Scottish sheepdogs are clean dogs, owners in raising them, owners should pay attention to the dog’s nail hygiene, because we are often crazy with the dog, the nails are too long will scratch the owner, and some owners are not lucky, but also suffer from rabies, so in order to take better care of the Su Mou, then to the dog to trim the nails is one of the most important one of the content, then you know how to do it?

You need to look at it:

• 1. Grasp the dog’s paw at the base of the nail with your hand and lock the long hair in front of the toe up so that the nail is fully exposed.
• 2. Use a pet-specific nail clipper and trim perpendicular to the nail. The blade should be sharp and not dragged when cutting.
• 3, do not cut too much at a time, you can cut more often. In case you cut too much at one time, especially cut to the blood line will bleed, and the dog will be afraid of cutting nails in the future.
• 4, the approximate length of the nails after cutting, if your Scottish Shepherd is very patient, you can also use a nail file to give it a good file the front of the nails just trimmed place.
• 5, there is also a wolf claw near the ankle of the Scottish Shepherd, this nail also needs to be trimmed. It is also possible that some Scottish Shepherds had their wolf claws amputated as children.
• 6, wolf claw trimming principles and methods similar to trimming other nails. Sometimes especially long, can be slightly cut off more.
• 7, must use the special pet scissors and the blade must be sharp.

When you trim the nails of your Scottish Shepherd, the way you do it is also very crucial, and if you want to take better care of your Scottish Shepherd, then trimming the nails is one of the very important tasks. Scottish Shepherds will show great fear when they trim their nails for the first time, but as long as you treat your Scottish Shepherd gently, then the dog will like you to trim their nails.