<div dir="ltr"><div>Ok folks, we actually use the Peticure in the Grooming dept. One of our clients bought them for Annette (head groomer) to try and to keep. She says it requires some practice to learn to use them the right way, but that they're pretty nice. Of course, what Annette does is clip the nails and then use the Peticure, so that's kind of cheating. It is quieter than a regular Dremel, and there are holes of various sizes through which you insert the nail. If you put the nail in a hole bigger than it should be in, it's going to end up quicking the dog anyway. The advantage to a Dremel (which is what this really is, with a cover on it) is that when you DO quick, it seals so it doesn't bleed, and you don't have an hysterical</div>
<div>dog flapping his bloody foot all over the place while you try to grab it and get some Quik-Stop on it, which of course, the dog does not want you to do. I always end up looking as if I had just butchered hogs all afternoon.</div>
<div>Anyway back to business. Yes, it works.Yes, it is nice. Yes, it is a great concept. And Yes, most dogs did not seem to mind it very much. You do have to learn to roll your wrist with it, and instructions are nil to none. And best of all, at least for breeds with hairy feet like Cooper, it keeps the hair from getting caught in the wheel of the Dremel.</div>
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<div>Two stories:</div>
<div>1. A groomer of our acquaintance was using a regular Dremel on a dog when the dog jerked his foot hard, hit the groomer's hand holding the Dremel and her hand, still holding the running Dremel hit her head, AND HER HAIR. I am laughing as I write this, but I am not the one with the big bald spot in the front of my hairline, either.</div>
<div>2. I,personally, have shortened Cooper's tail using a regular Dremel when he jerked his foot and sent my hand skittering into his beautiful, long, elegant black plumey tail. This may be one of the reasons that he refuses to come into the house when I have the Dremel in my hands...</div>
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<div>The Bassets generally do not mind the Dremel except for Mitchell, who likes to have Doc do his nails, just for fun.</div>
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<div>MomPerson to Nigel (oh do mine!) Llewis (Do mine if I get a treat) Mitchell (Where's Doc?) and Cooper (GETAWAYGETAWAY!!)</div></div>