Summary: Clipping your dog's nails is important. You can do it without having to go to a professional groomer. It's important to take just a little off each nail. Your dog has a vein in the nail called the quick. You want to be careful not to cut the quick. Here are steps to clipping your dog's nails.
Eric Letendre, author of the book "The Amazing Dog Training Man," has been professionally training dogs for the past 20 years and has helped literally thousands of dog owners learn...read more
eHow Article: How to Clip a Dog's Nails
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Comments
Meri said
on 4/13/2008 Thanks, Eric. I appreciate knowing which tool to use. I have always used a dremmel to keep my dog's nails short but it has to be done every other day it seems. How often should you cut the nails?
vikramyadav said
on 4/10/2008 Hi Eric,
this is an excellent article. And the video is superb. I have always wondered how this is to be done & i was actually very scared to do it to my dog, have got confidence with the ease with which you did it in the video.
Thanks.