I took advice from another thread to put softpaws on Atlas to stop him from scratching up our hardwood floors. he left them alone for a few days and is chewing them off at night when we sleep.
Is there something bitter I can put on them that will keep him from chewing? It needs to be something that won't stain carpet or affect a hardwood floor.
Sorry, I don't have advice about the softpaws, but have you thought about getting his nails real short (over a period of time, of course) and keeping them short so his claws don't contact the floor?
I like this page because it shows how to do that and how short you can keep them. That's what I would do.
Originally Posted By: Cassidys MomBlackGSD, if they're like the ones for cats, they're glued on (otherwise they wouldn't STAY on!). You can't really take them on and off.
Since that is the case, I agree, I would just keep his nails very short. I really can't blame him for chewing them off, if someone glued something on my nails, I would chew it off too.
Well, they work good if they stay on. I use them on the center rear nails of both dogs. They're getting old and now drag those a bit. Theirs just fall off over time.
I use them on my cats. Mandi's nails were short when I got her and so I have been trimming them every other weekend to keep them that way. Plus she HATES her feet being touched and so I use this as an opportunity to get her more used to me wiggling her toes around.
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