Have just come back from the vets with acp tabs for my crossbreed,We need to clip her nails so are going to try this and see if it will relax her.The other way the vet wanted to do it was give her an injection to make her sleep and another to wake her up.
What are acp tablets,is it valiam he didnt say and i forgot to ask.Would like to know what i am giving her before i give them.

Msg for Metpol fan,If the tabs work you have saved me £27.As the vet wanted to charge me £30 for the injection and clip her nails.This way the tabs were £3 and saved meg from having the jab.Will let you know how we get on.
Linda.

They work in different way on different dogs, on some they just make them relaxed on others they go almost totaly out of things and I have know those who become aggressive. Do make sure the dog is not anywhere they could fall and hurt themselvs. The advantage of putting a dog to sleep over the seditive is, the drug given to cause the dog to sleep can be reversed the one that acts as a seditive can not. ACP should not cause any problem but some of the seditives used by vets to do investigations or x-rays can cause a problem because they can't be reversed which is why anaesthetic is safer than a seditive and why most vets prefer to use the former.

ACP is a sedative that does affect dogs in different ways. One tablet can knock a dog off its legs, where as another dog could tolerate 4 with little effect. If your dog has ANY heart problem avoid ACP as it reduces blood pressure which can be very dangerous. With respect, clipping a dogs nails should not require ACP, gentle persuasion or possibly the vet doing it out of the owners sight would be a far better answer.
Dawn.

Thank you both jackie and Dawn,for your reply.
As agreed with my vet,Meg will be given half a tab,just to take the edge off her,She is a rescue dog and can be nervous at times.I am not prepared to put my dog through the trauma of leaving her at the vets out of the owners sight.As this would really stress her out.We have tried in the past with her and even the vet cant clip her nails with two of us holding her.So hence we want to make it as easy and stress free as possible.I have two dogs the other we clip her nails when she is laying on the sofa snorring.Never feels a thing.Meg is a totally different dog.
Best wishes Linda

Hiya....

Just a thought, do you do any walking with your dog on roads/pavements?

I do a lot of road work with mine and never have to clip their nails.

Apart from that, a good relaxant, don't know if you've tried it....is Bach rescue remedy..it works well for my gang if they're stressed or nervous.
You can probably tell....I'm not much into my dogs having medication of any kind!!!!! (apart from their vacc's of course!!)

Anyway, just a couple of thoughts.

Take care

Lisa

GOOD LUCK with it,my dog rush still figthed with me to do his nail when he was acp,and he broke my nose in doing it,so i use to road walk him alot that kept his nails down.

Have you ever tried filing your dogs nails?
I have a couple of Boxers that hated having their nails clipped so I filed
them instead. I still file my dogs nails, and they don't really mind it.
I normally file them when they are up on the sofa the dogs are fairly relaxed
about the whole thing. :D They even jump up on the sofa when I ask anyone
want a manicure? :D Of course the whole thing for them is a pleasant experience
with a favourite treat at the end of the 'manicure'.

Never give a Boxer ACP (Ace Promazine) as they can have severe reaction to it.

Linda,

I recently had a problem clipping my Cairn's nails. When she was little she slept through clipping, no problem. And then suddenly it was a *big* problem.

What worked for me was to give her treats. First, just for holding a paw - which she never minded anyway. Then I started to give her a treat only when I was holding a claw between my fingers. Then a treat when I was holding a claw and the nail clipper (but I made no attempt to clip her nails at first). Now I give her a treat after I clip each nail.

Stacey

ACP acts differently on different dogs - I had one male I thought I had killed when I gave him 1/4 of a tablet but a bitch I could give 6 to and she showed no effect whatsoever. I also tried sedating with ACP to cut one of my girls toenails - she was practically asleep but still struggeled so much that we could not do them (I later got a dremel and she would lay on her back for me to do them but clippers - no way)

Christine

Meg had 1/2 tab,Sunday morning.So we could keep an eye on her during the day.She was fine although it didnt knock her out.She was a bit more relaxed,Managed to clip nails although she was still struggling.By six oclock she was back in the park chasing her ball.
Linda