People who have pets are getting more and more, but do all those people who have dogs pay attention to their dog’s hygiene? One of your inattention, the dog’s nails become so long! If you don’t cut your dog’s nails, it’s not just yourself and your family that may get scratched, it can be harmful to your dog as well. Nails too long will likely affect walking, and lead to toe joint distortion, upper leg joint problems and toe tip inflammation and other problems, so how to cut pet dog nails? The next thing you know along with the editor to understand.

How do you cut your dog’s nails?

　　Before clipping the nails, you should pay attention to the blood line in the nails, that is, the dark red part of the nail that comes through the cuticle. Use the special scissors for dogs to cut underneath the blood line, do not cut into the blood line in case you cut your dog’s nails bleeding. For professional groomers, bleeding nails are a common occurrence, and they have medicinal powders to deal with similar problems, but for those who cut their dogs’ nails at home, it’s better to be more timid when clipping your dog’s nails and cut a little bit less each time, just a millimeter or two millimeters, and “a little bit more often” is a better way to deal with the problem.

Dogs have hard nails, after determining where to cut, the final cut should be decisive. This is because dogs usually shrink their paws when they realize that you are going to move their nails, and also the owner’s hesitation will give the dog a signal of uneasiness. A person to operate with one hand to grasp the dog’s paw, the other hand to take the scissors on the nails than a good position, a cut, and when the dog reacted to shrinking paws have been cut. Never in the dog shrinking paw when the scissors still clip its nails, that must be a very uncomfortable thing.