Ok, I'm pretty good (not perfect) about keeping my dogs' nails trimmed. Jack was a nightmare to trim and is still not great, but six months of marker-word training finally allowed me to do them at all.
Maddie will flip right on her back to have hers done. Sometimes she grunts and sighs at me, and sometimes she tries to pull away a bit, but mostly she's easy.
I always Dremel hers right back almost to the quick. I do them regularly. Every once in awhile they get a bit long on me, but usually they are as short as they could be without bleeding.
And they clack on the floor. They click on the tile. They tap on the hardwood. Everywhere she walks on hard surfaces, you can hear her.
I have read online, over and over, that if you can hear your dogs' nails they are too long. I look at pictures of "properly" trimmed dogs, though, and they sure as heck look like the nail would contact the ground at the breakover point of the stride. Yet these same pictures are accompanied by text discussing the mythical silent dog.
I've tried all the tricks to get the quick to withdraw (short of quicking her, which she might tolerate but I would NEVER do). And still, noisy dog.
Well, today I saw my favorite vet (my practice has three, and I really like two of them but this one I love). We put Maddie on the table, and the vet started the exam at the front end, picked up her paws, and said (without prompting) "Her nails are nice and short."
So there you have it. My clacking dog gets unsolicited compliments from a vet on how short her nails are.
She can keep clacking and I will stop worrying about it. And to all you bloggers who insist that a clicking dog is a long dog I say this: Maybe YOUR dog has feet conformed in such a way that they don't click if they are short enough. But MY dogs click. And we like it that way. :-)
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hahah i am laughing, and wondered the same thing ,because of what ive read....but, even after my two have been clipped they still click and clack! Of course i dont care.. so im glad to see youve come to a place of acceptance ,
happy clicking
Does clear nail polish make the nails stonger?
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