Nails clicking = too long? Don't believe the hype!
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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Permalink Reply by Aber, Ragnar and Kelso on
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Our 2 just had their nails done by the vet while they were under for surgery and they still click a bit. Not like before the trim, mind you, but there is still clicking going on. So I concur!
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Permalink Reply by Rebecca Marie O'Bryan on
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i have always disagreed when someone would say that. i have tile in the kitchen and when ever there is food out there he is watching me and i could hear his nails click. even when i am using his as a demonstration at petco for my classes, u can hear his nails click but every Sunday he gets his nails trimmed right to the quick. teddy has never had a problem with me trimming his nails. when he sees the nail clippers and the pedi paws he goes to his spot and lays on his side. he usually falls asleep when i am doing it but sometimes he just stares at the treat bag i have in front of him as an intensive:) i take my time clipping and the filing down his nails and i get compliments all the time of how nice his nails look. the more u file the farther back the quick moves back into the nail, thats why i cut/file so often
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Permalink Reply by steve smith on
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Same here. You can hear Dino but the nails are not too long. Good info.
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Permalink Reply by Chris West on
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I heard this too when I got Frosty. Have been trying to get his quicks to draw back for over a year. I trim him every week, but the quicks haven't move and he is still clickity-clack across all our hardwood floors. I never really did believe this though. Also, the person who told me they shouldn't have clicky nails would just chop half his dogs nails off!! Through the quick and all!! OUCH! I would NEVER do that to Frosty!
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Permalink Reply by Jane on
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I try to keep my dog's nails pretty short and they both still click, especially my pem for whatever reason. I did notice when Luke was neutered they did a "complimentary" nail trim and quicked several of his nails to the point they were bloody. Maybe that's their idea of "short". Needless to say I wasn't too happy with them, and I know his nails weren't long to begin with as I had just cut them recently.
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Permalink Reply by Priscilla, CARLY, and Frankie on
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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
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Permalink Reply by John Wolff on
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Al clicks audibly on pavement, but this is the dragging of his right front claws on the return stroke. Only that one foot. The wear pattern is readily apparent; I never have to trim the center right front claws.
Both of them click on our wood floors.
Take all rules-of-salt with a grain of thumb.
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Permalink Reply by Kari & Quin on
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Quin drags one of her feet also or two not sure but I know she is dragging maybe cause they are so short or maybe cause corgis don't exert any more energy than is absolutely necessary Ha ha
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Does clear nail polish make the nails stonger?
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