How to cut dog nails that are too long?

Buy good quality trimmers that are sharp and designed for the correct size dog. They should be concave at the cutting edge, to avoid crushing the nail. Blunt or poor quality trimmers will split the nail. If the nails aren't that long but are sharp you can simply file them or use a pumice stone to take off the tips. read more

This technique makes it extremely unlikely you will cut the nails too short. To get a shorter cut than the previous method, aim to cut at a 45° angle, after visualizing the quick. The quick is the pink area within the nail where the nerves and blood vessels are, similar to the area underneath our nails. read more

As much as this sounds like a riddle, in real life, long nails can lead to a multitude of problems. For starters, when you allow those nails to grow long for too much, the nails become frail, and easy to fracture, and since long nails allow the quick to grow along with the nail, it can lead to pain, bleeding and a possible infection. read more

Okay, so my dog has really long nails and the quick is really long, too. I know, I should've clipped her nails to prevent this, but I cut the quick read more