Where To Cut Dog Nails Black

How to cut dog nails that are black.

Where to cut dog nails black.

Trimming your dog s black nails is nerve wracking because you can t see the quick the inner nerve and blood vessel that nourishes the nail. However with the right information and tools trimming your dog s black nails doesn t have to be a trial. A friend of mine who is both my agility coach and a vet tech in her real world job taught me this trick. Since their nail is naturally pigmented it can be difficult to see where the quick begins.

Cut your dog s nails from the underneath and not from the top. If your dog has white and black nails you can use the white nails as a guide to where the quick may be on the black nails but keep in mind that all nails are different and the quick may be longer or shorter on other nails. Unhealthy nails can cause pain and in rare instances trigger irreversible damage to the dog. If you grind the nail tip perpendicular to the floor i e straight up and down you can get more of the nail off close to the quick without actually nicking the quick.

If you feel uncomfortable clipping your dog s black nails. It is the primary reason why dog owners are not confident enough to cut the nails. By cutting a dog s black nails up to the pulp this encourages the quick to recede. The quick is the pink area within the nail where the nerves and blood vessels are similar to the area underneath our nails.

Cutting black nails is quite tricky than trimming or cutting any other dog s nails. Otherwise it will become difficult to cut the dog s nails short enough the next time. Dogs with black nails can present more of a challenge. If your dog has black nails look at the underside of the nail and you will notice that towards the tip the nail separates out into a triangular shape.

A 90 cut would work on a dog with short nails. A basic guide to trimming your dog s nails working with black nails. This is what you want. After trimming black dog nails or lighter color nails you actually want the quick to recede.

Trimming black nails can be even more stressful. A dog s nail consists of the living pink quick and the hard outer material called the shell. A few tips on trimming black nails on a dog.