The structure of dog nails

In fact, there is something called a blood line in the middle of a dog's nail, which is a part where blood vessels and nerves pass through. Its function is to provide nutrition to the nail.
If your dog’s nails are not trimmed all year round, the blood lines will grow longer and longer along with the dog’s nails. Therefore, your dog’s nails must be trimmed regularly.

How to trim your dog’s nails at home

You can choose to trim your dog’s nails when it is quiet. If your dog is resistant to nail trimming, you can feed it Give your dog some treats as a reward.
When trimming, tilt the nail clippers at 45 degrees and pay attention to the blood lines in the dog's nails.

If you have light-colored nails, as long as you leave about 3 mm in the pink area of ​​the nail, there will be no bleeding when cutting. If you have dark nails and no blood line is visible, you need to be more careful, cut slowly in small amounts and multiple times, and pay attention to the broken ends of the nails. If you see black spots in the middle of the nails, stop trimming.

Precautions for cutting dog nails

1. Use pet-specific nail clippers when cutting dog nails. If you use human nail clippers or scissors, it is easy to cause nail splitting.
2. If you accidentally bleed when cutting nails, use cotton balls to press the wound in time, or use hemostatic powder to stop the bleeding, and comfort the dog.
3. Excessively long nails will not only hinder the dog's walking, but also affect the dog's bone growth, so the dog's nails need to be trimmed every two to three weeks, at least once a month. Different breeds of dogs grow their nails at different speeds. The main reason is that they need to be trimmed when they grow to the point where they become bent and interfere with walking.
4. If the blood line of the dog's nails is very long, do not cut too many nails at once because the nails are too long. You can trim them slowly and increase the frequency of nail trimming. becomes shorter, the blood line will also gradually shorten with the nail.
Cutting nails is a job that requires love, patience and care.
① Let the dog get used to the feeling of having its paws grasped by others. Just pick up the dog's paws and play with them when nothing happens. Over time, the dog will not be so alert.
② Novices prepare snacks and feed the dog a few snacks every time it is cut, so that it can have a good association with nail clipping.
③If the dog is particularly sensitive and fearful, you can only cut one nail a day, and spend more than a week cutting all the nails after feeding the dog treats.
④ If there is bleeding, you can use special hemostatic powder or corn starch to stop the bleeding; of course, you can also use cotton wool dipped in Shulikang, which has anti-inflammatory effects and will not get into the dog's eyes.
⑤ If you feel that the cut surface is very sharp, you can buy a nail polisher to smooth it out.
If you find it particularly troublesome, the beautician at the pet shop can do it for you!