Have you thought of grinding them? I use a dremel on my little Dobe, whose
nails grow exceedingly fast. I can get them nice and short without nicking
the quick.

http://homepages.udayton.edu/~merens...awn/index.html

There's an index down the side with a topic called 'How to dremel dog
nails'. It's very good, if you're interested in trying it.

my Basenji mix's nails have grown long, despite a grooming in June.

Have you thought of grinding them? I use a dremel on my little Dobe, whose
nails grow exceedingly fast. I can get them nice and short without nicking
the quick.

http://homepages.udayton.edu/~merens...awn/index.html

There's an index down the side with a topic called 'How to dremel dog
nails'. It's very good, if you're interested in trying it.

my Basenji mix's nails have grown long, despite a grooming in June.

This may come as a shock... but many dogs need their nails done Weekly.
A very good way to tell when the trimming is needed is to listen. If
you hear the nails clicking on a floor or sidewalk, the nails are too
long.

With a little observation, you will soon learn where to nip the nail...
using clippers. A Dremel with a medium grit stone or sandpaper drum
(change fairly often) is a very good option. But one that's a
groomer/professional handler deep dark secret is using a carpenter's
wood rasp to file the nails! I use a coarse grade (100 grit) large
emery board of the kind used on ladies acryllic nails.... but they have
to be replaced frequently.

Jo Wolf
Martinez, Georgia

This may come as a shock... but many dogs need their nails done Weekly.
A very good way to tell when the trimming is needed is to listen. If
you hear the nails clicking on a floor or sidewalk, the nails are too
long.

With a little observation, you will soon learn where to nip the nail...
using clippers. A Dremel with a medium grit stone or sandpaper drum
(change fairly often) is a very good option. But one that's a
groomer/professional handler deep dark secret is using a carpenter's
wood rasp to file the nails! I use a coarse grade (100 grit) large
emery board of the kind used on ladies acryllic nails.... but they have
to be replaced frequently.

Jo Wolf
Martinez, Georgia