Pedi-Paws...total rip-off

[OBIO]

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

[pointy31]

Yep, my daughter bought one for her 3 dogs, she said it's a POS...

[GT182]

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.

[Willy]

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.

[Railrunner130]

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.

[cheezyflier]

i'm glad you guys posted this, i was going to buy one. now i will buy something else. thanks :wave:

[Kiwikat]

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.

[Panther_99FS]

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:

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

[Wiens]

OBIO and all,

Thanks for the headsup!!

Kevin

[Allen]

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:

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

About 60$ but 80$ if you count pointy31 daughter.

[GT182]

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:

[Toastmaker]

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:

[Panther_99FS]

Watch it toast!

Us dog lovers don't hijack your cat threads!

[GT182]

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.

[n4gix]

If you don't LIKE the product, take it back for a refund!

[OBIO]

If you don't LIKE the product, take it back for a refund!

Can't....threw the darn receipt away!

OBIO

[Henry]

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:

[Navy Chief]

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

[GT182]

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

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

[harleyman]

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

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

LOL.......................:faint:

[OBIO]

Since the Pedi-Paws turned out to be worthless, I think I have come up with a way to trim the dogs' nails..thanks to that classic movie, National Lampoons Vacation. You know the scene where Clark leaves the dog tied to the back of the wagon and goes merrily down the road and all that is left is the dog's collar. Wouldn't need to go to that extreme, but I think a mile round trip dragging should have their nails in tip top form. The only downside to testing this is the fact that my dogs are faster than my car...so I might have to get my father-in-law to let me borrow the 1993 40th annivary edition Corvette he just bought....that thing is a beast (been worked over just a bit, a tad over 400 dyno proven horses).

OBIO

[GT182]

Well then OBIO, Pedi-paws might help trim the hoves on those 400 proven horses. One thing is fer sure.... that Pedi-paws can spin faster than those tires will.... with more traction :costumes:

[Kofschip]

Saved again by my friends in this Forum. Was going to buy one for my 10 Lbs 6 month old Main Coon Kitten. She would have ripped me to ribbons. I will stick to the clippers, she is accustomed to that. Thanks again guys.

[GT182]

Kofs, yer the first person I've ever heard of that clips his cats claws........ :faint:






And lived to tell about it. :costumes:

[Trans_23]

No sooner did I just get done reading this thread again did my daughter walk in with the Pedi-Paws tool. After I got done laughing (much to my daughters surprise), I told my wife to take it back to the store and get her money back. LOL!