[nagdu] petty paws

[Hope Paulos]

Hi Dar.
i'm trying to remember what Fidelco said.  I think my trainer 
said to sart perpendicular to the nail with the grinder thing 
like at the front of the nail, where it's almost touching the 
flool.  Hmmm.  Jenine, you're right! It's hard to say it writing.  
Not the under side of the nail, but the front of the to ip.

Hope and Beignet
> ----- Original Message -----
>From: "dmgina" <dmgina at qwest.net
>To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog 
Users" <nagdu at nfbnet.org
>Date sent: Fri, 31 Oct 2008 21:48:38 -0600
>Subject: Re: [nagdu] petty paws

>so you do this weekly?
>Interesting.
>I was thinking monthly.
>wow.
>I was going to start on the bottom of the toes.
>Not the rounded part.
>I am hoping that I can get someone who can see to show me.

>--Dar
>www.mypowermall.com/biz/home/5779
>Every saint has a past
>every sinner has a future

>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Jenine Stanley" <jeninems at wowway.com
>To: "'NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog 
Users'"
><nagdu at nfbnet.org
>Sent: Friday, October 31, 2008 8:09 PM
>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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