I have had loads of dogs during my life, as well as working with rescue dogs. Up till now I have always been able to clip all of my dogs nails with no hassle. Then we rescued DDog3
She regards any form of personal hygiene as Deeply Suspicious. Grooming results in the stink eye, along with much biting of brushes and general twathattery. Bathing we've only done once is deeply frowned upon and any attempt to look at teeth or ears is met with outraged scepticism. Thankfully she is very low maintenance :o
The big problem is her nails. They really do need clipping but even the mere site of the clippers puts her on high alert. In 8 months I have managed to trim about 1mm off one nail, the result of this being that she now refuses to even countenance the clippers being on the side, let alone near her precious trotters.
DH suggested sending her to the groomers and letting them deal with her TBH I would do it but I fear it's a sink or swim situation, where she will either give in meekly OR we will be blacklisted and she will spend the rest of her life growing gnarled old lady nails in blissful victory.
Any suggestions would be VERY gratefully received :)
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TheRobbingBastards · 26/06/2015 08:56
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