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[Lesley]

I've cut one of Jazz's claws too short - it's taken quite a while to stop bleeding

 

She's never liked having her paws touched let alone have her claws cut so I've had to persevere. We bought some excellent clippers which she was better with compared to the first ones we bought. I've done them carefully every week.....just a little at a time and Jazz with her nose in a pot of tiny broken pieces of doggy choc drops. Today she leant forward to reach the choc and her claw went through the clippers as I snipped. I tried soap but that didn't work so I put Wound Powder on it. It's covered with a little cotton wool and some Vet Wrap and has stopped bleeding now. I feel so guilty I have taken a tiny clip of the next claw so that she's OK with the clippers - well, as OK as she usually is. Is there anything else I should have done?

 

Jazz and Tali don't walk on pavements so the claws grow quickly.

[Olly]

Oh dear!

No experience of such things I'm afraid, but it sounds as if you've done all the right things and she will probably get over it more quickly than you!

[Chucky Mama]

You can get some very handy little cotton bud type things called Blood Stop Swabs. They are great for nails and small wounds. You used to be able to get styptic pencils that men use for shaving but I don't know if you can still get them. They are good too (will sting a little).

[Redwing]

Styptic pencils are good I have a few dotted around for emergency use

 

Our dog doesnt like his claws clipped, even when the vet sedated him he played up and he (the dog!) screams so loud - like a child its really scary

 

The only person who can do it is our dog groomer, she is quite literally worth her weight in gold as like yours our dog doesnt get walked on pavements

[Lesley]

Thank you both- I will have a look for those, handy to keep in the dog bag.

 

Jazz has been fine all afternoon so hopefully it will heal over. She's not keeping the wrap on.....she worries it off and then Tali runs off with it

 

I'm so annoyed with myself, I'd just got to the stage where I could do it on my own instead of the two of us, a hundredweight of choccie drops and a few wrestling moves I don't envy you Tasha!!

[Lewis]

They use silver nitrate pencils, I think the same as the styptic ones, at the vets which you wet and press on the nail to stop bleeding - might be worth getting one and they're only cheap

 

Don't have a dog so don't know if they're any good but what about those pet electric nail file things?

 

Sure she'll be fine in a couple of days

[Lesley]

I did look at the electric file things - I can just imagine Jazz's face if I produced one of those

 

She's fine now - it was Carl panicking and throwing me hurt looks

 

I read a lot on the labrador forum and found other black lab owners have had the same problem - you can't see the quick...........and from what was said there I think Jazz has long quicks......quite difficult to trim the claws.

[Chucky Mama]

I'd do them more often and just take the hooked end off. Dogs do tend to get twitchy when you take the nail short as when you squeeze your clippers it puts pressure on the quick even it you are not cutting it. If you take just the hooked part off you are nowhere near the quick and so there should be no hint of soreness. Uber sharp clippers help too as they slice instead of compress.

[chickencam]

Don't feel bad it is easily done. I have to cut Scamp's claws, they grow quickly and she is a lazy cat, most of her outside time is in the garden, she doesn't go out onto hard surfaces very often. They have a scratching post which Ziggy uses a lot, but everytime Scamp puts her claws into it she gets stuck, the same with the sofa the curtains etc, etc.

 

I once cut one my children's nails too short when they were tiny and felt bad for ages.

[Seagazer]

I used to have to do it to my budgie's beak, it used to grow at a funny angle and I cut it too short. Blood went everywhere. I think we used talc on it.

 

I used to have the black nail problem with my old dog, thankfully I didn't have to do it too often as she walked mainly on pavements.

 

Now with Cookie I leave it up to the groomer

[The Dogmother]

Sorry to hear that Lesley. I always have a couple of silver nitrate pencils around in case of injuries like that.

 

Ruby is fine about her front claws being done, but I have to give her treats to be allowed to do her back claws. The clippers are really sharp guillotine ones too. She doesn't get a lot of pavement walking either.

 

The bunnies are real scrabblers, but I get Rosie to hold them when theirs need doing.