Claw cutting issues...?

You're not the only one. I had to ask the vet to do my Greyhound the other day because she's still quite nervous and I didn't want to undo any of the good work and have her getting frightened again.

We put a muzzle on, I held her by her collar and shoulders and she never struggled once, nor made as much as a peep while the vet did the 20 little snips. On my own I'd have been lucky to be allowed to do 3 before she struggled. So get someone to help, it makes life 100 times easier.

Some dogs that don't like them being clipped can be gradually got used to a Dremel.

It all depends on the dog, my last one was truly dreadful over her nails and would scream the horrible GSOD 'Greyhound Scream of Death' which many owners of the breed will be only too familiar with. So the vet used to do her nails and I was always asked to leave because all she was doing was playing-up and trying to get me to stop it happening. But I've had other dogs that never minded their nails being done at all and relished the attention... even holding out a paw.

Get someone to help you hold her paws while you clip her nails. Don't let her get away with this bad behaviour. She's testing you, and it looks like she's winning! Plenty of dogs (and cats) aren't too fond of having their nails clipped. Once she understands that she just has to put up with it, she'll adjust. You know you aren't harming her, so don't back down. (Keep some styptic powder on hand just in case you cut too close to the "quick" in order to stop the bleeding.) After you're done, praise her and give her a reward.

My bulldog is the same way he hates having his nails clipped. So at the suggestion of one of my friends i bought a dremmel to grind his nails with. it basically works like a motorized nail file and files the nail down neat and short. No painful clipping and once the dog gets used to the buzz of the dremmel it's no big deal. My bullie just lays there and waits patiently while i dremmel his nails about once a month. The dremmel i bought was about 40$ on amazon.com and it's cordless with a battery pack and it's great i love it, so handy.

If you know what youre doing, more power to you. Im too much of a whimp to cut my dogs nails... Im too afraid of hurting him... so I take him to petsmart, its $8.

But what I heard works is putting a little bit of peanut butter in a kong and have someone hold the kong infront of the dogs nose just so they can happily lick it. Hopefully that allows enough of a distraction while you trim! And maybe with time your dog can associate nail clipping with peanut butter... every dog loves peanut butter!

No vein grew to become into busted, you purely have been given poked considering the fact which you do no longer know the thank you to play with or shelter cats. basic. i admire cats, i know precisely while to stop, carry lower back, suggestions-set and play with them. they do no longer know the potential or perchance do, yet they do no longer know that their claws will puncture your epidermis, they only get aggravated or threatened by using your heavy handedness. do no longer DECLAW. Thats dumb and ignorant component to do. in case you're already thinking approximately that and projecting human characteristics and habit onto the cat (cats don't have tantrums, human beings do, no longer cats), then you definately shouldn't very own a cat. Donate the cat to somebody with persistence and no own subject concerns with cats and that is familiar with and actual loves them.

Dogs don't yelp about cutting claws if you haven't hurt her once. If not you, maybe the breeder. My dog hates it too, but she just gets over it when it needs to be done. We haven't hurt her and she's fine with it

She's refusing because you allow this unacceptable behavior. You've obviously hurt her in the past, otherwise she wouldn't be yelping. Use a DREMEL or have your vet or groomer do it.

My dog sensed my reluctance and fear of hurting her and responded in kind.

We took her to a place to have it done and now take her to the vet... no problem, and worth the money to have her calm!

Take her to a groomer instead of doing it yourself. Your vet will do it for you, too, but you'll probably pay a little more.