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Just curious what the lemmy hive mind has to say. I recently rescued a 6 mos year old puppy and his nails were trimmed down proper. It’s been 2 weeks now and I can noticeably hear them clanking on the floor but still look pretty darn short to me.

My last dogs I had I didn’t quite keep their nails that short but I probably should have.

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[–] SharkWeek@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 5 hours ago

I've never cut any dog's nails, outside of cleaning up after an accident or because of infection. 1 got to 14, one to 15, and the two I have now are both about 5 now.

I walk them 6-8km every day on a mix of paved and rocky trails.