[Dailydrool] Young Charlie and the Dremel

[Elizabeth Lindsey]

I've just finished reducing the length of young Charlie's toenails  
almost exclusively with a Dremel. I snipped off the tips first but  
did the rest of the job with the Dremel. He was a bit twitchy and  
danced around at first, but by the time I was on my third pass, he  
settled down as if he were an old pro at it. I'm so very proud of  
him! It's taken a good year of letting him watch me do our Elsinore's  
nails with the Dremel and then going through the rest of the  
desensitization process, but today he got through a full nail trim  
for the first time--and without anyone having to hold or distract  
him. It's taken forever to get him to this point, but nail trimming  
is going to be so much easier on both of us now that he's decided the  
cheese treats throughout the process are worth it. I told him I was  
going to tell everyone on the Drool about his accomplishment because  
who else understands what a milestone he's reached? And now we're all  
going to go out for a walk to celebrate. Good, good boy, Charlie!

Elizabeth