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4.5
I was leery about ordering this because of the multiple bad reviews, but I was at my wit's end and so I decided to give this a go. My little chiweenie is a rescued dog and is extremely anxious - he snaps and shakes when anything comes near him, let alone a vibrating tool like this. However, he was apparently introduced poorly to regular clippers, because he would get very agitated if I tried to use the clippers on him. I could MAYBE get one nail clipped without getting snapped at, but of the few times I was successful, I over-clipped twice due to his struggling and wound up hurting the little blighter - erg - which made him even MORE terrified of the clipper.So, I decided to try this. This is what I did.(1) For a few WEEKS - I brought out the grinder every night, turned it on and placing it NEAR us - but not too near - and I talked calmly to my pup and fed him treats, telling him in an upbeat voice that everything was ok and that he was a very good dog.(2) After he started ignoring it a bit and started focusing on his treats, I held him and grinded a bit on ONE nail, still talking to him the entire time, and then I immediately turned off the grinder and gave him treats and acted as if he had just done a spectacular trick. NOTE: If your dog is a rescue dog and and / or an anxious dog like mine, make sure you take him outside for his business first, heh heh. The little man managed to get me a little bit wet on our first encounter with actually using the grinder. He is more self-contained now as he is getting less and less anxious the more we do it, but I still make sure he has gone out before I use the tool.(3) After the first initial success, every few days I would take out the grinder and follow this procedure, doing one nail, then after awhile two, etc, until I could get through one paw, then two, etc.(4) At this point, I can get through all 4 paws pretty quickly, and he only starts getting nervous for the back paws - this is where he got over-clipped when I used clippers, so I guess he is still skittish about that. My bad. =(The little man doesn't LOVE the grinder yet, and I am not sure he will ever get to that point, but he allows me to get it done with very little trouble and I am very, very pleased with this product. The guard makes sure I don't over-grind, and I always count a few seconds and then I go on to the next nail. If I have to grind more, I come back to it after I have done a few other nails so it has time to cool down, or I just get to it the next day. Yeah, I grind more than I would have to clip, but who cares?? It takes me almost no time, the little man gets his happy treat when we are done, and he is only a little nervous during the entire process when he used to be absolutely terrified at the sight of the clippers.I could not be happier and I would absolutely recommend this with two caveats:(1) Expect to be patient. I read some of the really negative reviews and it looked like some of the people were trying to acclimate their dog in a week. It took WEEKS to acclimate my dog, and then I added one nail at a time. It only takes a few minutes every night to get him acclimated eventually, but when your dog finally gets to the point where you can do all 4 paws, you are set for life. Small tradeoff IMHO.(2) It is quite possible this WON'T work on larger dogs' nails. It works fine on my little chiweenie, but I have no recommendation for anything larger since I have no experience with a larger animal, so caveat emptor if you have a bigger pooch.I have a little dog and hate clipping his nails with the old metal clippers, it hurt him, sometimes I couldn't get enough off or he would move nd I clipped it to much and caused him a lot of pain or made him bleed. He also broke 4 of his toes a few years ago and now I believe he has arthritis in it. I got this trimmer a few years back, this is my second one. The first lasted 4 years I think. Well it finally broke and knew I would buy another since the first one finally died.1st thing I live about this trimmer is I never hurt him, I never get to short and no he doesn't mind getting his nails one. I am able I to trim short enough, plus then I only have to do it every few months.2 nd I know h noise from it bothers a lot of other dogs but mine has no problem with it t all. When I trim the nails on his bad foot the small vibrate actually seems to message him while I am trimming lol. It might found funny but he go to sleep every time and I am able to trim the nails on his ad foot ith out causing him any pain at all.3 I love the guard on the tip, you can't push very hard or it stops, you can't go the wrong way or it stops.4. The emery spool lasts a long time, you don't ave to change it very often if you only ave one pet you use it on, the 1st kit I braught had 13 spools with it and I still have a few left after having it for around 4 years. The 1st one I braught for $19.99 his 2nd one I spent $14.99 on it and it is worth very centThe handle is a little big, I wish it was a bit shorter but since it works so well I am fine with it.I'm not quite sure why there are so many negative comments concerning this product but it clearly states in the instructions that your dog has to first get acquainted with the nail trimmer.I have a Jack Russell and if anyone knows that breed, then they understand just how restless and hyper they are. When I first purchased the Pedipaws, I left it in his bed with him for a few days which allowed him become comfortable with the fact that this was going to become a part of his life. (Sounds silly but it's the truth.) I would turn the Pedipaws on and allow him sniff it while it vibrated and hummed and would place it on his legs so he grew accustomed to the feeling and would know that it wouldn't hurt him.After a few days of getting him used to the Pedipaws, I took him in my lap and proceeded to file his nails. NEVER ONCE did I have a problem nor did he struggle. He slumped in my arms and relaxed while I trimmed all of his nails. I've been using this for months now and my Jack Russell has never given me trouble.Not every dog is going to react as well as mine did. Just like not everyone is okay with an electric toothbrush. I myself cannot stand them. Doesn't mean they don't work! You need to give your dog some time to get used to it before you try it out on him/her and then allow a few trial trims before coming to the conclusion that Pedipaws is a piece of garbage and doesn't work. Because it does! If your dog is comfortable and allows it. If not, then that doesn't mean the product is terrible, it means that your dog just doesn't like it.Overall, I give Pedipaws 5 stars because I am still using it and have purchased replacement files multiple times due to the fact that I've used the previous ones up.以前テレビショッピングで「…スイーパー」を買って以来の大失敗。全米で ○○万個の販売！など怪しい言葉が飛び交っていたのに・・。問題はやすりの軸部分の安定化が図られていないこと。通常のやすりは受けの部分がねじ付きのチャックで閉めるようになっているのにモーターに直接さし込むようになっているので安定しない。 やすり部分のセンターもしっかりしておらず叩くように削る、使えないことはないかもしれませんが、非常に不快で使う気がしません。 もしかしたら 僕が買った製品だけが、不良だったかもとわずかの期待も残しておきます。
