit in front 
but not the
>part that hung over and made the nail long.

>The other warning about grinders is to make sure, if you are 
using a battery
>powered one, the batteries are well charged.

>I've used an emery board and even a specially designed dog nail 
file, but
>unless your dog has nice thin nails like my Lab/Poodle had, you 
need to
>press hard to really get the filing done and many dogs don't like 
that.

>Jackson, my husband's dog, has very thick nails.  He also hates 
to get his
>nails cut.  We get the job done by bribing him with bits of 
cheese.  Kent
>holds the cheese just out of his reach while I either clip with 
these
>clippers that resemble bolt cutters, or grind.  I try to grind 
his nails once
>a week also, but it takes two of us and it's harder with him as 
he has very
>shaggy feet.  That's the other big warning.  If you have a Golden 
or any dog
>with a lot of fur around its toes, be very careful.  The fur gets 
caught
>easily and stops the grinder.  If you have long hair, tie it back 
because
>it's no fun when yours gets caught either.  <grin

> Jenine Stanley
>Sorry, I don't have the authority to save the world today.
>jeninems at wowway.com


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