How do you calm a dog down for grooming?

Answer 1

distract it or make it used to it

give it treats while you cut its nails, that way it sees it at a fun thing to do and be patient, like when you put a lead on a dog it waits cause it knows it it get puts on then good things happpen, it gets to go fore a walk.

Or you can get your dog used to it, handle its feet often even without clippers, that way you touching its feet is a normal thing for you to do so it wont get hyper

Answer 2

Sometimes you can give him treats or pet him continuously but there's really not a lot of things you can do to calm a dog down for grooming. The best thing you can do is to keep taking him over and over again. Eventually the dog will get used to it and won't even give a thought when he gets groomed. He may even be excited. It just takes time. That has worked on all the dogs I've trained with.