Dogs need a regular hairstyle of nails. If claws are started, it is fraught with a set of troubles for the pet. Among them such as growing of claws, change of gait (lameness) and even problems with joints. It is necessary to cut claws correctly.
It is required to you
- - nail clipper guillotine.
Instruction
1. Before cutting claws to a dog, get acquainted with the structure of a claw and a finger on a paw of a dog. In the middle of a claw there is a living tissue – a pulp in which there passes the vessel. It cannot be damaged at a hairstyle. By the way, the less often you cut claws, the this vessel becomes longer over time and the it is more difficult to truncate a claw, without having damaged living tissue. Pick up a paw of a dog. Consider the pet's claw, having defined border of horn insensitive fabric and a pulp. It is easy to make it if at a dog white translucent nails. With black claws the situation is more difficult. Perhaps, for their hairstyle it is better to address to veterinary clinic or to the gurmeru-pro.
2. Further take the special nail clipper guillotine and, holding a paw, accurately cut off the tip of a nail to a dog. If nails rather short, then your task is simply to blunt them, having cut literally on couple of millimeters. If nails long, you do not try to cut off them in one step – there is a chance to damage a pulp. The place of damage will bleed and hurt, delivering to the pet of trouble. Shorten claws to the necessary length practically on millimeter.
3. Unlike cat's claws, the claw on the fifth (underdeveloped and far remote) a dog finger needs to be cut off surely as it does not reach the earth and is not erased during walks.
4. If you during a hairstyle nevertheless damaged living tissue and saw blood, quickly press to a wound the cotton wool moistened in iodine either peroxide of hydrogen or a styptic pencil.
5. Upon termination of a manicure session surely praise the pet for good behavior. Do not forget to treat him with delicacy.