[nagdu] Trimming golden paws

[Tami Jarvis]

KD,

I would start by handling her legs briefly, for just so long as she is 
comfortable and rewarding her for letting you. When she's comfortable 
with that, then move down to the paws and hold them for just as long as 
she is comfortable, rewarding her for that and building up the time she 
will let you hold them. Then move your fingers lightly as you hold them 
until she is comfortable while you touch her pads and in between her 
toes and so on. Then you can start getting her used to the clippers by 
the same method, just gradually building her comfort level until she 
will hold still. That's how I do it with my poodles.

hth,

Tami

On 01/25/2015 12:59 PM, Kd via nagdu wrote:
> Hi, all,
>
> Fawn is a lab/golden cross, but she has enough golden in her that her paws need to be trimmed. I have a tiny pair of grooming scissors, but Fawn does not like holding still while I trim her paws. She tries to pull them away, and also will mouth my hands like she does when we're playing. I don't want to correct her too much because I don't want her to get negative associations with this. Do you all have any suggestions? Thanks!
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> KD
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