Re: Learning lessons the hard way...
I haate to do nails! I am terrified to do my pit bull's nails---but not because of her breed. She, the pit bull, is very sweet about this, but her quicks seem to be several inches long and go on forever and ever and ever , so I never know where it is safe to clip. sara - Original Message - From: Patricia McIlveen [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; 'berner-l' [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, November 22, 2002 11:46 PM Subject: RE: Learning lessons the hard way... One time (c. 1989) I clipped my bulldog girl's nails and made her bleed...The next time she was fine. But.. even with some counter-conditioning and positive reinforcement and desensitization, *I* still get very goosey about nail trims. I need to be clicker trained! Patricia McIlveen (Yeoman, Reba Gus) Calgary, AB -Original Message- From: catherine green I cut one too short and he started bleeding. So now, even with some counter-conditioning and positive reinforcement and desensitization, he STILL gets very goosey about nail trims.
Re: Learning lessons the hard way...
Hi All, On the various posts here re. clipping dogs' nails. This is something I have never had to do yet, do leash walk my dogs down on the road and they wear down naturally! When adoptee Barney arrived he came with toys and cushions and a pair of clippers! Was told he was due for a trim! Yes, out on the road for the first couple of days he was clicking as he walked but when I examined his paws, no way! Took him to Ros my vet for examination and nails were fine, though had been very badly overtrimmed in the past! Clicking noise was that he was dragging front paw slightly as he walked, thankfully six months later, a lot slimmer and nails untouched, he is now fine! If you are going to clip nails, please know what you are doing! Can 'cause a lot of damage if you do it wrong. Get the vet to show you! Have clipped claws on my elderly cats that no longer wore 'em down naturally! Important to know where the quick line is, imagine someone coming in and cutting your nails back too hard! Or totally inexperienced and ripping your nail off beyond the 'quick'! Keep a check on all my Gang, have one ewe whose feet grow fast and when is very wet out there she needs a trim! We check 'em all when we shear! Ponies once a year as they are not on hard ground in the Winter, get the Farrier in, my goats I can trim myself if necessary. Just know what you are doing when you trim any animal!!! Hey my Berner Gang!!! Down the road again at hard pace, young cats go scratch! Doing it naturally is best! Or ask the vet!!! All love, Jean, Sunny, Simmy, Barney and the Gang XXX http://www.angelfire.com/anime3/longlease/index.htm
Learning lessons the hard way...
Vicky Whitney wrote -- (No lectures, please, on how I should have been doing this since he was a baby puppy -- I've learned my lesson, and make a solemn oath that I'll do so with the NEXT puppy. Damn, I hate learning lessons the hard way . . . ) Same goes for me! Except that I completely freaked out when I was clipping Mickey's claws at about 7 months and I cut one too short and he started bleeding. So now, even with some counter-conditioning and positive reinforcement and desensitization, he STILL gets very goosey about nail trims. He KNOWS what I'm up to with all that peanut butter and praise. he just looks at me like I think he's stupid or something. Such characters! I'll be interested to hear if anyone has tried an anxiety wrap technique for nail trims. And, next puppy, I'll do things much differently! Catherine in Madison WI Shadow, Mickey, Jenny Canoe
RE: Learning lessons the hard way...
One time (c. 1989) I clipped my bulldog girl's nails and made her bleed...The next time she was fine. But.. even with some counter-conditioning and positive reinforcement and desensitization, *I* still get very goosey about nail trims. I need to be clicker trained! Patricia McIlveen (Yeoman, Reba Gus) Calgary, AB -Original Message- From: catherine green I cut one too short and he started bleeding. So now, even with some counter-conditioning and positive reinforcement and desensitization, he STILL gets very goosey about nail trims.
