I've heard people praise the dremel, but occassional some dogs don't like
the noise or being burned when the tool is left in one place too long. I
have two GSDs, now 2 1/2 yrs old, that I have clipped from day 1 with the
guilotine clippers you have. You have to love the fact that GSDs will
trust you messing with their nails after a botched attempt, much less two
attempts. Make sure you massage his paws regularly, with treats if
necessary, to keep him comfortable for whenever trimming time comes around.
If you want to use the clippers you have one more time, start by looking at
the bottom of the nail and just clipping off the part that extends past the
meat. That's a good place to start. As you regularly keep the nails
trimmed, the quick will recede further back into the nail, thereby reducing
the chance of cutting it and allowing you to take more nail off to increase
the time between clippings. I would image the nails are pretty long after
13 months, so go slowly.

Good luck!
DJM
"Lewis" wrote in message
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Hello,

I have a 13 week old GSD. His nails seem to be getting pretty long. The
breeder told me to have the vet cut his nails. The vet told me that I
should
do it. Dilemma. What's a boy to do? So I got some clippers, the kind that
have a loop. First nail I cut, too deep. I hit the quick. That sucked! I
didn't think I was cutting it that deep, but it was hard to tell with
those
style clippers.

Well I got a different style clippers, kind of like scissors. They have a
guard on them that's supposedly supposed to help prevent over cutting.
Not!
I finally got the nerve to try it again. I found the longest nail I could
find and clipped it. Ouch! Strike Two! I thought I clipped less off then
the
last one, but apparently not.

Now I'm thoroughly afraid to try it again. More so then the dog. And I'm
thinking, those nails aren't so long after all.

Is my dog destined to have long nails or is there an easier way to cut
them?

Thanks,
Randall