nail clipping

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• ljowen123

  March 2009 edited November -1

  I have Jazz's nails ground by dremel (& by someone else). I spend time every day holding jazz's paws. I do this so that she is used to someone having to hold her paws for the grind.
• kojichan

  March 2009 edited November -1

  Try my method and make it fun ..... ; )
  
  
  
  
  
  I also hold his paws every day as LJ recommends. He is no longer skittish about that as a result. That allows me to clip his dew claws with no protest at all. (I started off doing clicker training, rewarding him for letting me hold his paws, increasing the amount of hold time between clicks as he got better about it.)
• brandon_w

  March 2009 edited November -1

  How do you get his rears?
• lindsayt

  March 2009 edited November -1

  I put them up on the grooming table (best thing ever). It throws them off guard a little, and if they want to sit down, fine, they still can't get to my hand and I can still do it by myself. They don't like it, but eventually the struggling diminishes into "ticklish toes", as long as I don't give up it doesn't escalate.
• brandon_w

  March 2009 edited November -1

  Nemo just keeps getting worse about nail clipping. I'm working on desensitizing him to new clippers. He can be a real pain.
• ljowen123

  March 2009 edited November -1

  I can't remember, Brandon - had you tried him with the dremel?
• sunyata

  March 2009 edited November -1

  I do both Bella and Nola with the dremel. Bella is fine with it until we get to her back feet... The she whines a bit and tries to pull away. I just keep hold, tell her what a silly girl she is, and eventually she gives in.
  
  Nola, on the other hand, is a punk. She does okay (and by okay, I mean she squirms and pulls away) with her front paws. But she just goes ballistic when we do her back paws. She screams and pulls away and tries to curl into a little ball. All in all, a drama queen. Over time, she has gotten a little better and she allows more time between tantrums. But I know she is a Shiba, and may never be 100% okay with it. We just keep working with her and try and make it as positive an experience as she will let us.
• brandon_w

  March 2009 edited November -1

  In general, Nemo does not like the high pitched noise that electronic motors make. I cannot imagine trying to move one towards him without him freaking out. Even my hand mixer in the kitchen makes him very uneasy.
• lingmorton

  March 2009 edited November -1

  thanks for the suggestions
  yeah i think im gonna try the filing board haha
  ive held their paw since they were a tiny pup, also in the hope that they will get more comfortable & reassured when its nail clipping time
  but these days, the sight of the clipper sends them hiding, and when i do get them and try to calm them down, have my husband hold them while i re-assure them and try to cut it, they struggle so much and lets out the infamous loud shiba cries.
  but im prolly gonna try the filing board and see how it works out
  and i think i will try the dremel too! i dont think they will freak out as much. *these drama ma-mas*
• Sangmort

  March 2009 edited November -1

  I wonder why shiba are so picky about their feet being touched...? ~
• lindsayt

  March 2009 edited November -1

  There was a thread somewhere here about how Japanese dogs just were not bred to be uber companionable, and being aloof was veiwed as a desirable trait. Also, that the Japanese traditionally were not demonstrative (I know I am making a sweeping generalization, but I think this is what was said in the article) and this is passed on to how their dogs are raised and selected to bred. So a dog that is healthy and hardy on it's own and doesn't require assistance or show physical weakness is the dog that is most admired. Perhaps this helps explain the Japanese dogs' general dislike (in the past) for being handled as being aloof and hardy were selected for.