The nail trimming can be a bit traumatic for your pet so that through this article will guide you to make this practice a relaxed manner without hurting your hairy.
First you relax, remember that they feel your emotions and if you're very stressed your pet will notice it and do not cooperate, you should also be patient because your furry initially pretend to escape while in full court session. When you finish take him for a walk or reward him with a treat or games.
The materials you need are: special scissors or clippers for dogs which can be found in a pet shop.
Gauze.
Styptic powder or clotting or failing water oxigenada.Es very important to cut your pet's nails is the limen although they naturally as these can tear and cause discomfort to your dog, if your nails may result overgrow them painful to walk. Remember not to cut anyway because they have blood vessels and nerves in your nails and if bad cut can cause a small bleeding. In the figure below you can see the right and wrong way to cut the nail of your hairy. The red part shows the blood vessels.
When the nail is black you can not see the red or pink part but gray so it can be a bit difficult but do not worry because you will cut from below by little as an oval gray sneaks you stop cutting the nail. Do not cut too close to blood vessels and do not use any type of nail clippers because their nails are curved.
You must not forget the nails that do not touch the floor, with the first finger on the inside of the leg, as these can grow too much and end up digging into the leg resulting in a visit to the vet.
You can cut your dog's nails once a month, but depends on the type of dog, breed, age, size, if you exercise a lot or not, etc.
Should cuts of nail your dog do not panic, you can put some styptic powder to stop bleeding which lasts about 5 minutes, if you have the coagulant product uses a clean gauze soaked in a mixture of water normal and hydrogen peroxide as escurres and press the nail for 5 minutes until the bleeding stops.
If this is the first time you can cut your nails to your dog you must accustom gradually to nail clippers and you can initially make putting it near your food, you see it every time you caress and other activities that your pet likes for a positive association with this device is made. When you start cutting is recommended to hand treats to reward your dog for having collaborated. Do not scold if you do not cooperate as it may adversely associate this activity when you want to do it again is even harder. Start with a couple of nails on the first day so that it gets used and whenever courts will give the prize, then continued another day and do the same and so on until the moment when the courts all the same day.
If the dog is very problematic on the verge of wanting to bite better let him work a pet stylist or trusted veterinarian who already have experience in these cases and charge little for it, what matters is the welfare of your hairy.