Need advice on nail clipping.

[M.B]

Hi, how do I know how much to clip from my puppy's nail ? Dobermanns have black nails which makes it difficult to see and clip like with other dogs.

Some advice please...

[iceman]

Forget clipping...best way to keep nails under control is grinding them down with a Dremel tool.
Plenty of info (and videos) on the net if you google the words "doberman" "nail" "dremel" but heres a few to give you an idea..


http://homepages.udayton.edu/~jmerenski1/doberdawn/dremel/dremel.html

http://www.k-ninedobermans.com/dog_nails.html

http://www.dobermantalk.com/dt-educational-archive/8778-bathing-grooming.html

[M.B]

Thank you very much Iceman I checked the links and they were very helpfull. I was worried about harming my puppies by cutting too short.

Thanks for the advice...