How to Trim Dog's Nails | Canine Nail Trim

Do you know why it's important to trim dog's nails? If your dog's or canine patient's claws are too long, they can cause serious harm and injury. In this video, we will show you how to perform a nail trim on a #dog, mentioning both clear and opaque nails. Plus the methods to stop bleeding if the blood vessel is inadvertently cut so it’s a comfortable experience for everyone.
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[@jdogdarkness]

I started and my dog squirmed. Then i squirmed and gave up lol. 🤦

[@alcinadimitrescu4061]

Thank you!! Trimmed my pup's claws for the first time today. I was super nervous at first, but this video helped a lot! She didn't even react, haha.

[@suzyra1212]

My dog hate her cutting her nails and she need to because of holding her is scratch someone’s face or hands and feet and snap at my mom 😖😣

[@wntrwilliams]

Thank you for this video! I'm going to cut my dog's nails tonight and I have watched so many videos, but you explained the best.

[@elainek1234]

Thank you Rachel! Great presentation.

[@cheezy5077]

Out of 4 separate videos, yours is the only one with a good tutorial

[@sonneversets3530]

The goog site gave me this tutorial & started it at the 1:10 mark, so I didn’t see the beginning. Now, I did. Yes, it’s good. Wish me luck! 😂

[@merryoxtoby1850]

Honestly so helpful, makes me feel way more confident and comfortable in cutting my dogs nails

[@nathan9931]

Thank you!! I'm trying to learn how to do things like clip nails and give the dog a bath for my dog and for the dogs I plan to adopt in the future!

[@BigChadMedia]

I finally found the courage to do it. THANK YOU

[@yungbake2161]

No one cares Chad

[@deeznuts7236]

I care chad

[@ShimmersMuffin]

Excellent video. Good job!

[@RinoFlaco]

Thank you, very helpful. My Cane Corso hates having his nails trimmed and even the vet has trouble getting them done because he's so big and they seem to get nervous about his size. I've been successful doing it at home now thanks to your video.

[@mariacheek9985]

Thank you for the clear instructions !

[@kimlarsen4697]

Awesome! Thank you!!

[@meloncloud]

If your dog is REALLY traumatized by all clippers, ive learned you can use a nail filer as long as u do it more frequently. That may help some ppl give their dogs more confidence to work towards clippers.

[@suzyra1212]

My dog is already traumatized to cutting her nails but really scare to do it myself she move herself to much wrong spot is cause to bleed that is when she never want to do that again 😳😵

[@MD31NH3VN]

ty my dog hates it also memento mori

[@punsrinmybi-ology5933]

Thanks that was really helpful.

[@vietnamanimalvetclinic9924]

Good job!!

[@willi6880]

Thank you, I used these tips for cutting my own nails!

[@timbocf76]

🤣🤣🤣

[@nandoleonet6773]

Lmao

[@isaboteur2562]

Thankyou!!!! Great explanation

[@Ocyla]

Very helpful, trying to keep my dogs nails short on our hardwood floors to keep him from sliding

[@Blockhead_teda]

Yes 😂 my dog slides from the kitchen to the bedroom

[@holymann2251]

Why the dog drifting

[@jenniferlopez9019]

Amazing video thank you

[@Brandon-ml2zw]

I’m always so nervous about even getting close to the quick. From the top down, there’s a distinct line where the pink starts, but from the side when I shine a light, the pink seems to stick out a bit further. I don’t cut anywhere near that, but it feels like I’m barely cutting anything at all. I’ve had much more success with a grinder. Mostly because it makes me feel more confident by smoothly working then down than snapping chunks of nail off at a time.

[@melief469]

Thank you!

[@joycerogers5628]

The video really helps. Can you show me the other tool that you can use to trim with. That's what I have thanks a lots.

[@GhoststoriesIND]

Thanks

[@crazyldy002]

how do you round them off so the dog does not tear up furniture ect.

[@lkw5699]

I'm scared to try clipping but this video is great

[@howlite6220]

I need help, my dog has long long nails but her nerves are longer in her claws so it has to stay a bit long

[@danyjj]

thank you so much, i will try it with my pomsky ☺️

[@PaulzPlace]

Awsome!

[@Joshua-bi3fu]

Heyy appreciate the 411 girls. Yea all these videos are basic maintenence but watching professionals do it is reassuring. Treat my Lil dude BMO like a 5year old Lil person LoL can't help it , remember litter was down to him & his sister. Lil 4week old blob, grey/blue coated , cute AF handsome self looked straight up @ me w/ his big anime style eyes & I became a dad that fast HaHa

[@enajhnsn22]

Where do I buy the first tool?

[@Lucassucksatgames]

Can you show the underside I’m a beginner this would help

[@Mrjoker32145]

I need a veterinary job

[@alexsboring6999]

Hey, do you have any advice for a deaf dog who pulls away as soon as you hold their paw? Like I'm trying treats but it doesn't seem to work! And I don't wanna accidentally hurt her. Do you know anything that might help?

[@kelpy3765]

Well you could try a powered file. You can usually find them online, that’s where I got mine. They are pretty much like the files they use when you get acrylics done, just more powerful for the dogs nails.

[@wilmervelasquez5563]

It was so scary to cut my pups nails I only managed 2 paws as she didn’t want me to keep going so will try again maybe later

[@catherineengel4720]

Whats the proper way to hold the trimmer?

[@briannadavis5879]

That quick is very visible!

[@BIGFRANK850]

Wow. You “Nailed” it lol

[@christys8445]

😂

[@haight78]

I was waiting for that. Great presentation.

[@lindsayzimmerman5489]

im scared to do mine but i’m going to order quik stop

[@kyrareneeLOA]

I was show it is easier to bend the paw back and up, rather than forward. I tried with them laying down it is easier.

[@Cadifer]

Having styptic powder on hand is always helpful in case you accidentally go too far!

[@elcee7800]

This girl knows what she’s doing. My vet doesn’t.

[@Mlg_Roger]

I got a job as a bather at pet smart and they said cutting the nails is apart of the job so I'm scared

[@tiffanymarkins4973]

I have a dog and want to trim my dog nails but I I'm afraid to how to do I know where to cut her nails

[@sonneversets3530]

She shows it from the beginning. *Watch the **_whole_** video!* 🙄

[@tiffanyphillips6061]

Ok so what if they have black nails.

[@NinChuDrawsDragons]

My dad tried trimming my old dog's nails, but she squirms around a lot

[@itsdave8112]

I have nine cats

[@artmartinez1704]

Sophia Jennings loser

[@Peachh_]

Art Martinez loser

[@heidilovescats]

Cyrus Mountolugo you suck for hating an animal

[@tweeterhead2320]

In love cats

[@scratchascratcha1322]

@Cyrus Mountolugo nobody asked

[@suzyra1212]

My dog never like cutting her nails and snap at my mom is there any solution her nails grow and cause for her to scratch someone even reward of the treats doesn’t work and won’t sit still? 😳😵

[@outkillagaming9131]

Try using a nail file. Or just practice holding the dogs paw for a few seconds with treats and build up over time to maybe a minute. Worked for me

[@suzyra1212]

Thank you so much

[@ytndraco5925]

Bro she out down the ones im using now i cant cut his nails

[@miuutki]

Пожалуйста, напишите название порошка и его состав, которым останавливаете кровотечение, если задели сосуд. Большое спасибо!

[@thebe1azi500]

miuutki Quickstop но можно воспользоваться крахмалом

[@jaydanbowland4933]

what should i do if all my dogs nails are dark?

[@girl4rm80s]

One of my dogs has dark nails. I was told to trim a tiny bit at a time and once you see a dot in the center that means you are getting close to the quick and it’s time to stop trimming .

[@Ebbs134]

My dog has all brown nails, I trim my dogs nails very daily and just tip the tip because his blood vessels are very far out, is there a way to fix this? it can’t be comfortable for him with long nails. He doesn’t show discomfort but I still feel like he could walk more comfortable with a bit shorter nails. Would be very happy for any advice :)

[@steffyj5512]

My Labrador is exactly the same with naturally long blood vessels.

[@girl4rm80s]

If you’re trimming them daily, you’re probably not giving enough time for the quick to recede on its own. I have the same problem with my dogs having really long nails and it would be so hard to trim them because they don’t like their paws touched, which meant i would go too long between trims. So what the vet tech told me was once they trim them, even if it’s just a little bit, wait a week or two and the quick will recede a little bit. Once it recedes a little bit you can do another little trim, and as time passes the quick will recede and get shorter and shorter. Hope that helps:)

[@greenpeasalt4401]

I cut my dog's nails but it bled, how to stop it from bleeding?

[@laurajean89]

Pack it with Kwik stop styptic powder. Or can use flour if you don’t have kwik stop.

[@greenpeasalt4401]

@@laurajean89 oh ok thanks

[@sonneversets3530]

@@laurajean89 Never thought of flour! She does say here how to stop it though. I don’t have flour, or anything else but soap. So, I’ll keep that on stand by....

[@tinakilmartin9025]

Hi there I am going to go home to

[@codireister871]

Rachel and Phoebe….

[@truthhurts5158]

You didn't show the other nail trimmer

[@outkillagaming9131]

Don’t use the other one

[@BFehL262]

maybe put a rug

[@hmmmnope1546]

Yeah my dog saw this video and ran

[@tiffanymarkins4973]

Do u cut a dog nails close to the pink or something

[@sonneversets3530]

No, that’s the quick! Stay away from it!

[@ctm2725]

It's the blood vessel, the passageway of blood circulating throughout the body and claws. The Lady said that you must not go beyond that to avoid bleeding.

[@sonneversets3530]

@@ctm2725 It’s called, the ‘quick’.

[@KarlaEmmerson]

My dog’s blood vessels are so far into the nail, even the vet has cut into blood 😢

[@girl4rm80s]

That’s the problem I have with my dogs, my dogs dont like their paws touched, so i would take them to the vet to get clipped, but at $35 a trim, and 2 dogs, i couldnt afford to do it often enough, and plus they could only trim a tiny bit . One of the vet techs explained to me that the longer their nails grow, the longer the quick will grow, so the solution to that is to trim them more often. She told me to do a little trim and then wait maybe a week or two for the quick to recede a bit, and then trim them again. What happens is each time you trim them , the quick will recede and get shorter and shorter, which will help you clip their nails shorter also

[@ramonasmith257]

I seriously thought the dogs paw was a human hand…of a witch or a vampire or so,etching!!

[@JustLikeAFlower]

My dog doesn’t allow anyone but me to touch his paws so I don’t have much of a choice but to do it myself

[@jasonredepenning]

Oh for the love of God , the bleeding isn't STOPPING HELP !!

[@Mrjoker32145]

There is a Veterinary job available here

[@joans6047]

I think this might be a long commuute for you

[@Drawde907]

Pigmented ? Black the dog's nails are black . .

[@yungbake2161]

Not every dog whose nails are pigmented are black. My dog has brown nails. You really tried tho. Idiot.

[@jrmartinez1354]

Jesus Christ lived a sinless life. Died on the cross rose from the dead three days later so you can have eternal life. You just have to accept his gift of salvation so you no longer have eternal damnation meaning to repent from your sins and surrender your life to him Jesus Christ for eternal life. God Bless Everyone and Everybody!!

[@nobodyspecial6513]

God bless you

[@user-re2xx8db4q]

Cutting my old dog long as nails. . With normal nail cutter not dog nail cutter My profile explains what is going on

[@sonneversets3530]

Well your dog looks tiny enough to do so. Many don’t have tiny dogs, so regular clippers won’t do.

[@user-re2xx8db4q]

@@sonneversets3530 yeah i know this profile ain’t my dog- already took my 3 rats to groomer

[@janaarwe656]

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[@yungbake2161]

Sdfu

[@BlackJar72]

Mine acts like your cutting his paws off -- keeping him still, and keeping him from running away, is the challenge.

[@rosmarybourque2294]

Stop saying "um".

[@supermusclemaniac1]

I would never allow this person to trim my dogs nails if I didn't. Lady how would you like your nails cut like that lol smh.

[@frrecham8838]

Any tips for blind & low vision dog handlers, like guide dog users? 🦮😎

[@falloncribbs2010]

Thank you!

[@patrickfallon6192]

Thanks

[@jrmartinez1354]

Jesus Christ lived a sinless life. Died on the cross rose from the dead three days later so you can have eternal life. You just have to accept his gift of salvation so you no longer have eternal damnation meaning to repent from your sins and surrender your life to him Jesus Christ for eternal life. God Bless Everyone and Everybody!!

[@MrMacs90]

Thank you!