Be sure to have aroung some quik-stop powder to stop the bleeding when she tears her nails. Dogs lose a lot of blood when they cut the quick and depending on the size of the dog it can be quite dangerous. I would recommend quicking as the vet said under a general anestetic. It is painful at first but the pain will let up and the nail will grow back normally. Autumn is always playing too rough and breaking her nails short. At some pet stores you can buy nail caps for cats (and they fit some dogs) as a humane alternative to declawing. We buy the biggest we can find and put those on her broken nails and leave them on until they grow out of them.