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Kimmio Laughterlove said:
I want a dog like that. Maybe I could train it to do that on my behalf when I’m all out of steam and at my wits end, no voice left. I would try to train it with a hand command, but not scare the poor thing with the threat of toenail clipping!
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No, you do not want a dog like that. I had a 60 lb basset hound who had exactly that reaction, plus struggling. Took two people, a muzzle, and a sturdy blanket, and at least one cookie for every toenail. Took an hour, the stronger person wrapped the muzzled dog tightly, leaving only the relevant paw exposed, the other had to clip quickly and accurately, remembering that Bassets have black toenails so not cutting the quick could be difficult...and then you had to unwrap and reward with a cookie after every toenail. And he shrieked like that the whole time, except louder and deeper.
 
BetteTheRed said:
No, you do not want a dog like that. I had a 60 lb basset hound who had exactly that reaction, plus struggling. Took two people, a muzzle, and a sturdy blanket, and at least one cookie for every toenail. Took an hour, the stronger person wrapped the muzzled dog tightly, leaving only the relevant paw exposed, the other had to clip quickly and accurately, remembering that Bassets have black toenails so not cutting the quick could be difficult...and then you had to unwrap and reward with a cookie after every toenail. And he shrieked like that the whole time, except louder and deeper.
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Ouch. Poor thing. Where there alternatives to doing it this way?
 
ChemGal said:
Proper socialization when they are young - which includes more than just dogs and people. Much harder to teach a dog it's not a scary thing when older.
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Well, I don’t know about this pug’s training. It seems like a good little doggo terrified to have someone clip his/ her nails. Somebody probably cut the quick at some time and the pain memory is still there - can’t blame the dog, it’s defenceless. Having a human hold it down without consent while they do things that might result in injury, must be terrifying. Maybe it’s perverse to think that scream was cute and funny. It just sounded so human, I felt I could relate!
 
Kimmio Laughterlove said:
Well, I don’t know about this pug’s training. It seems like a good little doggo terrified to have someone clip his/ her nails. Somebody probably cut the quick at some time and the pain memory is still there - can’t blame the dog, it’s defenceless. Having a human hold it down without consent while they do things that might result in injury, must be terrifying. Maybe it’s perverse to think that scream was cute and funny. It just sounded so human, I felt I could relate!
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Yeah, it's a cute video, although unfortunate for the dog it's that scared.
And it's tough for dogs that didn't have the best situation early on, my sister did some work with her older dog to even be able to touch her paws, no idea what the grooming is like now. She does do shake a paw well.
 
LAST. And this talk about doggie manicures (or would they be pedicures?) reminds me I need to get my clippers out. I do fingers weekly but toes are a bit more irregular.
 
I do mine in the warm bathtub because it’s the easiest way to limber up and bend one leg across the other at the knee so I can reach, and see what I’m doing. And nails are softer. Too much information?
 
Kimmio Laughterlove said:
Ouch. Poor thing. Where there alternatives to doing it this way?
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Not really. I didn't get him until he was 8. He died when he was just past 10, quite a 'normal' old age for a Basset. So, there was no chance of any real training. Once Nick left, if I couldn't convince Erin to come over, I'd take him to the vet. They'd muzzle him, and several techs would pile on him and get 'er done, all at once. Once they nicked the quick and it was weeks before I could get him back in the car. Since he appeared to have died of heart failure (he just went for afternoon nap in my office and just didn't wake up), sedation would probably have been dangerous, especially monthly...

Rescue dogs always have something interesting in their background. Except for my Maggie, who was the most perfect black lab I have ever met.
 
BetteTheRed said:
He died when he was just past 10, quite a 'normal' old age for a Basset.
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Beagles, too, I suspect. At least that's how long my family's beagle lived.

BTW, I saw an odd hound while out for a walk yesterday. The head looked like a classic beagle but the legs were short, more like a basset hound, and the fur was kind of fluffy and standing up.
 
Had great plans to get out for a walk today but was wiped out after grocery shopping so had a nap. Then woke up and did my taxes and voila the afternoon was done and time for dinner at last.
 
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