Our vet charges $15 but doesn’t do a very good job. Petsmart is $20 with grinding and does much better than the vet. Do you know anywhere that is less expensive and a reasonable distance from Brooklyn Park? And no, I’m not going to just do it myself.
Can I ask why you don’t do it yourself?
I Dremeled our great dane’s nails, and that worked really well. Ripley won’t tolerate the Dremel, but I’ve found that I can clip his without too much protest.
Maybe you can bring your dog to me. 
I am getting laid off soon, so I need a new gig. 
The smell of the Dremel and nails is awful. Very effective though, what we use to do with our mastiff.
#1724407 Can I ask why you don’t do it yourself?
Tried once when dog was a puppy (first dog, first time trimming nails) and it didn’t go well. I have no doubt I could do it but I just don’t like it and am OK with paying for it. Figured it wouldn’t hurt to ask just in case there is somebody out there doing it for less than I’m currently paying though.
Long walks on concrete and asphalt should keep ‘em trimmed. 
Nail trimming are place is quite the process. No way possible to dremel the the Dane or Mastiff the sound of the motor running gives them a heart attack. When you bring out the clippers it reminds me of when my Dad would have haircut day when I was young. We would run and hide, then cry when he started cutting. When you start cutting the dogs nails, you would think your cutting their legs off. The Mastiff pushed my wife off once and sent her across the room. (I pretended to see if she was Ok when I was LMAO inside.)
The Chihuahua gets a muzzle.
Then puppy treats when everyone’s done and all is good.
My wife and I always do our dogs. Some with clippers and some with Dremel or both. Here is what we do. I hold the dog on my lap with the dogs back against my chest so all 4 paws stick out. FW cuts/grinds while I hold a lid of some kind with pnut butter smeared on it for dog to lick to keep it distracted. Our dogs are a Viz is 40lbs and the Weim (RIP) was 69 lbs. Not sure it’s the right way but we got the job done.
Tried once when dog was a puppy (first dog, first time trimming nails) and it didn’t go well. I have no doubt I could do it but I just don’t like it and am OK with paying for it.
I think whatever works for you is great. If that means paying to have someone do it because you can’t or aren’t comfortable, that’s what you should do. Getting them used to nail trimming is definitely a process, not a one-time deal!
Long walks on concrete and asphalt should keep ‘em trimmed.
I’ve heard this before, but I walk my dogs on asphalt religiously twice a day, and I don’t feel that it gets them as short as I’d like. I don’t want to hear nails clicking on the floor, but I am a 100% Type-A person. 
No way possible to dremel the the Dane or Mastiff the sound of the motor running gives them a heart attack.
That’s funny because our Dane would literally fall asleep while I Dremeled his nails (though if he saw the bottle of ear cleaner and cotton balls, he would run and hide :)). Our Spinone reacts like your dogs, though. Eventually, I gave up on the Dremel and figured out that I could clip them by laying on top of him. Now, he’s better. He still doesn’t like the fronts done, but the backs, he is OK with.
I’m in the same boat. I CAN do it, but I just do not like doing it. I’m very fortunate the FW has no problem doing it, she uses a regular dog clipper. Our vet charges $10. If they happen to be long when he’s in for a checkup, we will have them do it.
The problem with having him run on concrete to wear them down is he’ll rip a paw pad if allowed to run. He’s a GSP. Enough said, right?…
My youngest is as much as banned from getting her nails trimmed at Petsmart. Even with all hands on deck they almost cant do it and its painful to watch the dog freak out so much. The last time there they suggested I use the vet so they could sedate her?! I am back to doing it myself.
Try doing it when they’re napping or with treats for a bribe. Only do as many as they tolerate at a time until they get used to it. Use a sharp clippers and DON’T GO TOO DEEP.
I know you don’t want to tackle it yourself, but for anyone that does, I recently bought a Resco Deluxe Guillotine trimmer, and it works quite well! I got sick of big-box store cheapos.
I know you don’t want to tackle it yourself, but for anyone that does, I recently bought a Resco Deluxe Guillotine trimmer, and it works quite well! I got sick of big-box store cheapos.
I have a set like those thats about 20 years old. I still have the replacement blade in the box and the original blade still works fine. I havent used it a ton. I WAS paying someone else to do that job until miss “PAIN IN THE ASS” came along.
I have had a pair of those or very similar for ever since I can remember and they have made it through many hounds and upland dogs and I still have the original blade as well.
Do the giullotine clippers have a depth gauge?
Do the giullotine clippers have a depth gauge?
No, but I have never used a depth gauge. I trim often enough that I just take a little off each time.
When you’re trimming and end up cutting too deep, what do you use to stop the bleeding?
We have been using kwik stop and it seems to work well.
I always mean to buy kwik stop, but I’ve never remembered to get some. Corn starch helps in a pinch.
My wife does all the trimming and she never has the kwik stop with her. I’ll be in the next room over and I hear “GRAB THE KWIK STOP”. I ask why don’t you have this with you when your trimming? I get the look. 
It must be me. 
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