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#21 CathieRenee

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Posted 02 August 2008 - 10:15 AM

Just curious. Can you describe this a little more or post a picture? I'm thinking it might be helpful for me.

Also wondering, does anyone have any experience with a variable-speed Dremel? The one I have just has a high and low speed. The low speed barely does anything at all, but the high speed is quite noisy and can get the toenails a little hot if you're not careful.



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Here is a picture of my dremel with the flexi shaft attachment. It is a variable speed dremel, I set it between 1 and 2.

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#22 Cheri

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Posted 02 August 2008 - 02:30 PM

Thanks! That looks real interesting. I am definitely going to check into it. My old Dremel is battery-powered and about worn out, so next time it needs a new battery pack, I may just buy one of the variable speed ones.

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#23 Javaluva

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Posted 04 August 2008 - 02:10 PM

There was an article I posted once about making a big nail file out of sandpaper and teaching your dog to scratch the nail file in an effort to earn him a reward, and in exchange, his nails are ground down without much effort on your part. :P Granted, it doesn't give you a lovely, perfectly sculpted nail in the end, but it might be helpful for those hard-to-trim dogs. I'll post it again if I can find it. :smiling:
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#24 Javaluva

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Posted 06 August 2008 - 12:02 PM

Took me a bit but I found it! :P

http://www.shirleych...s/nailfile.html
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#25 Jan

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Posted 06 August 2008 - 10:48 PM

That Shirley Chong is a great training website. I've added that to my Favorites for more future reading!

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Posted 31 August 2008 - 09:56 PM

We recently got a peticure to do the dogs nails. In case you haven't seen the commercials, it's a dremel tool with a guard which has different sized holes. You set it on the hole that fits your dogs nail. We bribe them by putting canned dog food down and telling them to stay. They get the food after the nails are done. Alley doesn't care one bit about it. Buddy is a different story. We muzzle him now. I know he hates it, but the second the muzzle goes on he is the most docile dog you ever saw. He just gives up. I guess we are just mean too. :innocent: He is less nervous with the peticure than he was with the clippers though. We took about two weeks introducing it to them with treats before we ever did a nail. Now we can do all 4 feet with no struggle from Bud and he gets his canned food, so everybody wins.



After a while I had to muzzle my dobie too. She realized she couldn't do anything about me touching her nails and just gave up. Plus it gave me the confidence to do her nails. The first time I muzzled her i had my Boyfriend help in holding her down because he is more confident about these types of things. He is the kind of person who just expects the dog to do what he wants and she does it. We got all four paws filed without a fight that way, the first time too.

#27 JennyPlum

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Posted 01 September 2008 - 08:02 AM

Have you tried a muzzle? I know, I don't like to muzzle Buddy, but it has to be done for his own sake. The minute the muzzle goes on Buddy knows he is defeated and he just gives up fighting. Buddy acts pathetic like we just broke his heart, but he forgets all about it when it comes off and he gets his canned food.


I'm intruiged!! I think I might have to give this a whirl!
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Posted 03 September 2008 - 08:41 AM

Okay, my old cordless, rechargeable Dremel has finally given out. It only works on the low speed, and that's just not enough power to do a good job. It's a two-speed, and I always thought the low speed wasn't enough and the high speed was a little to fast. You had to be very careful because it got the nails very hot very fast. So I've decided I am definitely going to replace it with a variable-speed Dremel, and I'm going to get the kind with the cord, because the battery packs for the rechargeable ones seem to lose their ability to hold a charge pretty quickly and the replacements are hard to find.

I see I have a choice between the Dremel 300 Series and the Dremel Multi-Pro. On the company's website, looking at the specs between the two, I cannot see any difference. Any of you that are using a Dremel, what kind are you using and how do you like it?

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#29 CathieRenee

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Posted 03 September 2008 - 01:44 PM

I see I have a choice between the Dremel 300 Series and the Dremel Multi-Pro. On the company's website, looking at the specs between the two, I cannot see any difference. Any of you that are using a Dremel, what kind are you using and how do you like it?


I have a multi-pro. I love it... it's one of those things I can't do without.

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Posted 03 September 2008 - 07:20 PM

I have a Dremel MultiPro also. I use it for dog nails and scarfing rims for my baskets! Love that tool.

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Posted 06 June 2018 - 01:42 AM

Hi everyone

I am using URPOWER RECHARGEABLE PET NAIL GRINDER for my dog, but it seems he is not happy with it, I am looking for its replacement, please do suggest me some pet friendly nail clippers. My budget is no more than 100$.....

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#32 FrankSimple

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Posted 28 February 2019 - 07:51 AM

Hmm, those clippers would come in handy (no pun intended). Thanks!






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