What to do about long nails

[Jenjen]

Yep, honestly, I do not make time for it once a week, or even once every two weeks. I put if off. If the dog would just HOLD STILL, I could have the job done in like 3 minutes – maybe even 2!

Dobermans have thick black nails (which of course means you can't see the quick). My current pup's nails, though he is larger than a Dobe, has about the same nails as one, including the color. So it is quite familiar.

One thing is that a dog's nails is that some of them get worn down more with walking and running, and some of their nails get a lot less natural wearing down and thus are almost always longer. On a given paw, you've got nails that are longer and nails that are shorter.

I know this is old but you can actually see it, turn the foot under, and then look at the nail from the bottom there will be a black dot darker than the nail, this is how groomers do the dark nails , and there is also a well at the quick that will be a little thicker than the grow out area, you can safely cut to this spot then cut small pieces of the nail till you see the dot ,

 

[Oh Little Oji]

I know this is old but you can actually see it, turn the foot under, and then look at the nail from the bottom there will be a black dot darker than the nail, this is how groomers do the dark nails , and there is also a well at the quick that will be a little thicker than the grow out area, you can safely cut to this spot then cut small pieces of the nail till you see the dot ,

Interesting. Thank you.