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What is the technique to restrain a dog PROPERLY to have nails clipped2007-11-25 2:52:50Answers:

If you take your dog to a groomer or even a vet for a nail trim, they should be willing to show you how to hold the dog -- if you stay in the room while the vet/vet tech trim the nails, you can watch how the tech holds your dog, and how your dog reacts to that method.

I restrain my dogs in the way most vet clinics do it (I think) --

Starting at the front: Stand at the side of the dog (on a table) or sit beside the dog and pull them into your lap. Put one arm under and around the dogs neck/head, and press the neck/head against your chest/shoulder. This will immobilize the head.

Put your other arm over the dog's back and, using that arm to press the body against you, grasp the elbow joint of the front leg. This will also prevent the dog from pulling that foot away from whomever is trimming the nails. The easiest thing to do would be to reverse the dog's direction for the other front leg.

For the rear legs, you can hold the same way (and just let the person trimming deal with the hind feet. You can also put the arm that was going over the dog's back under, instead, and press the body against you. Either way, you may have to hold tight!

Again, this is hard to explain in writing, and would be much easier to understand if you could see it. Nail trims aren't terribly expensive -- it would be worth the $$ to get the technique so that you can do it at home.

Good luck!

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Lie the dog on his side. You can keep him in position by gently "leaning" on him with one arm, just enough so he feels you're there. Your hands will still be free enough to clip the nails easily.

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take your dog to a vets or dog salon & they will do it right please do not attempt to do this your self.