Puppy's nails are too long, but I'm scared to cut the blood vessel!?

I got busy preparing to travel back home and went about 2 weeks without noticing my puppie's nails. They are pretty long and I managed to clip them down a tiny bit, but the blood vessels are so long now, I can barely do it.





I already kinda hurt one nail where I couldn't see the very tip of the vessel and don't want that to happen again. For now I just filed the tips.





What should I do about trimming her nails? Do the blood vessels grow longer when the nails are overdo for a trim? And now that they seem so long, how can I manage to trim the nails?





Thanks for your advice.Puppy's nails are too long, but I'm scared to cut the blood vessel!?
Use a dremmel tool with 120 grit sand paper, take an 1/8 inch off each week until desired length. The quicks (blood vessel) will grow longer if you do not trim the nails. With each trim/filing the quick will recede farther and farther back.Puppy's nails are too long, but I'm scared to cut the blood vessel!?
yes...when the nails are overdue for a trim the the ';quick'; (the blood vessels inside the dog's nails) grows longer as well...you are wise to be wary of the quick as cutting it can cause your pet to bleed to death...I advise you to call your vet and just ask what -if anything- you can do about managing the nails now? filing them is probably a good idea as long as you don't overdue it...another way of keeping your pets' nails trim is to walk them on concrete or asphalt daily (sidewalk instead of grass-we do this for our dog who does not like her paws touched and it lessens how often she has to get her nails trimed)
I had it happen to my golden and the best thing i found was to regurarly trim the nails down to the shortest length, and eventually you can get the nails back to the size you want. This is a long process though.
just trim them of little by little..


but what i would do is take ur dog to the vet to trim the nails


its the best solution


its what i do because i hate trimming my dogs nails especially when i cut a vessel


just go to ur vet and ask for a trimming


every vet does it
I see that someone told you not to bother doing this, that the nails stop growing on their own. sorry, not quite true.


I have one whos nails grow in circles. his dewclaws actually can loop back on themselves if I don't pay enough attention. and his hind legs grow in a ';C'; pattern.


you got some good advice about asking a vet or a groomer to do it for you. but, ask them to show you how while they're doing it.
The quick or blood vessels will recede with cutting. Cut a little at a time, evey week. You will soon notice that you will be able to cut more as the quicks recede. If left the quicks will lenghten with the nail. Rather than using a septic powder or corn starch if bleeding ask the vet if you can purchase some cauterizing sticks. These look like long matches and all you need to do is touch the bleed with the stick to stop bleeding.
they stop growing after a while
go to the vet
Just dont cut the nails... Why does a dog need nice cut nails anyways?
The blood vessel is caklled the quick, and yes, they can increase in length if the nails are left untimmed for a while. Just continue to take off short increments every other day or so until the nail is back to the normal length. The quick will recede as the nail shortens. I assume that since you say you can see them, that your dog has the white or clear nails? You could also just file them daily.
Go to a groomer or a vet and let them do it at least this time. Then, if you feel comfortable doing it after that, try try again.
Try trimming a tiny bit off weekly. I dremel my dogs and my foster dogs. Never nicking the qwik
If you're really afraid to cut the nails, you should just take the dog to a groomers...it's not expensive at all. Also, there are products to stop animals from bleeding if you cut their nails down too far. You can probably find them at a pet store. Good luck :)
Take them to your local groomer. They are trained to do this stuff and i know don't wan't to hurt your puppy.
Just take him to a vet to get his nails trimed.
You should use animal nail cutters. They kind of look almost like plyers. But as for a rule of thumb, you can see both pink and gray/white regions on the nail. Cut after the pink/gray region to cut off only the gray end part ;)
get a professional to do it for you or show you how. like a groomer or your vet. and ask them about things to be careful about. then if you feel comfortable, do it yourself
You can file them regularly or take it to the vet or groomer for trimming if you are nervous. Most vets and groomers charge about $10 for a nail trim.

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