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in this case a Lhasa Apso & an M43:p
 

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My dogs sleep more than most cats. That's Toby and he'll be 11 in October.Actually that's his "you think I mauled you bad last week...you ain't seen nothing yet" look. I have to wear welding gloves to muzzle him to clip his nails. And he has been known to use golf balls as chew toys:eek:
 
It's always nice to have at least one of each around the house.

My dog hated nail clippers. These days I just use a Dremel.
 
me too, before my pooch died. :( he liked the Dremel a lot better and I never cut him too close with it either.
 
Warty you got me I woke the poor thing out of a sound sleep to take the pic.
The dremel type tools I like for nails the burnt nail smell not so much:barf:
DrThunder88 I've been giving serious thought to a cat for a few years if I see a smaller Maine Coon its going to be a serious test of my will power not to give it a home.
 
DrThunder88 said:
It's always nice to have at least one of each around the house.

My dog hated nail clippers. These days I just use a Dremel.
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Isn't it maybe a bit difficult to keep from grinding off too much too quickly with a high speed Dremel?
Also which tool is the best for grinding off an animal's toenail's???



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I just used to use my Dremel, though I wouldn't set it way up on the speed and use a drum sander with as fine a grit as I was able to buy. That usually wound up being 400 grit, then I would juts grind off the points and round them a bit after that, taking them down to where my vet showed me to take them. I have a Golden Retriever and a Miniature Schnauzer (actually the Schnauzer was my Mom's) and I would just do this to them whenever the claws looked/felt too long or they were too sharp.

Like I say though, I never spun it up super fast. I tried once but the dogs got scared by the noise it made, guess it was too high pitched. Those Pedi-pup things don't spin all that fast either but they go have a guard on them to both catch the nails and keep you from getting too close. I am sure I would have bought one of them but they were not available when I had my dogs. All of our cats were barn cats and we just allowed them to remain fully armed. That way they could take care of the mice and themselves better out there in the wilds. :)
 
We bought one of those Pedi Paw things once, none of the dogs would let you get near them with it because of the noise it made. It got returned very soon after.
 
Yvsa said:
Isn't it maybe a bit difficult to keep from grinding off too much too quickly with a high speed Dremel?
Also which tool is the best for grinding off an animal's toenail's???



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It's not so hard to go gradually with a 60 grit sanding drum. When the quick starts getting pink I stop.

The hardest part is holding the dog still and keeping two hands free! It's a bit like grappling with a giant, angry weasel. She fights for every millimeter.
 
With 16 claws on one and 18 claws on the other for a total of 34. The nail scissors then a good long walk on concrete to "file" them down works good for me and is over and done with for both in about 20minutes.
Traditionally Lhasa Apso's are house or tent dogs and are there to alert the Master that something is amiss while the mastiff type (out door) dogs begin to take care of business. I sleep very soundly (Swat raid on a house 2 doors up didn't wake me) so the Lhasa's job is to get me and my bang stick up in time for the party:D
Lhasa's are very good small apartment/lazy owner dogs and as far as couch potatoes go they make our current generation of human couch tatertots look like mere amatures:p At one point this one was litter box trained so he didn't ever have to go outside.
 
oldschool45 said:
At one point this one was litter box trained so he didn't ever have to go outside.
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I salute you Sir! :thumbup:

If you ever get the chance, please write about your training methods.:D

And if you ever decide to get a large dog, may I suggest the Rhodesian Ridgeback, well known as 'the lazy person's big dog'?
 
B.c.molin, we first got the Lhasa Apso(Toby)when we were in Graduate school in Pensacola Florida. We got him from a breeder in Tuscaloosa Alabama, poor thing was car sick the whole 6 hour ride to his new home. He was a leftover from a Christmas litter in 1999, wife got him as a Valentine's gift in 2000. His "full" AKC certificate name is Toby Weiss Valentino Too (Weiss=german for white he is almost pure white) (Valentino=he was a Valentine's day gift),(Too) because the mother-in-law's husband had a dog named Toby too.
We started him on "puppy pads" since we we in classes at odd hours and didn't always have time to walk him. Once he was "locked in" on the puppy pads we put one on top of the litter box. Once he was doing that reliably we just removed the puppy pad and used the litter box. I should note here that dog litter is way different from cat litter. Dog litter is compressed wood pulp/paper pelets not granulated clay. Here it is http://www.doglitter.com/GetPage.aspx?D=25483979&T=5582757
We used the litter box until we moved out of apartments and into our house in 2004. He'd probably still use the box here when there is snow on the ground but I'm lucky to have the rescue Corgi (Pixie- my avatar) go anywhere other than the living room rug:grumpy:
Fairly basic training; reinforce them for hitting the same target and discourage them when they miss. Some people even train their dogs to go in the same spot in the yard to make cleanup easier.
Good luck with it.
Ray

Our cousin's keep Rhodesian's and their weekly food bill for 3 dogs is mine for the entire year for 2. But if my husband was working vice-squad I'd be glad to pay the food bill to have them as a defense:eek:
 
oldschool45 said:
We started him on "puppy pads" since we we in classes at odd hours and didn't always have time to walk him. Once he was "locked in" on the puppy pads we put one on top of the litter box. Once he was doing that reliably we just removed the puppy pad and used the litter box.

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Fairly basic training; reinforce them for hitting the same target and discourage them when they miss. Some people even train their dogs to go in the same spot in the yard to make cleanup easier.
Good luck with it.
Ray
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Many thanks Ray for the advice. I had never come across litter tray training for dogs, and also had not realised that there is a difference between the cat and dog products.

If I ever get that small dog I have been thinking about for many, many years, a West Highland White Terrier, I may give your training methods ago. :thumbup:

Regards,

bruce
 
Karda, I was putting my head in someone else situation specifically my wife's female cousin. Her husband works vice squad in central New Jersey. If I were in her situation with the possibility of some of my "husband's" arrestees possibly taking exception/retribution to his work. In that case I'd be real glad my "husband" left me and my children at home with three ~200pound smart bombs(Rhodesian Ridgebacks) instead of ADT & dial a prayer.
 
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