How To Clip Dog Nails

My cat Milo said I should make this article because he doesn't want me to talk about how to clip cat claws.

To clip dog nails, make sure to start when the dogis a puppy. The later someone starts to clipa dog's nails, the harder it will be.

This is because dog nails have a coating on their nails much like our cuticles, except stronger and with more blood vessels. Like cuticles, the coating grows every year. As the cuticle grows, so does the nails, along with it.

The dog has a blood vessel going through its the middle of its nails that is particularly long on an older dogs' nails. This is because it grows apace with the cuticles, faster than the actual nails of the dog.

Thus, it is very easy to cut older dogs' nails too close and make them bleed.

Make sure you have powder from a pet store that stops the bleeding before you cut dog nails. Very sharp nail cutters are required so they actually go through the nails, thus loosing a bigger amount of blood than dull ones if they nick the blood vessel in the middle of the nail.

You should clip dog nails outside. I'm not saying everyone knicks blood vessels in dogs' nails. A lot of people do. It is very hard to clean up a dog's blood from knicked blood vessels in nails if one is inside the house.

So, now you know about clipping dog nails, make the decision whether or not you want to clip a dog's nails, leave the nails be, or if you want a professional to do it.