The Dremel

aw luna you are just too sweet i’ll protect you babe.

Romeo hated his nails clipped, and thus they were longer than I would have liked.  If I took him to the vet, it took 2, sometimes 3 people to accomplish the nail trimming.  One day I was strapped for time so I took him to the groomer I use for Missy…voila he was as cooperative as could be…easy peasy.  From then on he went there for his nail trim.

Little Luna, that noise evidently scares you.  You look so pathetic in this picture.

Poor Luna!  Got to love her hiding under the little table; so cute!  My pug, CoCo used to despise her nail trims just with the clipper but one day she decided it isn’t so bad and now just hops in my lap and lets me do them.  Of course, getting a treat afterwards helps!

SLEIGHBELLE:  OH!  Would that I Could (do Bella’s nails while she slept) - but she’s very sensitive to anyone messing with her paws.  In fact - the vet has done her nails, on one occasion, after sedating her (as in:  putting her out with anesthesia like for surgery).  Even though he says he has to do this for some of his bigger dogs - I just wasn’t comfortable with it.  I might lower the emotional stress for both Bella and her pedicurists - but I just don’t like anesthesia being used - except for surgeries.
In addition to being black - her nails are much denser than other pugs I’ve seen - kind of like bear claws.  If I had a treadmill at home, I’d probably try covering it with sandpaper and having her walk on that a few times a week - would be beneficial for her chubby waistline as well!  This is definitely my biggest dilemma as a pug-parent!

It sounds like everybody is talking about MY pug. The nail trim is like a screaming torture. So the vet does it. And I don’t even know how, but out he comes with the nails nice and short. I laughed out loud after reading about “Bella” (above) and her groomers looking like steer wrestling champions after a nail trim. Are you SURE you’re not talking about MY pug?

Awwww, Luna it’s not so bad!  I walk Hooie and Tina so much that they don’t need nail clippings but Tina had a similar reaction at the site of both the dremel and clippers in the past.  Hooie is indifferent and let’s me do whatever I want to him.

GiGi was not concerned when we had to cut her nails.
BUT DAKATO is a different experience all around! The only one brave enough to try is daughter Karen who has a really different nail cutter. One of us hold Dakato wrapped in a blanket with just her nose sticking out and she does not even know something is going on!

Is anyone else having a hard time going from the site with all pugs on it, Cannot get to OBP Page with the three beauties that we all love. When I enter the page with all our pugs on it the whole area closes down and I have to open the e-mail again and go to the home page!

I hate nail trims!!  Mushu is such a baby. There is one tech at the vet’s office that refuses to do him. Just because she had to change her clothes. He got so worked up he expressed anal fluid all over her.
The last time I was at Petsmart I flew into the room demanding they get another person to hold him. The girl didn’t have a clue and he nearly got off the table in the noose.
I have found that he is usually good the first time or two at a place. So I have taken to finding a new groomer every so often.
Ugh pugs and their feet!

Ruby makes noises like a rabid monkey and freaks out if you try to clip her nails.  We have been asked not to return to more than one groomer because of her antics over the nails.  I prefer they be done with a dremel because they are nice and short and smooth and don’t split.  Ruby has other ideas LOL.

And again, she will be good one, maybe two times for a new person.  Then she figures she knows them well enough to be a brat.  Max won’t let me touch his feet, but he just pulls them away and holds them back.  For strangers, he is so petrified, he doesn’t move.

My oldest has one nail on each front paw that curves horribly, so she has to have a trim every 3 weeks or so. We used to try it at home but it sounded as if we were killing someone every time we brought out the clippers. When we actually touched her with them the neighbors were dialing CPS!  We started taking her to the vet and it routinely took 4 people…one to clip, 3 to hold. One day, I failed to call ahead and the vet was really busy, so they didn’t have an exam room for us. Our vet came out and took Carly in the back without me.  A few minutes later they were back and our vet was all smiles. She clipped Carly’s nails without any assistance! I’ve been banned from the room ever since and it is a one person job! It seems that all that screaming was merely an act designed to gain my sympathy and extra treats…silly pug!

Lol @ Ruby and the wide berth. Lilo does the same thing with the clippers and the pedi-paws buzzed far too much for her. Luckily walking in the summer does the trick for her. It’s just in the winter with the snow that she needs them done more often. I should really take a course and learn to do it so I’m not as scared as she is. I’m sure that’s half the battle with these black babies.

Love to all from Lilo n Me n Tux