Sophie will not let me trim her nails with a clipper… I got her from the spca so maybe someone traumatized her with the clippers. She does let me play with her feet and paws and hold on to them but as soon as I put something in my other hand she pulls away and turns into a giddy nutcase trying to sit in my lap and hide her paws haha. We even tried to take her to the vet to let them do it... well after snapping at a tech which then muzzled her, she got stressed out and sprayed everywhere...I t was the most embarrassing thing ever... Everyone looked at me like well duh didn't you know your dog will not let someone clip her nails? At that point I had only had her for a month so I had no idea that would happen.
So I figure will start fresh with a tool that she has no bad memories of after weeks and weeks of sniffing the Dremel, lots of treats, turning it on, and eventually lightly touching her toes, she finally let me do them. We took her on the deck, my husband pet her belly while gently holding her head down, and she finally let me sand them. All of them without any problems!!! I'm soooo excited. We were at the point of giving her relaxing pills from the vet so we could do them because they had gotten so long and running on pavement was not helping enough. I'm so glad we will not have to do that.
Sorry this was a little long winded but I am just so happy!