Clipping Claws

[swg dave 334]

I noticed a couple of weeks ago my younger dog while running about over the

park with the other dog he didnt seem to have that quickness about him,, IE turning

it seemed he was running a wider turn, where normally his flying about all over the place and his turning is normally very tight. On closer inspection i noticed his nails could

do with a trim, but i must also state that they was not over long, as i like to keep on top of his nails as they grow fairly quick for some reason, and believe me this dog gets all the road and exercise work you can imagine.I phoned my friend to come over that evenng to hold him for me as is the norm when trimming his claws, as my dog happens not to like having

this task carried out very much.. Any way next morning over the park he was back to his

old self, turning on a sixpence, a big difference, very noticable, and for the amount of nail that was removed when clipping, you would not have thought that this would of had an effect has it did.. oh well you learn something new every day.. Have any of the fellas or lady,s on here ever had that with their dogs. Cheers SWG Dave..

[shaaark 11,301]

I noticed a couple of weeks ago my younger dog while running about over the

park with the other dog he didnt seem to have that quickness about him,, IE turning

it seemed he was running a wider turn, where normally his flying about all over the place and his turning is normally very tight. On closer inspection i noticed his nails could

do with a trim, but i must also state that they was not over long, as i like to keep on top of his nails as they grow fairly quick for some reason, and believe me this dog gets all the road and exercise work you can imagine.I phoned my friend to come over that evenng to hold him for me as is the norm when trimming his claws, as my dog happens not to like having

this task carried out very much.. Any way next morning over the park he was back to his

old self, turning on a sixpence, a big difference, very noticable, and for the amount of nail that was removed when clipping, you would not have thought that this would of had an effect has it did.. oh well you learn something new every day.. Have any of the fellas or lady,s on here ever had that with their dogs. Cheers SWG Dave..

Yep, exactly as you say, older bitch my lad's got, plenty of roadwalking, easily 40 + miles per week, walked twice a day, apart from days/nights she gets worked, along with free running etc in fields and working, never seems to make any difference to her nails, especially on front paws, constantly taking very small amounts off them, roughly every 2 weeks, they grow very quickly and you can't do too much in one go as she also hates having it done.

Dunno if it's the deerhound in her, but she's got some of the strongest nails I've seen, strong but a pain to keep on top of

[sandymere 8,263]

Dogs with flatter feet don't wear down thier nails as well as those up on their toes.

[swg dave 334]

 

I noticed a couple of weeks ago my younger dog while running about over the

park with the other dog he didnt seem to have that quickness about him,, IE turning

it seemed he was running a wider turn, where normally his flying about all over the place and his turning is normally very tight. On closer inspection i noticed his nails could

do with a trim, but i must also state that they was not over long, as i like to keep on top of his nails as they grow fairly quick for some reason, and believe me this dog gets all the road and exercise work you can imagine.I phoned my friend to come over that evenng to hold him for me as is the norm when trimming his claws, as my dog happens not to like having

this task carried out very much.. Any way next morning over the park he was back to his

old self, turning on a sixpence, a big difference, very noticable, and for the amount of nail that was removed when clipping, you would not have thought that this would of had an effect has it did.. oh well you learn something new every day.. Have any of the fellas or lady,s on here ever had that with their dogs. Cheers SWG Dave..

Yep, exactly as you say, older bitch my lad's got, plenty of roadwalking, easily 40 + miles per week, walked twice a day, apart from days/nights she gets worked, along with free running etc in fields and working, never seems to make any difference to her nails, especially on front paws, constantly taking very small amounts off them, roughly every 2 weeks, they grow very quickly and you can't do too much in one go as she also hates having it done.

Dunno if it's the deerhound in her, but she's got some of the strongest nails I've seen, strong but a pain to keep on top of

 

Does it affect her running Shaaark, because it obviously did my dog

and his nails were not over long,strange..

[shaaark 11,301]

Dogs with flatter feet don't wear down thier nails as well as those up on their toes.

Am aware of that, and not thinking that was aimed at me, but she has really good, strong, well formed feet with no injuries, as yet, but hardly wears anything off them, no matter the amount of roadwork etc

[shaaark 11,301]

 

 

I noticed a couple of weeks ago my younger dog while running about over the

park with the other dog he didnt seem to have that quickness about him,, IE turning

it seemed he was running a wider turn, where normally his flying about all over the place and his turning is normally very tight. On closer inspection i noticed his nails could

do with a trim, but i must also state that they was not over long, as i like to keep on top of his nails as they grow fairly quick for some reason, and believe me this dog gets all the road and exercise work you can imagine.I phoned my friend to come over that evenng to hold him for me as is the norm when trimming his claws, as my dog happens not to like having

this task carried out very much.. Any way next morning over the park he was back to his

old self, turning on a sixpence, a big difference, very noticable, and for the amount of nail that was removed when clipping, you would not have thought that this would of had an effect has it did.. oh well you learn something new every day.. Have any of the fellas or lady,s on here ever had that with their dogs. Cheers SWG Dave..

Yep, exactly as you say, older bitch my lad's got, plenty of roadwalking, easily 40 + miles per week, walked twice a day, apart from days/nights she gets worked, along with free running etc in fields and working, never seems to make any difference to her nails, especially on front paws, constantly taking very small amounts off them, roughly every 2 weeks, they grow very quickly and you can't do too much in one go as she also hates having it done.

Dunno if it's the deerhound in her, but she's got some of the strongest nails I've seen, strong but a pain to keep on top of

 

Does it affect her running Shaaark, because it obviously did my dog

and his nails were not over long,strange..

 

Yes, as you said, she does seem to turn a little sharper when they aren't quite as long, not much, but noticeable

[sandymere 8,263]

I did an article on this back along when I came to the conclusion really short nails may not be the best. I find most dogs if given enough exercise will wear their nails to the length that suits their biomechanics. So unless they are getting to long or they are very flatfooted I prefer to leave well alone.

[swg dave 334]

I only cut back a tad in front of the quick always, otherwise as your well aware of sandymere

you will have blood gushing and i imagine a yelp, as happened to a friends dog once..

[pip1968 2,490]

my dogs nails are jet black so its a nightmare clipping them

[bird 10,014]

I only cut back a tad in front of the quick always, otherwise as your well aware of sandymere

you will have blood gushing and i imagine a yelp, as happened to a friends dog once..

same here only take little bit of each, as 1st dogs will put up with that ,and the quick not always visible , more so with my 1 dog all his are black. Little off and often I think is the way to go,

[Tiny 7 1,694]

I always keep mine short. Long nails to me just scream toe injury. ...

[low plains drifter 11,118]

You wanna shave your toes kidda

[Maximus Ferret 2,065]

Just to throw a cat among the pigeons, I believe too short is worse than too long, especially on a dog that runs mainly on soft going and short grass .

[robin hood 109]

black nails use a file,long nails like talons are no good and will eventually get ripped out,

[paulus 26]

3 dogs here only ever have to clip ones nails and as sandy says she is slightly flat footed, the other two i have never touched as they have never needed doing