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How to Trim Your Pets Nails

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my beloved zema
my beloved zema

How to cut you dog or cats nails.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy
Instructions

Things You'll Need:

  • dog or cat
  • dog nail trimmer
  • 1 towel
  1. Step 1
    misty sitting forward
    misty sitting forward

    For small animals pick up pet and sit him on your lap facing forward. Then with one hand hold his paw and the nail you want to trim.

  2. Step 2
    misys paw
    misys paw

    next you look closely at the nail and get an idea of where the quick is;[this area is real thick part of the animals nail the stem of the nail and you do not want to cut this part it will hurt, and bleed. Put the clippers over the nail right at the tip of the dark part and bring it up just a little then clip.

  3. Step 3
    nail
    nail

    next do steps 1 ,2 ,and 3 over the rest of the nails .
    if you are doing a cat it useful to use a towel, and rap the cat in the towel and only pull one paw out at a time .keep other paws rapped or cat may scratch you.

Tips & Warnings
  • remember its better to cut less then to much so trim in small clips if your not sure of your self until you get the hang of it.
  • If bleeding continues get a cold towel and put pressure on the toe area for 15 to 20 minutes.

Comments  

hellow99 said

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on 2/19/2009 With this article and if I had a pet, why their nails would be cut daily I can tell ya that much! 5*s and Recommended!

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