My two chis were terrified to get their nails cut once upon a time as well. What I did to break that was, I first started laying them (one at a time of course) on my lap on their backs. I would rub their bellies and would say "good girl". When or if they tried to get up from my lap I would say shhhht or no and hold them down gently with one hand until they would relax and say "good girl" and rub their bellies again. I would do this everyday for about 2 weeks until they got that they were to relax when I layed them down like this. After they got that they had to stay in this position I would start with the clippers, do one toe and then rub and say "good". I just cut a little off, not to hurt them or scare them, and once I cut a little bit off I would file the rest of it down. I don't have to file too much for the one that has white nails as I can clearly see the quick, but the other one has black toe nails so I can not see the quick so I have to cut it just a tiny bit and file the rest. It is not so bad and doesn't take too long to file. It works really good. Evelyn
----- Original Message ---- From: claudiawrnr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2007 3:57:11 PM Subject: [Chihuahuas] Re: Trimming nails Have the same problem with both of my Have not found anything that works.If you find out any good tips please let me know PLEASE Thanks Claudia --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED] ups.com, Theresa <bluerose4109@ ...> wrote: > > Hi y'all. > > My chi friend HATES to have his nails trimmed. He is so terrified of this > that he must be sedated by the vet to do it. Even then, he pitches as big a > fit as he can. > > Is there anything I can do to help him with this fear? He needs to have it > done again and I hate to take him. In fact, I have probably waited too long > now because I dread him suffering through it again. HELP! > > Theresa > > > ------------ --------- --------- --- > Check out the hottest 2008 models today at Yahoo! Autos. > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Luggage? GPS? Comic books? Check out fitting gifts for grads at Yahoo! Search http://search.yahoo.com/search?fr=oni_on_mail&p=graduation+gifts&cs=bz
