Sensors and Chips Trained to Serve Pets

[Cosmic Sher]

Would any of you pet lovers actually buy these gadgets? I'm not sure I would shell out that kind of cash for luxury items. Although, some of them are kinda nifty.

Sensors and Chips Trained to Serve Pets

[Lori]

I would LOVE that kitter litter thingamagig, god would I love that. I'll never buy it - it's expensive. Altho when I think of it, I'll probably continue to have cats my whole life, so hmmmm, if it lasted forever it sure would pay for itself. I absolutely despise cleaning the litter box.

I also like that nail clipper - it's rare but I have gotten the dog's quick, poor thing. So now I end up not cutting very much and so end up doing it more often. Which, as anyone who has a dog knows, is equivalent to an act of murder in the dog's mind!

[Lori]

SHADDUP!

:D

[Sally, la reina]

Sweeter showed me that litter dohickey. he seems to think it'll be a good idea, but I'm more than certain that our cats would never enter it. It looks like the death star!

[Sally, la reina]

I just got a giant gash in my neck from trying to wrangle Marla into a session with the nailclippersofdeath. Guess I'll let them do it wtih the spaying next Tuesday.

[Lori]

Raider will lie down and stay, but his paws twitch so much it's difficult to see what I'm doing. Or else he pushes his long snout to block the clipper as he tucks his paw under his body. The last time I did it actually went much smoother, probably because I haven't gotten the quick recently. Plus I give him a treat afterwards.

But Tanker used to scream as if I was an axe murderer. That was brutal. Used to take more than an hour!

I leave the kitties alone - 2 of them go outside so they need those claws. I think the baby will be an indoor kitty, boys wander more and my last got run over by a car. Too painful.

[Cosmic Sher]

I think one of the keys is starting young in their grooming so they are used to it... and, yes, lots of 'good boy' & treats & the like. Isn't there a doohickey that already automatically trims nails so they don't clip the quick? Peti Paws? And it's much cheaper than the suped-up techno-gadget version.

[Sarah]

I would love to have had Bo early enough to desensitize him, but he came from the shelter with all of his issues.

He is good with everything but feet, which encompasses any foot-related activity: nail trimming, coat trimming, pulling off balls of ice in the winter.

He will lie on his back in total bliss while we attack his coat with the electric clippers, but the second we get near his feet, the game is over. He wriggles and yanks and generally makes himself a pain.
He has big feet for his size, but it's usually emphasized by the fact that trimming the hair is such a hassle that we sometimes leave his feet even when the rest of him is shorn like a sheep. It adds to his puppyish look.