Thanks to everyone who send me advice on my carpet digger. I'll be trying out your suggestions this week. I was really fretting my first nail cutting experience after reading about all of the problems people have had. When I lived at home I was in charge of clipping my dog's nails which was always an adventure. I used to do it when he first got up in the morning so he was still a little groggy. I decided to try this on Sam and it worked really well. I started clipping when he was asleep and managed to cut four nails before he even woke up. I had two paws done before he started to fight. It took a couple of nap times to get all of his nails done but it wasn't any trouble at all. I guess it is kind of rude to disturb his blissful slumber with nail clipping but I don't think I left any longterm scars. Hope this can help someone! Karen and Sam (Zzzzzzzzzz...Hey, what do you think you're doing!) [Posted in FML issue 1085]