I’d let the groomers or vet techs do it tbh. The first time I cut my dogs nails I must have “just” knicked the quick, he never reacted and there was no blood at first but shortly after I was done he must have banged the nail and omg so much blood everywhere. Again, no pain reaction to it and he was just running around playing leaking blood everywhere! I was bawling, my husband called the vet for advice and she said to scrap the nail into a clean bar of soap and it’ll create a waxy seal to stop the bleeding. It worked straight away. We know let the groomers trim our dogs nails.

Lots of walks on concrete or foot paths (heat/weather permitting) can help to keep the nails under control. We do occasional nail trims with a pet nail trimmer and a gradual approach – tiny clips at a time to prevent clipping too short and causing bleeding.

You have to be very very careful when trimming nails as they can bleed. We just get it down at the vets for safety now