• rumba@lemmy.zipEnglish
    12·
    1 month ago

    I got a couple cats from the shelter a long time ago. One of the coolest things, they trained them to allow claw trimming and taught us how to keep it going.

    Super high-value treats, do this over the course of weeks or months, whatever it takes. a treat to touch a paw -> a treat to hold a paw -> a treat to touch a bean -> a treat to inspect a nail -> a treat to touch a tool to a nail -> a treat to nip the tip -> a treat to nip 2 tips -> yada yada

    one step at a time, most will eventually give.

    • stoicmaverick@lemmy.world
      6·
      1 month ago

      I have a 100lb pitbull with a nail trim phobia so bad that he will politely leave the room if he even sees me using wire strippers… AMA.

        • stoicmaverick@lemmy.world
          2·
          1 month ago

          For ours, we use one of those suspension harness things that hang from a door jam, and some narcotic sedatives from the vet. He’s the sweetest thing in the entire world, and he’ll let a chihuahua bark him into a corner, and then be sad about it for the rest of the day because he couldn’t make a new friend, but when nail clippers are involved, he just loses his entire mind. It really is like a phobia in the true DSM sense of the word.

  • bean@lemmy.world
    3·
    1 month ago

    Bro and sis cat that I have; Bro is a big tough guy but acts like the most whiny cow when he’s getting his nails trimmed. Sister; she panics and can’t even get started then her brother panics because she’s panicking.

    🤡