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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  2. Kat Rhodes

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    My pug doesnt like it and i dont like to stress him so now i just use a nail file, yes it takes a little longer but he isnt afraid and i dont have to worry about hurting him and making him bleed. I do it when he is relaxed and asleep and he is fine 🙂

  3. Angela Mcgowan

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    Winston McPug I’m so happy to hear someone talk sense. That poor dog was terrified and I agree walking will file their nails and if their not over weight they won’t tire easily . Also the poor dig was being handled completely wrong.

  7. Shar Hamblin

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    Jeeeees, my male dog has never once needed his trimmed in all his 6yrs! But my princess pug Molly needs them done monthly! And she goes mental t the point where it takes several people to hold her and it all seems so upsetting, considering buying a big file instead to simply file them down gently as she didnt seem to mind that as much when I tried my file on her 🙂

  22. Courtney McArthur

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    🙁 when I take my pug to get her nails trimmed, I have to give her 2 tranquilizers and an anti anxiety 4 hrs. Before I bring her in…and it still takes 3 people to do it! One person to hold her body, one person to hold her legs and one person to cut her nails…at the vet! (And she has never been clipped too short)

  38. Belle Gunness

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    This reaction, in my opinion, is all the breeders fault. I used to breed registered pugs. When they were born I would take the time to touch their feet every day. As they got a bit older and would start to resist, I wouldn’t give in and let go. I would flip them over and rub them down, with a paw still in my hand until we turned in into a positive. Not one of the pugs I placed with families does this. Knowing that they are prone to this behavior I say the breeder should step up and take the time to undo some of this.

  42. Stacey Straw

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    Well I don’t think it’s good when her toenails grow so long that it messes up her feet. But I will say since she is now a country dog again she does seem to wear them down do they don’t need cut as often

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