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4.5
This is an excellent product. After reading some of the reviews I made sure it was fully charged first. I have two dogs (Lhasa Apsos, and my sister has a Shitzu that is horribly afraid of having his nails done because a groomer had cut them down to the quick and didn't even have the decency to tell my sister. They just put the putty in the nails - more than one. The putty came out and got blood all over her car on the way home and poor little Cocoa was having a hard time walking for several days. With that said, we've been having a time of it trying to find a way to do Cocoa's nails now.)I started out doing my dog white dog's nails. He is the more skiddish one of my two. At first he was a little nervous, but once he saw it wasn't going to hurt him, he let me do it. I was able to do all of his nails and they came out just beautiful. Then I moved on to my gold dog's nails. He's very easy and let me do all of his nails, no problem. Again, the nails came out just lovely, but he has thicker nails and the Hertzko pet nail grinder didn't have any problem at all grinding right through. Now Cocoa had been watching the whole process, so I got him up and started on him. He fidgeted around a good bit, but the Hertzko nail grinder is so quiet and so gentle he let me go to work on his nails. I did the first two and it started slowing down, so I had to put it back on the charger. I've charged it overnight and it should be ready to go again the next time I have Cocoa (tomorrow I believe), so I will try to update this), but I'm very impressed. For those who said that it wouldn't even do their dogs full set of nails, either they didn't have it fully charged, their dogs nails were really long, or maybe their unit wasn't working properly, but I surely had no problem doing two full sets of nails and starting a third set. I love the unit.My personal tip: When I do my dogs nails, and this will only work with small to mid size dogs, I find it is easier to sit in a chair holding the dog upright against me with my arm around them. I usually rub their belly and tell them how good they are. Then make sure that my demeanor is very calm and relaxed. The minute you get tense, they will get tense. Since I'm right handed, I hold them on my left side with my left hand and start with their right paw, so their right front paw, so their left front paw is under my left arm. Once they see that it is okay and relax, it is okay from then on, but if they struggle a firm, but gentle "no" should do the trick. If they continue to struggle, reassure them, rub the belly a few times to calm them and start again. In my personal experience there has only been one dog that I needed to get out a spoonful of peanut butter, but that's a last resort (lol). But the peanut butter will keep them busy - might get you messy, but will keep them busy. :)
