Pictures of moggies and pooches rocking nail polish and glue-on claw caps are appearing on Instagram, but worries from vets and charities ought to give owners paws for thought
How sexy should your dog be? Can a shih-tzu ever pull off hot pink? Questions once taboo in polite Crufts circles are now breaking cover with news that animal nail polish and clip-ons have become Instagrammable.
The “peticure” hashtag is presently a convivial mix of people who have done their animals’ nails and people who can’t spell “pedicure”. But getting involved is easy. Simply buy a pack of coloured claw caps, (£4 on Amazon), and attach them to your cat’s paws. The claw-cover, historically, was a mechanism to stop kitty ripping up the Habitat furniture, but they have now been adapted. Doggy nail polish has no proven medical uses, but it is available in shades including “Happy Hot Pink”, “Chic Silver” and the more demeaning “Base White”. Yours for a tenner. Match your pet’s with your own for the full effect, and try not to think of that South Park episode where Paris Hilton’s lapdog blows its own brains out.
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