[Cagdu] peticure, as seen on TV

[Ken Volonte]

Hi all.

    We've all seen the commercials on TV, how you can do your dog's nails 
without the danger of crushing the nails.  It sounded like a swell idea, and 
so I bought a peticure Elite.

    This unit is cordless.  It uses a 9.6 volt battery pack.  Some assembly 
is required so it is best done on a table where you can lay out all the 
parts you'll need to assemble.

    The unit consists of a battery pack, motor, chuck and emery bands for 
sanding your dog's nails.  Over the whole business, you place a guard with 
various size slots to accommodate nails of various sizes.  You place each 
nail into the slot much like you would place a pencil in a sharpener.

    I put it all together and got ready to trim my dog's nails.  Nothing 
happened.  I had already charged the battery pack for a couple of hours, but 
I tried charging it for a couple more.  Still the unit didn't work at all.

    The problem was that it had been wired incorrectly.  The polarity was 
reversed either in the battery pack, or more likely, in the motor and 
switch. There's a problem with quality control here.

    I sent the unit back for a replacement, but so far I haven't received 
the new peticure.  If nothing comes in a couple of weeks, I'm going to get a 
Dremel.

    I will do my dog's nails as a blind person and I will do it without the 
assistance of a sighted person or a styptic pencil.  This is necessary 
because I believe in the power of television. After all, they couldn't say 
it if it wasn't true; or could they.