How come my beagle will start bleeding if I cut her nails?

6 Comments

1. Sarah and Josh says:

   January 14, 2012 at 11:55 pm

   It sounds like you cut the quick. Try purchasing dog nail clippers, and cut a tiny bit of the nail at a time. The longer the nails get, the longer the quick gets (making it difficult to cut a lot of the length off at once)
2. ? Onyx ? ße?? Øf ß?ee? ?hi says:

   January 15, 2012 at 12:02 am

   You are cutting the quick, that blood vessel in her nails. Meaning you’re cutting her nails too short. That is very painful and if you don’t know how to do it right take her to a groomer or have a vet do it. The quick grows as the toe nail grows. If her nails are light colored you can see the red in her nail. That’s where it ends and you shouldn’t cut passed it.
3. nell77 says:

   January 15, 2012 at 12:02 am

   You are probably cutting her nails plus that pink thingy inside her nails but your not supposed to cut that picky thingy inside his/her nails so try not to cut that pink thing inside youe dogs nail(:
4. Sumiko- RIP Westley says:

   January 15, 2012 at 12:15 am

   You cut the quick. Put flour or cornstarch on it to stop the bleeding. Take your dog to a groomer next time you want his nails clipped.
5. Kelli says:

   January 15, 2012 at 12:31 am

   You cut the quick, it hurts like MAD for the dog. You’d probably feel the same if you ripped your nail off.
   Cut carefully and as soon as you see something white you stop. A rasp can also be used, it’s good and the pulp will grow back faster. Rasp a little bit everyday.
6. Function AND Form says:

   January 15, 2012 at 1:19 am

   You likely caught the dog’s “quick”

   The quick is a nerve that runs into the dog’s nail. Sort of similar to our finger nails in that you only cut so much of it back before you’re hitting skin.

   If you don’t cut the nails on a dog for a substantial amount of time, the quick will grow longer into the nail.
   In which case you will have to trim a little bit of the nail back each day to recede the nerve.
   Here is a diagram explaining that:
   http://hqbullies.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/dog_nails2.gif

   Also, here is a website explaining how to safely trim a dog’s nails:
   http://www.vetmed.wsu.edu/ClientED/dog_claws.aspx