The Blair Pug Project: A Vet Student’s Hysterical Synopsis of Trimming a Pug’s Nails

by pawbuzz on in Dogs 1,958

Trimming nails on your Pug is not always a fun job. Some pugs are reluctant, even terrified of getting their nails trimmed.

Some even starts screaming, yelping, and moving around constantly. You fight tooth and nails (no pun intended) to get their nails cut… the ultimate challenge of grit and persistence.

Have you ever experienced the pleasure of trimming a pug's (or any reluctant dog's / animal's) nails?

Well, this 2nd year veterinary student, Roberta who's studying at the Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University sure can relate!

Check out her hysterical synopsis of trimming a pug's nails on the next page:

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  3. Shelli Barthel

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    Mine was okay until he was 5 months old then he started to act like he was being murdered! He lets me play with his paws and nails but if a clipper or grinder is in sight he is worse than the pug in the video. He’s only 11 pounds so walking doesn’t wear them down much. It just keeps the sharp edges at bay. Plus we have snow on the ground 5-6 months a year.
    He had a full groom at 5 months and did okay. I continued to try on a daily basis to get one nail done but nope, no having it. At 6 months we did a drop in trim after a disastrous attempt the night before. She clipped him in 2 minutes and he didn’t fuss. So I guess he’s just putting in a show for momma! This week she will try grinding a bit.

    My non-pug dog lays down and hands me a paw for trims and grinds.

  9. Shelli Barthel

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    You are quite lucky. Mine is worse than in the video for me but the groomer gets it done in 2 min.
    I had to call around because several places refuse to trim pugs for fear of breathing problems when they flip out.

  22. Shelli Barthel

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    Mine is the opposite, I clipped and dremeled my pigs nails till he was 5 months with no hitting the quick. Then he started acting worse than this pug. I’ve had my son, mom and dad try and it was impossible. Now he goes to the groomers. In and out in 2 minutes. He’s stunned when I hand him off to them and by the time he registers what’s going on they are done.
    He’s so good for strangers but not family. He’s only 7 months so if he starts to get familiar with his groomers and act up I might have to switch up groomers.

  28. McCade Dolan

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    One thing that I think made all the difference was a friend of mine who also owns a pug said to always rub the top of their paws. For some reason pugs usually hate people touching their paws (probably a big part of the nail clipping issues) and you get them used to their paws being touched from a really young age.

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