Has anyone used a nail file on their dog?

my mam bought a dog nail file for my puppy, as she has black nails and we cant get anywhere near her with clippers. well we tried the nail file on one of her nails, and she was fine with it, but to get a good amount off how long would i have to file each nail for. Has anyone used a nail file on their dog?
My mom used to do that with her dog and it did take quite a bit of time and discipline on the dogs part. Eventually, she moved to clipping. I would suggest having one person hold and treat the dog with some good meat, while the other person clips the nails. Make sure you don't clip too much, since your dog has black nails and it will be hard to tell where the pink is.





You are going to have to do this fairly often, so it would be worth the time to teach her that this is harmless. If she absolutely won't have anything to do with the clippers, continue to file them, but introduce clippers to her with treats and lavish praise. Don't even clip her nails the first time, just show her the clippers and tell her good girl for being calm and give many tasty treats. Do this multiple times a day until she is happy to see the clippers.





Next, clip a nail (very little) and reward her. She should be a lot more willing with the positive reinforcement, but if she is still overwhelmingly reluctant, move back a step. Eventually, your dog should be fine with a quick 2 minute session of clipping and your patience will pay off for years to come. I hope this helps.





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If you are too afraid of using clippers and don't mind the time it takes to file the nails, you can get some fine grade sand paper to improve the time. You can either wrap it around the file or buy a small manual sanding tool.





Also the source I provided gives tips on cutting black nails. Make short small clips until you see a black dot appear toward the center of the nail. This is the beginning of the quick, so this will indicate when to stop.Has anyone used a nail file on their dog?
I use an emery board to smooth out the nails after I have clipped them. Remember to always rub the board in one direction, so you don't have the nail flaking and cracking.





My dogs have black nails, and I still clip them fine... If you look at the bottom of the nail, you can kinda dicern where the quick is. Just start clipping the nail, shaving off a little bit at a time. When the center of the freshly cut nail starts showing a white dot, don't clip anymore, and just file.





Works for me... I've also found that I can take and crumble out the stuff that would in the future become the quick if I allowed the nail to keep growing. In this way, I can tell exactly where the quick ends, because it is actually seperate from many nails (you will notice that some nails are hollow bottomed, it's good to try and clean these out every once in a while anyway, because they get caked with dirt).
Yes but they work oh-so-slowly. A Dremel works in the same concept, it is a motorized nail file. You can teach a dog to accept a dremel or nail clippers easily by clicker training. This video shows how. I used a clicker to train my dog to accept a dremel and it only took about two days.





http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgEwiH8Ce鈥?/a>
%26amp; you could *chew* through a 2X4 but why would you???


Just wack w/dog-nail clippers!





The reason most can't manage this EXTREMELY simple process is they're chicken *%26amp;* they yank the dogs leg out in front!.Do em like a horse,behind,head tucked under your arm %26amp; don't allow any bull from an animal.
yes takes too long
My vet does sometimes.