Just as I would let you know if a gadget is completely awesome I am also here to tell you when something is so fucked you absolutely have to stay away from it. Thus brings us to the title of this article. Dremel, honestly…how could you possibly make such a piece of crap as the Dremel Pet Tool. As any pet owner knows, cutting your dogs nails is almost like torture for them. After reading up on various methods of pet nail cutting to reduce the pain and suffering we inflict on our little chihuahua Prancer we have come across the Dremel Pet Tool. Which is really a nail grinder and is suppose to be much better for the pet as well as the human. Normal nail clippers for animals pinch the nerve in the nail despite how careful you might be. So when they are squeaking and you think you’ve done nothing but cut the nail, you are really pinching the nerve inside. So PolyVector and I decided on giving the Dremel a go and see if Prancer would let us grind down his nails.
Today our Dremel arrived and we were very excited. prancer has needed a nail clipping for quite some time and we really wanted to wait for this to get here so we can limit the torture he goes through on this should-be bimonthly routine. Door gets a knock and I fly to open up our package containing the not yet know POS. At first glance it was small and looked almost like it would work. once I got the packaged opened and PolyVector took over we realized what a mistake we had made. The battery pack’s contacts were completely screwed up causing the Dremel to not work when securly pushed in. meaning in order to operate the grinder we had to have the battery pack half hanging off. Not a very convenient thing when trying to manage a squirming dog. Once able to get Prancer calmed down and a handle on the Dremel we realized that it wasn’t able to grind his nails. The thing was so weak it couldn’t even grind a 7 lb. Chihuahua’s nails. That’s pretty pathetic. We of course had a feeling when all the reviews on Amazon.com had completely awful experiences, but it was worth a try for our little Prancer.
We have read up on alternatives and found that a regular Dremel might do the trick and we rushed out and bought one at our local Wal-Mart. I will post an update on how this goes. The only good news coming from the Dremel Pet Tool is Prancer didn’t mind the noise at all and the grinder didn’t bother him when applied to his nails. So this could work after all.
A real dremel! LOL…now that’s funny! If it doesn’t work on your Chihuahua’s nails, at least you’ll have a handy power tool to add to your collection.