My dog Valientine rarely needs her nails trimmed because she is always hard at work adding more holes to my yard. LOL! I trim my kitty Natasha's nails, but my other two cats are always using the scratching posts, so they rarely need thier's trimmed either. As for my three ferrets, the front paws are easy, but the back ones are a bit tricky because they kick and cry when I go to trim them. I always manage to get the job done anyway!