Poor little darling. Have you seen the new thing you can clip your own dogs/cat's nails and never go into the quick or do it wrong? advertised on tele. You would be able to take as long as you both want with her she sounds a real darling and you both lucky to have each other.

I always used to clip my dog's nails myself--never had a problem--but I started to handle their feet while they were young

Bev, I have similar problems...actually worse I think.

When it's vet day..for anything...I park the car a few hundred metres away, but guess what...she knows exactly where we're going.

Sometimes she won't get out of the car, then I have to stop every couple of metres, because she just sits down! It takes me about 15 minutes for what should be a 2 minute walk.

People stare, because she sits in the middle of the footpath, and no matter what I do, she won't move...so I have to pick her up...which kills my back, and by the time I get there, I need a doctor myself!!!!

Then we get inside the clinic, and she spends the entire waiting time sitting in front of the door!



When I first got her as a puppy, she was fine, but broke a leg at 4 months old, so that entailed many, many visits over the next 14/16 months, and a lot of pain, and she's never forgotten.

Amazing isn't it the way they just know what you are planning to do--even to the point of knowing that when you put certain clothes on you are planning to go out

Thank goodnes I've followed my mother's advice - never own a dog that you can't carry. My dogs have reduced in size from a German Shepherd, to a Labrador to now a cross breed about the size of a cattle dog. Reckon this one will see me out, so just have to stay fit enough to lift about 20kg.

Hi there I have just red your post, I thought I had crazy animals glad others have them too.

My dog at the time was a Blue Healer x think the other part was a Bull terrier hence the head he was the most gentle and loveable of dogs his friends at home were our 2 donkeys 2cats and a Standard Poodle so he was use to other animals and people thought he was a dangerous guard dog... yeah right! and he was absolutely fearless except for the Vet visits when he would cower and i would have to carry him in, once inside he soon settled, but this day the waiting room had been changed around and redecorated he did the same thing, after all he was a fearless dog and room change fased him not! as usual he was sitting facing me after all I was his whole world, but for some reason he stood turned and looked the other way and and sudddenly became a quivering wreck, shaking and whimpering then he howled, I got such a shock but when I saw what had his attention I burst out laughing and had to move seats so he was facing the other way, " What had upset him" promise you won't laugh.There on the wall was an extra large poster of a cat , who said dogs can't see picture and TV screens this one could that was obvious.20/20 vision.fearless right except for posters.[size=3][/size][color=purple][/color]