WAHL Professional Animal Classic Nail Smoother Replacement Kit (5961-100)

Not as powerful as a corded model but gets the job done without the tangle. Nice because it uses 4 AA batteries that are more likely on hand than the C size that most of the cordless ones and without the concern that a rechargeable battery won't take a charge.

Not powerful enough to cut any animal nails! I got these for our 2 parrots (cockatoo and macaw), it barely "buffed" the nails. I wish I had returned it in the 30 days I had because now I am stuck with this worthless product.I ended up purchasing another unit by this company that does what it says!

I have a beagle and I think her nails are about 1/4" thick. This was just not doing it for them. It was working OK, but it was taking so long. I think it would have taken me a week and so many of those little sandpaper disks to do it. It was easy to use but just didn't work for my dog. I think if you had a chihuahua, or a cat, or something with very thin nails it would work well.

*I used this grinder on dogs that had pretty long nails (I call them raptor claws!!!)*I have two dogs, a Rhodesian Ridgeback and a Flat Coated Retriever. My Flat Coated Retriever is uber calm. The Nail Grinder scared him at first, but he chilled out and let me do his nails.My Ridgeback is not calm at all. I tried to take her to Petsmart and they could not even get a muzzle on her. The guy there tried to trim her nails without a muzzle, poor decision dude. She nipped at him. I totally warned him so it was his fault. I usually have to take her to the vet to trim her nails. One time we went to the vet and they asked me and my mom to help. It took four of us to hold her down, and she still rolled around like an alligator! It got so bad that my vet prescribed her tranquilizers. I got tired of dosing her each time I took her to the vet. (Its kindof scary because when she gets home she is dead to the world!!!)I decided to give this thing a try. Mind you she is so skidish that I have to distract her with a bone to even comb her hair. I took it slow, gave her a bone, and she let me do it!!! What a god send!!!My only complaint is that it takes a while to get used to. You have to press the nail just right. If you press too hard the nail grinder stops. If you press too soft it doesn't grind (as you would expect.)Overall I found it helpful!!!

C batteries are not easy to come by really and kind of inconvenient however overall this has made doing my dogs nails so much easier. She hates the pressure of the guillotine nail clipper and forget letting me file her nails soft after the fact. This grinds them down easily and was a great purchase overall. I place a towel over her head so she can't see what i'm doing because the whole process has her nervous to begin with but she does not mind the little bit of noise this makes (*it is fairly quiet in comparison*) and the only thing I have to mention is please wear a dust mask when doing this for your dog- otherwise you will be breathing in some nail fragments and while it is or isn't necessarily harmful, I can't imagine you'd really want to inhale that stuff.So overall definitely something I hope to use for a long time coming, and definitely worth the price tag.A great quality product too. And works well for picky or finicky or nervous dogs.

Get the well and good brand nail grinder. That one really works good for small dogs under 20lbs. The only problem is finding the refills for it near the orange county area. Only big bear, ca has them for some reason.

Works great for small dogs in between actually taking them and getting their nails done. Great product will buy it again.

Overall I really like this nail grinder. I was using a Dremel to grind my dog’s nails, but that is very loud and does not have a safety guard since it really isn’t meant for that purpose. This tool is very quiet and does a pretty good job for a battery powered tool. It isn’t as strong as a Dremel, which is to be expected. It does not come with batteries and it takes two C batteries so keep that in mind since that is kind of an odd battery size and you may not have any of these on hand. It comes with extra sanding bits so that was a nice surprise. Would recommend for dogs that are scared by loud noises or by traditional pet nail clippers.