What age to trim nails for the first time?

[Spaniel]

Daisy just turned 5 months old (approx, there’s a chance she is a bit younger) yesterday.

Is this a good age to trim her nails for the first time?

 

[Xanima]

That depends on the actual length of the nails. If they are short- obviously don´t cut them. What I would do is pretend to cut them so Daisy gets used to the sound of it and everything.

 

[Spaniel]

I had a proper look at her nails and I don’t think there’s really anything to take. They are short and pointy but soft so I tried to clip one and it didn’t really even do anything. I’ll check again soon but ok for now

 

[sport_billy]

It’s a case of when they need doing really. We used to do a two person job, one holds and distracts with feeding some parsley the other trims. It used to work well

 

[BossHogg]

I never had a problem with clipping my piggies nails, they always sat quietly without wriggling, even Stella who screamed the shed down as if I was cutting her paws off!

 

[Viennese Furbabies]

I never had a problem with clipping my piggies nails, they always sat quietly without wriggling, even Stella who screamed the shed down as if I was cutting her paws off!

Did you handcuff them?

 

[BossHogg]

I didn't need to, my piggies were very well behaved and laid back.