In the daily care of chihuahua, regular nail trimming is also a must for every chognzhu. But for many first-time dog owners, trimming their dog’s nails is indeed not an easy task. Especially when the Chihuahua’s nails are black. So how do we trim the nails of the chihuahua?
How to cut Chihuahua’s nails? How often?
Step 1: Get your dog used to shaking hands
The handshake is the first act of cutting the nails. This action requires the dog to get used to it from a young age. At the beginning, you need to shake hands with the dog every day. In the next day, you should increase the time and strength of the handshake with the dog. If your dog has developed the habit of reaching out when you reach for your hand, you can start getting ready to cut your nails.
Step 2: To choose the right nail scissors
First of all, it is necessary to know that human nail clippers cannot be used to clip dog nails. At present, there are three types of nail clippers specially used for dogs: scissors-shaped, ring-shaped knife-shaped and electric nail polishers. The editor does not recommend electric nail polishers here, although the nails trimmed by such nail polishers have no edges and corners. It is more beautiful, but its sound is relatively loud, which generally makes dogs feel fearful. In addition, if you are afraid of moving, this sharpening knife can easily hurt the dog’s paw. As for the other two, just choose the corresponding one according to the size of your dog.
Step 3: Trim the toenails
There is a piece of pink nail flesh in the dog’s nail. This flesh connects blood and nerves. If you cut it, the dog will feel pain and the nail will bleed.
For Chihuahuas with transparent nails. It is relatively easy to cut your nails, as long as you cut the nail flesh, that is, two millimeters in front of the pink part of the nail.
If the nails of the Chihuahua are black and the flesh of the nails cannot be seen, the owner needs to take it slowly, cut it and look at the cross-section of the nails, and stop when there are pink dots in the gray, because if If you continue to cut, you will cut the nail flesh.
In the process of cutting nails, my dog can generally be divided into the following two situations. Situation 1: Directly paralyzed type. For this kind of dog, they basically see the nail clippers, and they will be paralyzed directly and will not move and resist. It is relatively easy to cut the nails. Situation 2: These kinds of dogs will keep moving because they resist cutting their nails. When the dogs are moving, we cannot accurately cut their toenails. At that time, we can use snacks to tempt the dogs, preferably Make them feel like they have a snack when they cut their nails, so they will enjoy cutting their nails in the future.
How often do Chihuahua nails need to be trimmed?
Small dogs like Chihuahuas don’t need much exercise, so their nails don’t wear very much, and they are trimmed every two to three weeks. The owner also needs to pay attention. When the Chihuahua is found walking, the nails will make a sound of rubbing the floor. At this time, the Chihuahua’s nails should basically be trimmed.
Above is how to cut chihuahua nails. I hope useful to you.
