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3.0 out of 5 starsTakes a few days to acclimate your pets to it! Batteries get hot!
Reviewed in the United States on November 10, 2019
This grinder works pretty well on my German Shepherd Dog. She's 55lbs and fairly small for the breed but her nails grow out really fast and long. It took about 2 days of playing around with this around her for her to get used to it. For people who buy this, you MUST get your dog used to the noise and the presence of this device before attempting to grind down their nails. This is new to them and they don't understand the vibrations and noises - it is not the product's fault if you don't properly introduce your dog to the device and just go after them with it. This means touching their paws with it while its off. Letting them sniff it. Turning it on in front of them. Touching them with it while it's on full tilt and eventually tapping their nails gently with it and rewarding them each time so there's a positive association with it.
That said, this thing gets very hot during use, even when there's no load on the grinder. I don't know what kind of little motor they're using but it must have quite a draw because the batters (which I'm going to replace with eneloops to see if they perform better) that came with the product come out too hot to hold after using this for 10-15 minutes on high. This is a bit concerning to me and I've docked points accordingly for this poor performance.
The grinder also bogs down fairly easily on my dog's large nails. This is probably for the best so that 1. you don't apply too much pressure at once and 2. so that if anything is caught inside the motor won't keep spinning.
So far, I'm going to need to keep an eye on this battery situation but other than that it seems to work reasonably well to keep trying.
