It's not uncommon for dogs to be stressed or anxious about getting their nails trimmed. We break down a couple simple techniques and training exercises that you can do with your dog to completely remove the fear altogether!
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CHAPTERS:
00:00 – Nail Clipping For Dogs That Are STRESSED
01:20 – The First Step Trimming A Stressed Dogs Nails
03:07 – Building Your Dogs Confidence With A Simple Tool
05:11 – When Dogs Make A Choice It's More Powerful
06:31 – Introducing More Distraction Into Dog Nail Trimming
08:41 – Using Touch To Increase Your Dogs Confidence
10:23 – You Can't Rush The Dog Nail Clipping Process
11:41 – A Nail Trimming Tool To Make Your Dog STRESS FREE
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Elaine Holding
What a great video on nail trimming. Love that you are using a real life example. Carol provides excellent instruction. Clear and easy to understand!
Kay Fr
Carol, I love this training, but I can’t get down on the floor anymore. Especially not sit ony knees. Any other ideas?
Boudica
Maybe sit in a chair with an ottoman in place of the platform if your baby is able to get up in an ottoman. I have low back problem and sitting on floor is not my friend either.
McCann Dog Training
Dog nail clipping doesn’t have to be stressful: https://youtu.be/-w0T-50kfHI
Annie Castiel
Curious what happened to your finger? Looks like mine. My dogs long lead tore my finger off during training. I wasn’t holding it in the injured hand, but somehow the lead wrapped my finger on the opposite hand holding it and ripped my finger off. Fortunately, they were able to reattach it, but after 8 weeks, starting to think it may not heal. Just a warning, it was NOT a retractable lead, rather a thick rope lead. I was shocked that a lead this heavy would tear a finger off and even more shocked that it was a finger on the hand opposite of the hand holding it. Just a warning to all! I was well aware that one should never wrap a lead around one’s hand, but that wasn’t the case here. It was a freak accident.
Lighthousefan
Very interesting. However my dog is not food motivated. So how do I proceed?
Kimberly Clearwater
Instructor Carol is BRILLIANT ❤