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Originally Posted by alphagamzetagam
Tippiechick's referring specifically to American Eskimos in her post about the Pedipaws. They have long hair on their feet and in between their toes. Unless the directions specifically say "cut the hair in between and around the toes very short so as not to get the fur caught in the dremel" I would read and follow the instructions and still hurt my dog. And look at him in my post - he's too freakin' cute to hurt.
So there ya go. I wouldn't call myself dumb, but I found Tippie's advice on how to care for my dog and how to find a good groomer helpful. You can call me dumb if you like.
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Oh no, I wasn't calling YOU dumb at all! I wasn't really referring to the hair thing either when I said that. I think given the design of the Pedipaws, it would be pretty difficult to get a pet's hair stuck in the rotary head, and if someone has seen that happen with the guard on, my mistake!
The guard covers the WHOLE rotary head so the only exposed part is the opening for the nail, which is only really big enough then for the nail. I've seen traditional dremels and the filing head on them is very small and I could see with one of them, long hair could easily get wound around the base. With the PediPaws, the rotary head is pretty fat-like probaby 2 inches across and given the size of the hole on the guard, the fact that it covers the entire filing head AND base, and the size of the head, I think it would be quite difficult to get any fur down there to get wound up, unless again, it is some long ass hair. But that's just me-thinking about the mechanics of the thing.
And yeah, if someone used it WITHOUT the guard on and injured their pet-they are stupid. If they leave it on the nail longer than 3-5 seconds and their pet's nail gets singed or bleeds, they are stupid. But then again, with the bleeders, its quite possible to cause a bleeder with the clippers too, and I have seen several a groomer (mostly the Petsmart ones, dont think Id ever take a dog to Petsmart for grooming) quick a dog that way. I've done it to mine! For the aforementioned reasons in my first post about the Pedipaws.
I'm glad you got good advice on finding a good groomer, there are SO many shitty ones out there. Thats personally why I keep dogs with coats that are generally pretty easy to care for at home-and using a groomer for the nails? Molly doesnt need it and no groomer would EVER touch Murphy the way he used to behave and even now probably. He'll let me use the filer on him, but I can't imagine he'd take too kindly to a stranger doing it.
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