[nagdu] petty paws

[Tracy Carcione]

I take escalators every week, so I am very concerned about the length of
my dog's nails. Otherwise, I might not do it so often. Although it does
take much longer when I do it every month, as I do for my retired dog.
Maybe 20-30 minutes, compared to 10-15 minutes every week.
I never had anyone show me what to do. It was really pretty self-evident,
once I got started.
Tracy


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