DREMEL
  I am planning to look for one this weekend. Suggestions Please.  |
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| I found it makes it go easier if you just sit down with the dog and get them relaxed by petting them. Once relaxed, turn on the Dremel and keep petting them for a bit. This keeps them relaxed with the noise. Then slowly work into the nails. Vance |
I don't have a dremel and have alwys used the Miller Forge nail clipper. Abbey just sits there and lets me do hers. She's a dream. Oliver is a complete dickhead. He is also a very Big Boy. I have one of those 'pedipaws' which is a waste. The grit isn't heavy enough. I even tried a very heavy grit emery board. He really likes to show me his teeth and it isn't a smile. I don't want to take him to the vet and pay to have it done. I would be embarrassed. They would laugh at me, the fact Oliver has bested me. I suppose I could go someplace where nobody knows me.  Anyway, trying to put him at ease is a good idea but I still need to get one. |
| I have a variable speed Dremel that I bought years ago for craft-stuff. When I bought it, it came with the shaft-driven extension so I don't have to hold the motor. It's more like holding a magic marker that spins. One big upside to this setup is that I can hang the motor below the grooming table, and that lessons the noise above the table. I think this helps a LOT. I'll post a photo tonight when I get home. Vance |
| We use a dremel with the cord. Battery powered dremels don't last long enough to finish the job. Both of us are involved in the process and we don't have any trouble. |
| Spend the extra money to get a model with some power. I have a Dremel 8000-03 10.8V cordless and have yet to wear the rechargeable battery pack down during several grooms. http://www.dremel.com/en-us/Tools/Pages ... id=8000-03 Getting the $25 "As Seen on TV" brand is a waste of money, they just don't have the power to do OES nails. My Dremel gets used for other projects besides grooming so it was money well spent. Another cool thing is that you can add the Peticure Safe Guard that 6 Girls (Jaci) recommended. Fits on the larger Dremels perfectly. http://www.peticure-grooming.com/Peticu ... _p_14.html Nice little gadget to use as a guide and to keep from scattering nail dust around. It still takes some practice to get good at it but it still beats the old-fashioned nail clippers for finishing nice, smooth nails. |
Naughty boy!  So it's probably safe to say he doesn't view nail trims as a good thing.  And that he might be picking up on your nervousness? I don't like dogs smiling at me! He may just have your number now and have figured out what it takes to make you back down. Dogs do sometimes have an amazing ability to embarrass us. I would suck it up and have the vet do his nails, then work toward making nail trims at least tolerable... doing it briefly every night until he's accepting (as long as you don't get bit). Can this start at least as being a 2 person "activity"? One person stuffing treats in his mouth as the other makes one quick swipe across each nail and that's it? Or maybe a rawhide strip that someone holds on to while you file? Still thinking I'd go with a cardboard file until he's more relaxed, then moving on to a hand clipper or Dremel. My Schipperke-mix views a guillotine-type clipper as a remembered source of pain. I have never clipped her nails too short... never. But the vet did just one time. I can hide the clipper and get away with using it maybe on the first foot but then she'll start crying because she panics. But this same dog will tolerate a Dremel... it's the reason I started using one. I use the Peticure attachment (fits certain Dremels) just in case I were to drop it... that would be a total breach of trust with Meesha if the barrel/shaft hit hair and ripped it out.  I still sometimes clip with a guillotine clipper if I'm in a hurry... then grind closer and finish with a cardboard file. I have to use the file because my husband's skin is thin... one swipe with just guillotine nails will cause him to bleed. I now take 80 grit sandpaper, fold it in half over a used up cardboard fingernail file and finish the nails. It's cheaper, faster than the plain file yet still provides a good finish in my opinion.  |
| Dexter and I use a Dremel 7300 rechargeable and have never had a problem with the charge. I also use a cordless beard trimmer to trim between his toes. We had several love fests with the tools running before I ever touched him with one to get him used to the noise. I still let him tell me when enough is enough though now I can get through all his feet with one or the other and sometimes both. We've been doing it since he was about 10 weeks old. A great thing about the Dremel is I have never made a toe bleed and I can't say the same thing using clipper with my previous dogs (or cats). When it starts to get hot or tender he lets me knownd I stop though it usually doesn't resort to that. Slow and easy and they will get used to it. |
| I have never had to trim Archies nails, I do ask the opinion of the vet each year and they say there is no need, I guess he gets enough walking to natrually abraid them? just as well I guess I have enough issue trimming his pad hair with his uber tickly feet! |
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