Claw Trimming

I never gave nail clipping that much thought as most (WORKING) bulldogs seem to file there nails on there own and or from being worked on a hard surface at least once or twice a week.....Those that didnt file there own nails , I used a nail clipper and if I cut the quick the "DIRT", (old school style) was used as a coagulant to stop the bleeding. LOL....Or you could go high tech with Chitosan as a coagulant.

 

Yea I probably wouldn't worry too much, especially since I do a lot of walking on asphalt, but I have been thinking about getting a slat mill eventually and I would like to be able to keep nails reasonably short without a struggle or blood drops all over the floor. Dirt as anticoagulant actually makes sense, with a possible danger of infection. I did discover that Simple Green works well to dissolve blood. There were spots all over the floor (some dried) and I went around and sprayed them with Simple Green, and they wiped right up.

 

I use the clippers like that FD showed a pic of.They have a guide on the back so its just about impossible to cut into the quick, unless you take 2 swipes off then you may get into it.Regular baking flour will clot it up enough to stop the bleeding..I will take off a little at the time, don't try and take it all off at once.They should never reach this point , keep your dogs nail trimmed , its only a hassle until they get use too it.

 

I've watched Joanie Winchester trim nails with just a regular pair of human nail clippers ..lol takes her about 10 seconds with her husband holding the dog.

 

Mine works the same as FD's. The only difference is mine has a guide to sit the nail to rest on while cutting nail.

 

Same as mine.Works great.