Doggie Pedicure

For the first time today I used a dremel tool to trim my dogs nails. I've been leading up to this for several weeks now. We bought the dremel about a month ago, and almost every day I've been getting it out and doing various things to get them used to the sound and feel. The first week I just brought it out and said things like "What's this?" in a high pitched voice and when they came over to check it out I'd give them a treat. The next week I started turning it on low- so they could get used to the sound. Every time they would come over to sniff at it, I'd give them a treat and tons of praise. The 3rd week I had them sit...and give me a paw and then I'd turn the dremel on and touch a nail with it for a very short amt of time...once they let me do that they got a treat. Tonight...for the first time I acutally used it on more than one nail for each dog. Sumo got both front feet done and Sophie got one foot done and part of the second. Lot's of treats were involved in this!!!

I don't want to push past their patience, because I could ruin all of the work I've done so far. The worst thing that could happen is for me to hurt them or freak them out and then they'll never let it happen again. I'm really happy that my patience has paid off and we've gotten this far with it. I want my puppies to have beautiful feet!