Originally posted by Cincy'sMom
We trim Sadie and Cincy's nails ourselves. we start when they were babies, so they hardly fight it. Sadie has one white nail, but all the rest of hers and all of CIncy's are black, which makes it hard to see the quick. If you only take a little off though and do it frequestnyl, it should be a problem.

Flour or cornstarch can be used in place of quick stop.
I clip my dog's nails too, it's quite easy when you get used to it. Of course, some dogs really freak out about it, but mine are ok. I tried using cornstarch on a bleeding nail of Reggie's once and it didn't do much for me. I had also heard to plug it up by rubbing it in a bar of soap, and that really didnt' work either.