a type of clippers!
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| Yes, you'll need the bigger nail clippers. They come in two types, three if you think about grinders. The two main ones are the guillotine type where you have to slip the nail tip through a hoop and then the scissor cut. If your dog's nails are like most OES, the guillotine won't work unless you've been trimming every other week all his life. They just bend when they meet big nails. So go with the scissor type, probably the one I've seen most often and the type we use here are the orangle handled Miller's Forge or the even stronger black handle job by........ah, Miracle Coat?? I'd go with the orange handle job, it's probably fine for you.
Grinders, Dremel's with a bur attachment, takes training for your dog to allow you do grind his nails. It might be a week or four before he allows you tingle his nails......plus you have to be super careful about over heating the nail. As for the extras under the stub: Dingleberries and Puckey Pods as they are called here. If you can carefully get under the stuff with scissors, great, but don't cut the dog! I use a dog clipper, a #10 blade, and carve out a "poop shoot" for easy sliding of deposits. Dingleberries aren't too hard to remove, but a Puckey Pot may take some soaking, wiping, soaking, cleaning and drying before any trimming can occur. Ahhh, trying to clip off a Puckey Pod is messy, disgusting and calls for major blade cleaning afterwards. Clippers are not cheap. If you'll be doing a lot of dog trimming, they you'll be looking at clippers that run over $100. If it's just rear end patrol, something less will probably do........and remember, there's always just scissors. |
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