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Pedi-Paws...total rip-off

OBIO

Retired SOH Admin
A week or so ago, my wife and I picked up one of the Pedi-Paws dohickies for trimming the dogs' nails. My wife is always afraid that I will cut too deep and hurt the dogs..so, we got the thing. And just tried it out...forget it! The thing is more likely to rip your dog's nails out than to sand them down to a nice round tip. The "sander" thingie is just a very rough emory board material wrapped around a plastic drum. I touched the thing to two toe nails and instantly was hit by the smell of hot toe nail...the thing creates huge amount of friction, which we all know generates HEAT!

So, $20 spent on a total piece of crap. I will continue using my Smith and Wesson toe nail cutters (yep, Smith and Wesson!). They have a safety shield that prevents the cut from being done too deeply...though it does make it hard to really get the nails short.

The Pedi-Paws will go into my tool box and be used as a detail sander or something. I am not going to simply throw it away....paid $20 for the darn thing...that would have gotten me a nice collection of donationware aircraft.

OBIO
 
Yep, my daughter bought one for her 3 dogs, she said it's a POS...:kilroy:
 
Same here.... it's a POS. Tho it will smooth the rough nails once you use clippers on them.

A detail sander sounds good OBIO. Or a toothpick sharpener too. ;)
 
Mrs Willy got one too. And also came to the conclusion that it's best for smoothing out the edges after clipping them with a real nail trimmer. It eats up the batteries too.

She actually did better using my Dremel.
 
It would be ok if your dog gets weekly pedicures or something. (And wasn't scared of it. My manimal hates it...) Beyond that, it's a battery powered Dremel.
 
We use a Dremel for our dog (whippet) and it works perfect. Took a while for my dad to get good at it, but its a pretty quick and painless process now.
 
LoL count me in as part of the crowd that bought it & think it sucks...BTW, how much is that spent just amongst us in this thread :ques: :kilroy:

Anyways, I think it would work okay on puppies though....
 
LoL count me in as part of the crowd that bought it & think it sucks...BTW, how much is that spent just amongst us in this thread :ques: :kilroy:

Anyways, I think it would work okay on puppies though....

About 60$ but 80$ if you count pointy31 daughter.
 
I've seen people in stores buying 2 or 3 at a time. I wonder if they're using them as gifts or spares.

Or.... maybe on each other. :costumes:
 
We cats don't have that silly problem (he says with an aire of superiority!)

We just pull our excess claw growth off and leave them on the carpet to be stepped on by our humans ! Very entertaining watching them do the sontaneous fandango in their underwear !!


:woot:
 
We cats don't have that silly problem (he says with an aire of superiority!)

We just pull our excess claw growth off and leave them on the carpet to be stepped on by our humans ! Very entertaining watching them do the sontaneous fandango in their underwear !!


:woot:

I resemble that remark. :costumes: We've got 2 cats that leave their shed claws all around the house. And they do hurt if stepped on.
 
I hate cutting my dogs nails
and was thinking about this but
as i am somewhat of these things never work
person i refrained
appreciate making me correct
H:ernae::ernae:
 
Bought one a few months back. Agree it is worthless. Dremel tool would work great, except my Rottweiler is scared of the sound. Takes three people to hold him to trim his nails. Thankfully, he does not bite. He just won't hold still! Is worth $14 to me to have the vets help me do the trimming.

NC
 
Same here... receipt is history. We bought ours before everyone figured it out they were crap. :redface:

Maybe I'll post it for sale in the Swap Meet forum. I'm sure someone here needs one. :rolleyes: ;) :costumes:
 
Same here... receipt is history. We bought ours before everyone figured it out they were crap. :redface:

Maybe I'll post it for sale in the Swap Meet forum. I'm sure someone here needs one. :rolleyes: ;) :costumes:






LOL.......................:faint:
 
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