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Do you want to know how to trim your dog’s claws? First find out if you should! Here are 20 specific signs to help you decide.
“How do I trim my own dog’s claws?” is the number one question that can be heard from the conscientious dog owner in the dog grooming salon. The real question is, SHOULD you clip your own dog’s nails? The average owner is unaware that clipping your dog’s nails can trigger a huge fear response in your furry friend. The feelings it evokes in your dog are similar to what a human child would experience during a needle vaccination. Children often throw tantrums and are inconsolable when they know they are going to have a shot. Dogs are no different when it comes to nail clipping, except that their tantrums consist of biting and releasing their gut. This fear-driven behavior usually comes as a complete shock to the average dog owner, and the trust lost between dog and owner is significant and costly. The majority of dog owners find that the emotional and physical cost of clipping their dog’s nails is simply too high.
Here are the factors to consider when deciding whether you’re in the 20th percentile of dog owners who can clip their own dog’s claws without causing your dog (or yourself) emotional or physical pain.
.Do you consider yourself an anxious person?
.Are new experiences unsettling rather than curious?
.Are you afraid of needle vaccination?
.Does the sight of your own blood drive you crazy?
.Does the sight of your own dog’s blood scare you?
.Does the sight of your own blood or your dog’s blood drive your dog crazy?
.Can you handle your dog twitching and pulling while you hold him or her?
.Are you comfortable with your dog whimpering and/or screaming even when he’s not in physical pain?
.Can you handle your dog having persistent anxiety that you inflict on him or her?
.Are you the first person to offer condolences to a friend or child who is worried or hurt?
. Do people tell you that you wear “your heart on your sleeve”?
.When trying new things, do you move slowly rather than fast?
.Does your dog have black claws?
.Does your dog deal with change with great anxiety?
.Is your dog scary when you hold or touch his feet?
.Has your dog had a bad experience with you or others having their nails clipped?
.Has your dog ever been scared enough to bite you or anyone else?
.Need a muzzle for your dog to brush it?
.Has the fear of making your dog’s nails bleed stopped you from trimming his nails in the past?
.If your dog’s claws bleed on your floor, furniture or clothes, will you get upset about it?
If you answered yes to 5 or more of these questions, you might want to reconsider learning how to trim your own dog’s nails. Your dog may still be anxious and worried during nail trimming for a pro, but you don’t want him to be mad at the groomer and not you, just as a parent would rather have their child mad at the nurse with the needle than themselves even? And the nurse and orderly have both been trained (and hopefully experienced) in the quickest and easiest ways to keep their subjects quiet. When it comes to anxiety triggers, experience is enough, and nail clipping is the number one anxiety trigger for dogs in the grooming room. The fee for nail clipping is neither time consuming nor expensive and generally ranges from $5 to $20 per visit, and many shops like Pooch Parlor take nail clippings as walk-ins and complete the task in under 5 minutes. The cost of losing your dog’s trust in you far outweighs the cost of regular nail trimming at the groomer.
For the brave people who are confident that they and/or their dog can try nail trimming at home, check out the step-by-step tutorial and video tutorial at http://www.thepoochparlor.net . Happy clipping!
Copyright 2010 DuAnn Lustig Chambers
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