I can't thank you enough for this video! I was at my wits' end with my 5 month old puppy. He wasn't afraid of the clippers but he would not sit still, wiggling, jerking his feet away, mouthing my hand, trying to take the clippers away to gnaw on them and nothing I tried worked! He knew basic commands, including sit-stay and down-stay, was entirely happy for me to hold and pet his paws, but I couldn't make those translate into "be still while I get a tool and press on your toes."
Thank you for the video. My husband nipped our dog's quick when he jerked his paw, so I am going very slowly with a new, different pair of clippers to acclimate him. Before he screamed like a banshee at even having his paws touched. Now I can massage and feel his nails, and tap his nails with the clippers. Hopefully I'll be clipping them soon, it's taken about a week and they're getting pretty long...! (He was an anxious dog before so everything takes longer!)
My girl is scared of literally everything, I tried thousands of different technics during the last 8 months but nothing was working. The other day I watched your video for the first time and tried straight away. I’m just so happy to say that after 2 days of training today I managed to cut her nails! Thank you thank you thank you!
Thank you for showing how calm it can be. I have a rescue who was hit by a car as a pup and broke his wrist. He’s very particular about his front paws being touched or held so I’ll have to start there. Also, saw another video where they suggested sharp clippers to make it easier on the dog.
Best tutorial ever! Thanks Kelly, gotta 120 lb Dane very stubborn, it’s been a fail for me! I usually have the Kennell or vet do this, but with the lockdown .....
Thank you ! I have to write this quickly before I forget. Our main pb are the twin claws on the back legs. Touched them a lot while feeding her, which of course gave no results in terms of CC. Just now, I followed your advice of handling for the 2 front paws. Had the special CC treat ready in advance, in the right location. I touch with one hand, feed with the other hand which remains still as I touch. As usual, the answer was growling (not agressively, but discontent) and moving away. But every time she came back to my right hand, which after a while I thought I could put on the ground. So it was : touch, growling & backing away, feeding with the left hand, showing empty right hand again, etc...
Very nice. I shared it on my Paws for Praise Puppy Head Start page, as well as linked from the Paws for Praise main FB page, for those who are interested in good husbandry as well as training. The more attention we pay to teaching, rather than forcing, dogs, the less trouble we have!
I’ve tried this method with my jack Russell but think I rushed it. He sniffs the clippers and has even tried to chew them so I think he knows what they’re for. I can massage his paws really easily but as soon as the clippers come near them he jerks away
