First time I have cut a claw and seen blood !! It was a black claw iv used a bar of soap to stop the bleed ..hope it will be ok ? I only nipped the end .

I used to use the powder to stop the bleeding but it was so messy, now I use things like fluid filled cotton bud[from PAH]you snap off the end and the fluid runs to the tip which you then apply accurately to the nail and press for a minute or two, not had any problems with it starting to bleed again like with the powder.

I shall look for some at PAH, don't often cut too far but with black nails it has happened, remember posting for help once & one reply was to use super glue on the tip of a cotton bud.

Or cornflour does it too. Mine have black nails and so you can't see quick, I've always been lucky but once for some reason husband decided to do it, he had his glasses on and as he cut I realised he had gone too far. It's amazing how much blood can come out and how far it travels. In 15 years he has never been allowed near the clippers again!

My new Wahl clippers are adjustable so you can just take a tiny bit off each time as you can only poke a certain amount of the nail between the blades before it hits the guard.

I have never had a dog with pale nails, must be great being able to see the quick and watch it recede rather than praying you aren't taking too much especially if the dog wriggles just as you snip.

I always keep a caustic pencil in stock "just in case!"

Horrible isn't it - all of a sudden you have a palm full of warm blood...

One of my dogs has a nail condition called Symmetrical Lupoid Onychodystrophy which means that he can slough an entire nail very easily and prior to diagnosis we had some alarming moments.  Simply holding the paw tightly with your finger on the cut nail (rather like plugging the dam!) can slow things down to allow you time to find another remedy but when your dog has lost an entire nail I do find that plunging their foot into very cold water can help.  I then use styptic powder but this stings so be prepared to hang on and stop your dog from shaking the paw and then licking.

I have to put my boy in his crate after a nail episode as he does seep blood for longer than I'd like (whatever remedy I use nothing stops it completely).  Keeping him calm does help to reduce the bleeding...

Just watch for infection - less likely with a overtrimmed nail but quite common if more of the quick is exposed.

This happened to me for the first time ever about 3 months ago, I trimmed the inside dew-claw too short (he wriggled) and it started bleeding. Tiny amount of blood but it began spotting on the carpet, chair and floor, as he was licking it constantly so it was never going to dry. I put a bit of clean wound dressing over it then wrapped in Vetwrap. When I took it off in the morning it was clear it had stopped bleeding almost immediately after that and was fine - so stopping the dog worrying it is a good first measure.

Yes d-a-b looks like they are bleeding to death when a nail comes off. I keep a lidded beaker with cornflour in for when Kitten looses one of hers just dip her foot and hold it in for a while, then replace some of the cornflour ready for next time.

Talc does the job too

I've done it  myself before now so I always keep a silver nitrate pencil around, just in case. You can get one here.

It really does work, much quicker than anything else. It's what our vets use when they're removing puppies' dew claws.

> It's what our vets use when they're removing puppies' dew claws.

Mine too!  :-)

But thanks for the link, as I am paying double that for mine at the moment!  :-(

> But thanks for the link

You're welcome. I think having one around seems to guard against accidentally cutting too close. But you can bet your life, if I don't have one around, that's when I get it wrong!

Thanks for that ...will buy one although i will not tackle his black claws again !!